MoneyGram and Sao Paulo, Brazil-based Confidence Cambio have announced that an agreement between the two companies will enable consumers in Brazil to have more options when they send and receive money transfers.

hyperWALLET has announced that Karrot has launched hyperWALLET’s branded prepaid card services to provide a payment solution for its loyalty and rewards payment programme.

MasterCard is launching a new initiative to help smaller merchants create efficiencies in their operations by accepting electronic payments. The effort combines changes to the company’s US region rules with best practices and insights developed from conversations with smaller merchants.

Payoneer has announced that Google has selected Payoneer as a payments provider for Google Trusted Stores.

Venezuela’s third biggest public bank will be installing 200 new CINEO ATMs from Wincor Nixdorf by July of this year, doubling the number of systems in its ATM network and supporting its growth strategy.

BitPay has announced that they have opened offices in San Francisco and New York. These offices will handle sales, implementation and operational support for BitPay’s merchants.