Tagged: brazil

December 8, 2023 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle and Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial platforms serving 90 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, announced a partnership to extend USDC access to Brazilian Nubank customers. Circle’s USDC is the reported as being one of the… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), one of the largest digital financial services platforms, announces the expansion of Caixinhas (Money Boxes) for business account customers. Launched in July 2022 for individual users, the feature “allows financial organization and planning in an uncomplicated, customizable way, with a yield.” The feature… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 7:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brazilian Fintech Inter&Co. says it has now surpassed 30 million users, an increase of 24% year over a year. Inter&Co. is a “super app” that provides a range of financial services like payments, credit, insurance and investments. João Vitor Menin, CEO of Inter&Co, said the… Read More

November 30, 2023 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

A report this week appears to indicate that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is working with a Fintech in Brazil – perhaps to bring Apple Fintech services to life in the South American country and maybe elsewhere in the region. Braxil has emerged as a hot country for… Read More

November 27, 2023 @ 12:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU) has just launched a tool to make the lives of its over 3 million SME account holders even easier. Gradually, Nu’s business customers will “be able to transfer the limit of their personal credit card to their business card.” This innovative feature allows… Read More

November 23, 2023 @ 1:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Nubank (NYSE:NU) Cripto crypto currency trading platform is currently evolving, and is announcing today five new options for Nubank customers. Over the next few weeks, gradually, the user base “will gain access to the digital currencies Polkadot (DOT), Avalanche (AVAX), Stella Lumens (XLM), Arbitrum… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Latin American Fintech EBANX has announced several new products for its payments platform. The company is based in Brazil but is now offering services in multiple Latam countries as well as the Caribbean, Africa, and India. The new features include: Machine learning-based anti-fraud functionality. Pay-in,… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso —the financial services company powered by crypto in Latin America— announced the launch of its new eFX with Crypto service, which allows companies “to carry out immediate international transactions, in a regulated manner, with greater savings and security and without the need of a… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, announces the launch of a metrics panel, also known as a block explorer, for Nucoin. The focus is to provide transparency “to the information related to the digital… Read More

November 10, 2023 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transfero, an international financial solutions company and the owner of Brazilian and Argentinian Digital Tokens (BRZ and ARZ), stablecoins pegged to Brazilian Real and Argentinian Peso, deploys Finery Markets’ FM Liquidity Match in order “to offer institutional customers a seamless and robust over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency… Read More

November 8, 2023 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  European digital bank N26 has recently announced the decision “to discontinue its test phase in Brazil and wind down its operations in the market.” The decision underscores N26’s strategy to “focus on its core European markets as it further strengthens its position as Europe’s… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QI Tech, the Direct Credit Company (SCD) approved by the Brazilian Central Bank, today announced an investment of US$200 million (R$1 billion) in a Series B round “led by General Atlantic, a global investor, with participation from existing investor Across Capital, which is doubling its… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU) has surpassed 90 million customers in Latin America in its operations in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, consolidating its position as one of the fastest-growing financial services companies in the world. David Vélez, Nubank’s founder and CEO, at an event for the press and… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announces a new curation of exclusive benefits for its Ultravioleta customers. In addition to the black credit card offering 1% cashback, users will have access to constantly evolving solutions, “focused… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Latin America has the seventh-largest crypto economy of all regions Chainalysis studies. it is not far behind MENA, Eastern Asia, and Eastern Europe. Its position compared to other regions has “held relatively steady over the last two years.” Latin America shows the highest preference “for… Read More

October 13, 2023 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To give even more visibility to security and empower people to identify possible financial scams, Nubank (NYSE:NU) announces the campaign #PareceMasNãoÉoNubank (it looks like Nubank, but it isn’t). Through educational videos on major digital platforms, the company seeks to alert its customers to everyday situations… Read More

October 12, 2023 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a global leader in payments and financial technology, announces the acquisition of Skytef, primary distributor of Software Express’s SiTef (Solução Inteligente de Transferência Eletrônica de Fundos), from Fiserv, the leading Electronic Funds Transfer solution in Brazil. Through the acquisition Fiserv strengthens… Read More

October 8, 2023 @ 6:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a key move in the Brazilian investment market, Nubank (NYSE:NU) announces the launch of the first ETF (exchange-traded fund) in Brazil that pays monthly dividends to shareholders: Nu Renda Ibov Smart Dividendos (NDIV11). The new product results from “a partnership between Nubank’s investment fund… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms, announces NuFuturo, an ecosystem developed in partnership with Federal Universities in Brazil to accelerate careers in technology and foster innovation. The initiative encourages the development of research “related to the fields… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, has just completed one year of its adherence to Open Finance (a system that allows customer data sharing among financial institutions with consent) and is “positively impacting its customers’ financial… Read More