Nubank (NYSE: NU) is expanding Pix using generative artificial intelligence, both on its app and via WhatsApp. More customers can transfer money by giving commands using audio, text, and image messages, “ensuring convenience, speed, alongside a smoother experience and safety.” Pix with AI in the… Read More
The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) noted in an update that Pix now has security rules that apply for registering new devices. As mentioned in the update from BCB, cellphones, computers, and tablets being used in Brazil must now be registered with the bank to… Read More
Banco do Brasil (BB) and payment terminal operator Cielo are reportedly providing “Pix por aproximação” to a select group of the bank’s clients These clients can make purchases by bringing their smartphones close to the payment terminal at participating retail outlets. For the time-being, this… Read More
Payments platform EBANX is predicting its Pix service will top credit cards for online purchases in Brazil by 2025. According to a company statement, by 2025 Pix will account for 44% of all value transacted in online purchases in Brazil, Credit/Debit cards will are expected… Read More
Ume, a payment network and merchant services platform for small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) on Pix, has announced it has raised $15 million in Series A equity funding. The investment round was led by PayPal Ventures, “with participation from NFX, Globo Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, Big… Read More
This past week, FastSpring, a merchant of record for global SaaS and software companies, and EBANX, a global technology company specializing in payments for rising markets, announced a partnership to enhance users’ payment experience within FastSpring’s product suite in Latin America through local payment method Pix. Pix, Brazil’s instant payment… Read More
Banco Central Do Brasil (BCB), the central bank of Brazil, recently announced that it launched a new report on Pix aliases. Registrato users now reportedly “have access to the complete history of their Pix aliases, even those previously disabled.” Starting Tuesday (April 2), Pix users… Read More
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
Matera, maker of instant payments, QR code and digital ledger technology, recently released its mid-year report on the adoption of Brazil’s Pix instant payments scheme. The latest Pix by the Numbers report “covers data through Q2 2023, and shows that there are more Pix transactions… Read More
EBANX, a fintech company that specializes in international payments in rising markets, has been authorized by the Central Bank of Brazil (Bacen) “to offer a payment initiator service through Pix.” The PISP (Payment Initiation Service Provider) license “expands the range of services the global payments… Read More
Volt, the open payments gateway, has reportedly appointed Nathan Marion as General Manager LATAM, in order to lead its strategic expansion in Latin America (LatAm). This follows the Fintech firm’s integration of Brazil’s instant payments system, Pix. Marion joins from e-commerce platform VTEX. There, in… Read More
Open Banking in Brazil marked its first anniversary on February 1, 2022 – and the South American nation is looking set to strengthen its position as a (maybe unlikely) open banking pioneer. The Brazilian reserve bank’s phased approach is considered to be a success, through… Read More
SafetyPay, a digital alternative payments platform offering solutions across Latin America (LatAm) and European markets, has announced the implementation of PIX as a payment method in Brazil, in order to support instant payments with QR codes. SafetyPay aims to facilitate the transfer of funds and… Read More
Brazil’s reserve bank will again allow Facebook-owned WhatsApp to offer peer-to-peer payments services in the South American country. The decision to permit WhatsApp to again facilitate transactions in Brazil has come nine months after the service had been suspended. In June of last year, Brazil… Read More
Brazil’s reserve bank has launched its PIX instant payments platform and has also noted that WhatsApp might soon be allowed to reintroduce its peer to peer (P2P) payments service in the South American country. PIX allows local residents, companies, and government agencies to carry out… Read More
Banco Central de Brazil, the nation’s reserve bank, is planning to introduce an instant payments solution, PIX, in November 2020. The Brazilian central bank noted on February 19 that the new instant payments platform will allow users to perform transactions using QR code technology. It… Read More
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