Latin American fintech Clara has launched a payment account in Brazil that it expects will help it reach $1.23 billion in transactions in 2024.

International payments in rising markets company EBANX has been authorized by the Central Bank of Brazil to offer a payment initiator service via Brazil’s instant payment platform Pix. 

Brazil’s central bank has authorized testing of payments via Facebook Inc’s messaging service WhatsApp in the country easing an outright ban on the service imposed last month.