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Paul Worthington, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Innovate Finance, speaks about the role policy and regulation play when it comes to payment innovation.
stablecoin, central bank, policy, regulators, CBDC, Open Banking, payments
Banco do Brasil has partnered with Germany-based Giesecke+Devrient in a bid to make offline payments with digital money a reality in Brazil.
partnership, payments , online security, financial inclusion
Central Bank of Brazil has introduced a new feature for their clients, allowing them to contract consortiums by debiting the value of the first instalment from accounts maintained at other financial institutions.
mobile payments, online payments, online banking, Open Finance, financial institutions
Building onto our previous reporting related to the partnerships that took place in Q3 2023 within the payments and commerce space, this analysis focuses on the banking and fintech industry.
banking, fintech, fraud prevention, financial crime, Open Banking, Open Finance, crypto, web3, The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series
Financial services platform Nubank has announced the launch of its FGTS-backed loan, a new type of secured loan for its Brazil-based clients.
product launch, expansion, credit access, mobile banking, online banking, digital banking, financial services, financial institutions
Brazil-based financial services platform Nubank has connected its infrastructure to the blockchain network of Banco Central do Brasil to initiate testing with Drex, the Brazilian digital currency.
partnership, banking, fintech, financial services, paytech, CBDC, digital currency, tokenization, digital assets, DLT, e-money
Data, analytics, and technology company Equifax has announced that it completed the acquisition of Brazil-based credit bureau Boa Vista Serviços.
acquisition, M&As, credit access, financial services, financial inclusion, banking, fintech, data analytics, cloud, expansion
Brazil-based Nubank has become the 21st institution to fulfil all stages of the payment initiator onboarding process.
PIX, certification, fintech, bank account, product upgrade
The Central Bank of Brazil has selected 14 entities, including Visa and Microsoft, for its digital real CBDC pilot programme.
CBDC, central bank, cryptocurrency, blockchain
France-based SaaS banking platform Skaleet has announced a partnership with Salt Edge, an Open Banking payment and compliance services provider.
partnership, banking, Open Banking, fintech, financial services
Mastercard has partnered Web3 payment protocol Immersve to allow users to conduct crypto payments in Web3 via USDC settlements.
partnership, web3, crypto asset, digital payments, stablecoin
The Central Bank of Brazil has authorised EBANX to offer a payment initiator service through Pix allowing the fintech’s merchants to manage Pix payments within their websites.
PIX, real-time payments, ecommerce, payment initiation
Eric Grover, Principal at Intrepid Ventures, analyses the unbalanced competition between central banks and private-sector payment systems across the globe, revealing what are each’s strengths.
central bank, payments system, cross-border payments, fintech
Mastercard has partnered Binance to launch a new prepaid cryptocurrency card in Brazil in order to support crypto adoption in Latin America.
partnership, cryptocurrency, prepaid card, Bitcoin
Philippines-based finance company Asialink has teamed with ecommerce platforms Lazada and Shopee to offer an easier way for clients to pay their loans, according to a recent statement.
partnership, ecommerce, marketplace, retail, ecommerce platform
Data, analytics, and technology company Equifax has made an offer for the acquisition of consumer credit bureau Boa Vista to expand its reach in Brazil.
acquisition, merger, payments , expansion, fintech, investment
Crypto.com has become the first cryptocurrency exchange to receive a Payment Institution Licence from the Central Bank of Brazil.
cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, payment institution, central bank
The Central Bank of Brazil has revealed its aim to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2024 following a closed pilot programme.
CBDC, central bank, cryptocurrency, digital assets, regulation
Banco do Brasil (Central Bank of Brazil, BB) has announced that its customers can make transfers via PIX from other financial institutions to BB's account through the bank's WhatsApp channel, according to Broadcast.
central bank, WhatsApp, PIX, Open Finance, Open Banking, real-time payments
C6 Bank, a JP Morgan-backed digital bank, has revealed it is set to open its first five brick-and-mortar branches in Brazil.
banks, digital banking, online banking, digitalisation