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Washington finalized a yearlong Section 301 investigation by imposing trade penalties on Brazilian exports effective July 22, with Pix named among six categories of unreasonable practices alongside ethanol restrictions and deforestation policy.

The European Central Bank chose 36 payment service providers from more than 50 applicants to participate in a 12-month digital euro pilot starting in the second half of 2027, covering person-to-person and point-of-sale payments across 19 euro area countries with institutions including Deutsche Bank, Revolut, and Stripe.

Federal Reserve quarterly data reveals FedNow's average payment size dropped 45% to $54,957 in Q2 2026, down from $99,414 the prior quarter. Total volume surged 83% to nearly five million transactions, though aggregate value of $274.7 billion barely budged from Q1.

Central Africa's CEMAC bloc gains access to pan-African instant payments after BEAC joins the Afreximbank-operated PAPSS network, extending coverage to 28 countries across the continent.

One year after launch, PIX Automatico shows 177 percent monthly enrollment growth, with EBANX processing 38 percent of all transactions. Sixty-four percent of users are first-time digital subscribers. B2B payments dominate financial volume at 90 percent despite representing less than five percent of transaction count.

BCB's Joint Resolution 14 capital requirements, which link minimum capital to operational activities rather than license type, entered their first phase on July 1, 2026. The central bank estimates 679 of 1,751 authorized institutions may fall below the new thresholds at full enforcement, with peer-to-peer lenders the most exposed segment.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka replaced its legacy RTGS in March 2024 with an ISO 20022-compliant platform built by Montran. LankaSettle serves 35 participants and handles the country's large-value payments, government securities, and retail payment net obligations.