Americas
Payments news from the US, Canada and Latin America: FedNow, ACH, Pix, card networks, regulation and deals.
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Visa Direct moves stablecoin prefunding into production with Inyo Global
Visa Direct’s USDC prefunding has moved from pilot to production, with Inyo Global the first enabler for cross-border payouts to 180+ countries.
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Pix keys top 1 billion in Brazil as September transactions reach 7.1 billion
Brazil now has more than 1 billion registered Pix keys, led by random keys, and the SPI processed 7.1 billion Pix payments in September.
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Rain applies to the OCC for a national trust bank to issue and hold stablecoins
Stablecoin card issuer Rain has applied to the OCC for a New York national trust bank that would hold reserves and issue dollar stablecoins, but take…
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