Content on LATAM payment processing for high-risk merchants (iGaming/betting, FX/CFD, crypto/VASP, adult, nutraceuticals, travel, subscriptions). We focus on:
Local rails & methods that lift approvals: real-time bank schemes (PIX BR), cash vouchers (OXXO/OXXO Pay MX), super-apps/wallets (Mercado Pago, PicPay), and domestic card schemes (Elo, Hipercard). Also CoDi/SPEI for Mexico.
Approval-rate tactics: local vs cross-border acquiring, smart routing & cascading by issuer/BIN geo, 3DS2/SCA decisioning, retries on soft declines, descriptor hygiene, network tokens.
Compliance & risk: AML/KYC/KYB, KYT, sanctions/geofencing, data-protection, regulator expectations (BCB, BCRA, Banxico/CNBV, SFC Colombia, CMF Chile), scheme monitoring thresholds and chargeback prevention.
Ops & finance: settlement currencies (BRL/MXN/ARS + USD/EUR), FX & MCP, payout rails (PIX TED, SPEI, local wires), reconciliation/webhooks, refund vs reversal logic, installment/parcelado handling, tax/VAT basics.
Coverage playbooks: by market (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru), with APM fit and onboarding notes for high-risk verticals.
Authoritative outbound resources about LATAM payment processing:
Banco Central do Brasil — PIX & local payments
Banco de México — SPEI and CoDi
BCRA (Argentina) — payments & FX controls
SFC (Colombia) and CMF (Chile) — payments supervision
Visa / Mastercard — scheme rules & monitoring programs
PCI Security Standards Council — PCI DSS
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