Francis Bignell
Journalist and Lead Latin America Correspondent at The Fintech Times
Journalist & Lead LatAm Correspondent at @thefintechtimes Focusing on crypto, North America and LatAm
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2 weeks ago |
thefintechtimes.com | Francis Bignell
Valued at $28.93billion in 2024 and set to hit $49.18billion in 2025, according to The Business Research Company, the blockchain market is thriving. While this growth is in part due to the success of the crypto industry, the blockchain industry is not dependent on crypto. In light of this, this May we are looking to spotlight blockchain’s use cases and where the tech is going next.
Preparing for Recurring Payments: PagBrasil Completes Automatic Pix Integration Ahead of June Launch
2 weeks ago |
thefintechtimes.com | Francis Bignell
In October 2024, the Central Bank of Brazil announced a new recurring payment feature that would be added to Pix called Pix Automático (also known as Automatic Pix). Going live in June 2025, organisations are looking to integrate Pix Automático into their platforms to hit the ground running as soon as possible – the latest to accomplish this is digital payments fintech, PagBrasil.
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2 weeks ago |
thefintechtimes.com | Francis Bignell
According to Statista, fintech in Latin America (LatAm) suffered in 2023, with less than $2billion invested in fintech ventures – a drastic drop from 2021’s value of $6billion. Nonetheless, in the face of this hardship, fintechs have still continued to emerge and find success in the region, and across 2024, investment levels surged back up over $2billion again. With the future of fintech looking optimistic in 2025, Em Conversa looks to explore how the LatAm region can prosper once more.
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2 weeks ago |
thefintechtimes.com | Francis Bignell
Android users across the UK and Europe will now have access to digital wallet provider, Curve‘s technology as the firm announces the launch of Curve Pay. Looking to differentiate itself from the other digital wallets on the market, Curve Pay will enable users to track spending, stack rewards, receive real-time insights and move past purchases across accounts.
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2 weeks ago |
thefintechtimes.com | Francis Bignell
At the start of 2025, the Australian fintech sector was valued at around AUD45billion ($35billion), but according to industry experts from the region, this is not achieving its full potential. With the upcoming Australian federal election taking place in a week’s time (3 May), the political parties are doing all they can to swing final voters who are waiting to cast their votes on polling day.
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