# Insights


## Publications


## Featured Content

### Accelerating Digital Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean

Digital payment ecosystems are the invisible infrastructure powering commerce, trade and people’s daily lives. With the onset of global COVID-19 pandemic the value of digital payments for individuals and businesses became even more apparent. Yet despite the importance of digital payments in powering economies, many people in Latin America and the Caribbean still lack adequate access to digital payments and may be excluded from participating more broadly in financial services and commerce. This report explores the existing barriers to digital payment adoption and growth in the region and proposes solutions at the public, public-private and private levels to advance this sector.

[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/accelerating-digital-payments-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/)

### Unlocking Interoperability: Overcoming Regulatory Frictions in Cross-Border Payments

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[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/unlocking-interoperability-overcoming-regulatory-frictions-in-cross-border-payments/)

### Defining and Measuring Payment Interoperability

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[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/defining-and-measuring-payment-interoperability/)

### Connecting Digital Economies: Policy Recommendations for Cross-Border Payments

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[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/connecting-digital-economies-policy-recommendations-for-cross-border-payments/)

### Addressing E-Payment Challenges in Global E-Commerce

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[Read more](https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Addressing_E-Payment_Challenges_in_Global_E-Commerce_clean.pdf)


## Articles


## Featured Content

### How innovative fintech is helping small business in cross-border trade and payments

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[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/msme-cross-border-trade-payments/)

### Brazilians are adopting digital payments faster than anyone else —  what lessons can we learn?

When ordering food or beverages to go, customers can opt for a reusable revolv cup. A deposit is placed on the cup, which will be paid back upon return at a drop-off station or to any participating café. Revolv provides users with incentives, including discounts, to opt for a revolv cup

[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/05/brazilians-are-adopting-digital-payments-faster-than-anyone-else-what-lessons-can-we-learn/)

### IDB Lab and WEF launch joint initiative to unlock the potential of digital payments in LAC

When ordering food or beverages to go, customers can opt for a reusable revolv cup. A deposit is placed on the cup, which will be paid back upon return at a drop-off station or to any participating café. Revolv provides users with incentives, including discounts, to opt for a revolv cup

[Read more](https://etradeforall.org/news/idb-lab-and-wef-launch-joint-initiative-to-unlock-the-potential-of-digital-payments-in-lac/)


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