International paytech Boku introduced that it’s stay and transacting with Pix in Brazil.
Pix is Brazil’s default cost methodology with greater than 150 million Brazilians—roughly 70% of the inhabitants—utilizing the expertise. Boku was granted its cost establishment license from the Brazilian central financial institution in April 2025, changing into a Regulated Pix Participant.
Headquartered in London, Boku made its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope 2011. Stuart Neal is CEO.
Worldwide native funds companion Boku introduced this week that it’s stay and transacting with Pix in Brazil. Boku secured its cost establishment license from the Central Financial institution of Brazil final spring, permitting the corporate to allow retailers to entry native funds. The default cost methodology for greater than 150 million Brazilians, Pix is utilized by 70% of the Brazilian inhabitants and processes extra transactions within the nation than each Visa and Mastercard mixed.
“Boku is now stay and open for enterprise in Brazil,” Boku CEO Stuart Neal stated in an announcement on LinkedIn. “This is a vital milestone for our retailers and for any world enterprise on the lookout for a regulated, scalable route into Brazil. Pix has develop into a must have cost methodology in Brazil, and it additionally displays a a lot greater shift in world funds. Governments, regulators, and shoppers are more and more backing home cost infrastructure that’s quick, safe, and constructed round native wants. That motion in direction of cost sovereignty is reshaping how world retailers must function.”
By way of Boku, retailers will be capable to supply account-to-account (A2A) funds by way of the Sistema de Pagamentos Instantâneos (SPI) community to tens of millions of Brazilian shoppers. Boku may also assist one-time Pix funds, with each native and cross-border settlement. Moreover, the launch will make it simpler for Boku to reap the benefits of future improvements in Pix, resembling tokenized recurring funds. In its assertion, the corporate previewed additional capabilities together with Pix Automatico for recurring funds and Pix JSR which permits Pix with out redirection.
“By connecting by way of Boku, retailers can entry one of many world’s most profitable real-time cost programs by way of a regulated companion that understands each world commerce and native cost infrastructure. As Pix expands into recurring funds, cross-border flows, and new credit score use instances, Boku is effectively positioned to assist retailers seize the following technology of cost development in Brazil,” Neal added.
Based in 2008 and headquartered in London and San Francisco, Boku is a world supplier of localized cost options. With a world funds community that includes greater than 200 native cost strategies worldwide, Boku provides digital wallets, direct service billing, and each account-to-account and real-time cost schemes that attain greater than seven billion client cost accounts in 60+ nations. Making its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope 2011, Boku now serves well-liked manufacturers together with Spotify, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, and Tencent.
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