Andrew Black ★彡

@Botafogo @WgtnPhoenixFC @CPFC. Samba/Forró musician @sosambanz Got my ear to the ground when it comes to anything Brazilian football or A-League.

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

Minha família. Kiwis, brasileiros e Uzbeks. Everyone supporting @Botafogo vs @RedBullBraga Vamooooo! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #familia

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

This is amazing

[Marcel van Oost @oost_marcel]

🇧🇷 Brazil’s Pix payment system now processes more transactions than Visa and Mastercard combined 🤯

According to Banco Central do Brasil, Pix handled 224+ million transactions in a single day, overtaking the combined domestic volumes of Visa and Mastercard.

Let’s put that into context.

Pix launched in November 2020.

In under five years, it became the default payment method for more than 150 million Brazilians, roughly 70% (❗️) of the population.

It’s:

• Instant
• 24/7
• Free for consumers
• Near-zero cost for merchants
• Mandatory for large banks

That combination changed everything.

For decades, Brazil’s merchants paid 2–5% per card transaction.
Pix removed most of that friction overnight.

For a street vendor in Recife or a small business in São Paulo, the math became obvious.

But this isn’t just about transaction volume.

Pix brought an estimated 71 million unbanked or underbanked Brazilians into the digital economy. That’s one of the largest financial inclusion shifts in modern history.

And strategically, this is even bigger:

A government-built rail is directly competing with — and outscaling — private global card networks.

This raises a fundamental question for the global payments ecosystem:

If public, low-cost, interoperable infrastructure can scale this fast…
what does that mean for the long-term economics of interchange?

Brazil may not just have built a payment system.

It may have built a blueprint.

Together with 🇮🇳 India’s UPI, this might be the most successful payments story of the past decade.

What do you think? Will more central banks follow this path?

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@futtmais I feel like I've gone back to 2007

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@BrasilEdition It's madness and I'm here for it. FOGOOOO

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@afc_lennon Very similar to the Phoenix OG.....

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

🥰🥰

[DataFut @DataFutebol]

O GOL PRA HISTÓRIA!

JÚNIOR SANTOS!

BOTAFOGO É CAMPEÃO DA LIBERTADORES!

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@MeuBotafogo Legal

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@FC_Java @BrasilEdition Never. LH is indispensable.

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@iamj4yrodrigues Jogaram com coragem e acreditaram.

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

Queremos mais!

[Botafogo F.R. @Botafogo]

O BOTAFOGO DE FUTEBOL E REGATAS AVANÇA NA LIBERTADORES! SEGUIMOS! 🔥🌎 #VamosBOTAFOGO

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@WgtnPhoenixFC Management and ownership certainly at fault, recruitment has been woeful.

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

Incredible. 👏👏👏 É ouro!

[The Olympic Games™ @Olympics]

Leaping into the history books ✨

#MilanoCortina2026 #LucasPinheiroBraathen

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@_igorbfr Ja ouvi falar. Acho que ainda esta la.

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

Aonde é bom assistir aos jogos do Botafogo no Botafogo ou Copa/Leme?

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@MuriloSantosBFR Tem um bar preferido pra assistir ali?

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@iamj4yrodrigues Tambem espero.

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@iamj4yrodrigues Vamooooooooo

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@ricardoazambuja Where is everyone? It's so boring here now.

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@nathbfr Rooney provavelmente nunca fez nenhum procedimento de beleza ou cirurgia plástica

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@Owensully123 @RobertKennedyJr @realDonaldTrump Trump and Flamengo, you really have chosen poorly 😂

[Andrew Black ★彡 @BLACKAYDEE]

@TheSmokingSnk But then would win 8 nil on return leg with a new coach 😂