Brazil Payment Ecosystem

The network operator will consult the industry on a revised timetable after acknowledging that large parts of the banking sector across all regions were unable to meet the November 14 structured address requirement. The Bank of England deferred its own RTGS standards release the following day to maintain global alignment.

Under Law 21.641, Chile's central bank completed the regulatory changes needed to admit cooperatives, securities custodians, foreign central counterparties, and payment system operators to its high-value settlement infrastructure. The regulation took effect on August 20, 2026.

Mobile wallet holders across connected markets in Asia can now pay at retailers in Brazil through a new cross-border corridor, operational since August 21, that routes transactions from the RoamQR interoperability platform into PIX instant payment rails.

Brazil's central bank has formally shifted its international PIX strategy from aspirational to operational, detailing bilateral and multilateral connection plans in its 2026 management report.

India's national payments operator laid out a decade-long roadmap to expand UPI merchant acceptance from nine to as many as 20 international markets. The expansion anchors on the spending and remittance patterns of 35 million overseas Indians who collectively send $155 billion home annually.