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Re:Brazil's Pix Payment System Faces Pressure from Visa and ... by is_true on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:12AM (#48061474)
You don't need a brazilian tax ID to use PIX, I've used it from MercadoPago from another country and there are a lot of options to use it besides MP.
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Re:Brazil's Pix Payment System Faces Pressure from Visa and ... by WinstonSmith84 on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:57AM (#48063226)
Well .. How did you register to MercadoPago? I never was able when I was in Argentina (end of last year). It also asked me for some official IDs in Argentina which is even harder to get than a CPF (or probably impossible as a non-resident, I didn't bother at that point)
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Re:Brazil's Pix Payment System Faces Pressure from Visa and ... by is_true on Friday May 08, 2026 @11:43PM (#48071618)
With MP you need an official ID, but there are some crypto apps that have pix and allow to register with a passport.
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