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October 6, 2026 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazilian Fintech focused stocks jumped sharply in US trading on Monday after the first round of the country’s presidential election left Senator Flávio Bolsonaro narrowly ahead of incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, raising the odds of a rightward policy turn before a runoff set… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the opening round of Brazil’s 2026 presidential election, an ordering that several late national polls had not projected and that the prediction market Polymarket had priced for weeks. The split between survey… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has formally begun work on whether its pan-European instant settlement platform can be joined to Brazil’s public real-time payment network. On 24 September 2026 the ECB Governing Council authorised a feasibility assessment of an interconnection between TARGET Instant Payment Settlement… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s new virtual-asset licensing regime is already beginning to thin the field. With just over a month left in the transition window, local reporting indicates that only five virtual asset service providers have submitted authorization filings to the Banco Central do Brasil. Of those five,… Read More

June 21, 2026 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite Brazil’s already high level of digital payments maturity, a new assessment from Bain & Company indicates meaningful room for further expansion through the end of the decade. As of the end of 2025, digital payment methods had reached an 85% penetration rate across the… Read More

March 22, 2026 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s Finance Ministry has suspended plans for a public consultation on cryptocurrency taxation, marking a deliberate shift by the country’s newly appointed economic leader ahead of this year’s high-stakes presidential vote. Dario Durigan, who assumed office just days ago, is recalibrating the government’s approach to… Read More

May 31, 2025 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) announced a significant update to its regulatory framework, aimed at bolstering financial inclusion and modernizing access to banking services across Brazil. This move reflects the BCB’s ongoing commitment to fostering a more inclusive, efficient, and accessible financial system, particularly… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Central do Brasil has released operational guidelines for the Pix Automático product. Pix Automático will be available to the population in October 2024. The new feature is designed “to streamline recurring payments, including monthly service fees.” The launch of Pix Automático is drawing near…. Read More