Jeff Alvares

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Jeff Alvares is senior counsel to the Central Bank of Brazil, former counsel to the International Monetary Fund, and a former member of the Financial Stability Board secretariat. He is an expert in global financial law and regulation, focusing on banking, payments, and fintech regulation. He holds a master's degree from Harvard law School and a bachelor's from University of São Paulo.

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Brazil’s Pix and the Geopolitics of Digital Payments

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Brazil’s Pix and the Geopolitics of Digital Payments

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Jeff Alvares - September 17, 2025

This July, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched a Section 301 investigation into Brazil’s instant-payment system, Pix. The question on the table is...

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