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Finextra — Payments
Ant International secures payment institution licence from the Central Bank of Brazil
WHAT HAPPENED
An Ant International announcement republished by Finextra says the Central Bank of Brazil granted the company a Payment Institution licence. Ant says the licence builds on Antom's existing merchant acceptance of Pix, cards and alternative payment methods and will support broader local and cross-border payment and account services for enterprises, platforms and small and medium-sized businesses in Brazil.
PUBLISHED September 4, 2026SOURCE Finextra — PaymentsLANE Cross-border market
KEY FIGURES
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Ant International-authored announcement distributed through Finextra and Business Wire. The licence claim and intended service scope are company-supplied; the accessible sources do not provide the underlying central-bank decision or independently measured operating results.
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# Ant International secures payment institution licence from the Central Bank of Brazil
> Evidence tier: B2
> Evidence type: Ant International company announcement republished by Finextra and Business Wire
> Source: [Finextra — Payments](https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110813/ant-international-secures-payment-institution-licence-from-the-central-bank-of-brazil)
> Published: 2026-09-04
> Captured: 2026-09-04T17:52:25.912Z
## Source summary
An Ant International announcement republished by Finextra says the Central Bank of Brazil granted the company a Payment Institution licence. Ant says the licence builds on Antom's existing merchant acceptance of Pix, cards and alternative payment methods and will support broader local and cross-border payment and account services for enterprises, platforms and small and medium-sized businesses in Brazil.
## Why it matters
A local payment-institution licence can deepen Ant International's regulated operating footprint in Brazil and support integration between local acceptance and cross-border merchant services. The announcement does not define the authorised activities in detail, name a newly live corridor or product, or disclose implementation timing, clients, pricing, payment volume, settlement performance or an independently accessible licence record.
## Key numbers
No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report.
## Topics and entities
- Industry lane: Cross-border market
- Entities: Ant International / Antom
- Cross-border payments
- Company intelligence
- Payment infrastructure
## Evidence and credibility note
Ant International-authored announcement distributed through Finextra and Business Wire. The licence claim and intended service scope are company-supplied; the accessible sources do not provide the underlying central-bank decision or independently measured operating results.
Date evidence: Finextra and Business Wire publication records dated September 4, 2026
## First-party corroboration
- [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260904025256/en/](/en/items/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260904025256/en/)
## Original-source traceback
[Open the original Finextra — Payments report](https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110813/ant-international-secures-payment-institution-licence-from-the-central-bank-of-brazil)
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