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CloudWalk Leads Brazil’s Open Finance Revolution, Driving AI-Powered Financial Access for Entrepreneurs

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CloudWalk Leads Brazil’s Open Finance Revolution, Driving AI-Powered Financial Access for Entrepreneurs
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CloudWalk Leads Brazil’s Open Finance Revolution, Driving AI-Powered Financial Access for Entrepreneurs

2025-08-25 19:00 Last Updated At:19:10

SÃO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 25, 2025--

CloudWalk, one of the fastest-growing global financial technology companies behind InfinitePay and Jim.com, has taken the lead in Brazil’s Open Finance rankings. According to the latest quarterly report by consulting firm Bip, CloudWalk — through its InfinitePay platform — now holds 19.5% of all business account data-sharing consents, a 97% increase since May. This puts the company ahead of major banks and fintechs with larger corporate customer bases.

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Launched in 2020 by the Brazilian Central Bank, Brazil’s Open Finance has become one of the world’s most ambitious data-sharing initiatives. Broader than Open Banking in the U.S. and U.K., it spans banking, investments, insurance, and foreign exchange. Participation is mandatory for large institutions, and customer-consented data is exchanged through national API standards. As of June 2025, the system counted 91 million active authorizations.

“Open Finance represents a structural shift in Brazil’s financial market. It gives customers back control of their own data, enabling us to offer solutions more aligned with each business’s reality — with greater speed and better terms — while leveling the playing field with traditional institutions,” says Fabrício Costa, CloudWalk’s Financial Services Director.

InfinitePay: AI at the Core of Financial Access

CloudWalk’s leadership is driven by InfinitePay, its financial services platform with more than 5 million active clients among Brazil’s small and micro entrepreneurs. InfinitePay has strategically leveraged artificial intelligence to expand access to credit and reduce transaction fees for its customers.

“By talking to our customers, we learned that two factors were essential for gaining their Open Finance data: offering clear benefits and proving we could keep their information safe and private. We built our strategy around these principles — and the results are clear in our numbers and our relevance within Brazil’s Open Finance ecosystem, Costa adds.

One flagship innovation is Smart Credit, launched two years ago. Powered by an AI engine, it processes over 8,000 data points — from real-time sales volumes to social media sentiment — combined with Open Finance data to generate a unique credit score for each merchant. This enables working capital offers to be approved in seconds, 24/7, with instant deposits and flexible repayment terms. In the past 12 months alone, InfinitePay has more than doubled the amount of credit granted.

Another breakthrough is automatic fee reduction. Using AI and Open Finance data, InfinitePay dynamically adjusts transaction fees based on revenue, seasonality, business segment, region, and a client’s history with other institutions. Since its launch, this feature has saved clients USD 41 million (R$ 222 million), with expected savings of USD 73 million (R$ 396 million) by next year.

For Costa, topping the Open Finance rankings reflects both customer trust and CloudWalk’s ability to turn technology into everyday business impact: “Open Finance is a pillar of our strategy to expand access to high-quality financial services in Brazil. Our leadership confirms that we are delivering real value — combining AI, customer focus, and technology to build sustainable growth and competitive advantage.”

Home of the InfinitePay app

Home of the InfinitePay app

Indiana is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time after going through the regular season and Big Ten championship game 13-0, ending Ohio State’s 14-week run atop the rankings.

The Hoosiers’ 13-10 win over the Buckeyes in Indianapolis on Saturday night made them the unanimous pick for No. 1 and they locked up the top seed for their second straight appearance in the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Georgia, which beat Alabama by three touchdowns in the Southeastern Conference title game, moved up one spot to No. 2 for its highest ranking of the season. Ohio State, the defending national champion, slipped two spots to No. 3.

Texas Tech, a 27-point winner over BYU in the Big 12 championship game, also has its highest ranking of the season after rising one rung to No. 4.

Oregon was No. 5 and followed by Mississippi, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Miami. Miami moved up two spots and returned to the top 10 for the first time since mid-October. Alabama and BYU each dropped one spot, to Nos. 11 and 12.

Among Group of Five teams, American Conference champion Tulane jumped four spots to No. 17 for its highest ranking in two years. Sun Belt Conference champion James Madison remained No. 19.

The final AP Top 25 will be released Jan. 20, the day after the national championship game.

— Indiana, which had the most losses in major college football history prior to Curt Cignetti’s arrival two years ago, had never been ranked higher than No. 2 before Sunday. That was the position the Hoosiers held for seven straight weeks before they rose to the top. They were 100 ballot points ahead of Georgia. The Bulldogs were just 12 points ahead of Ohio State.

— With the limited schedule of games, all teams that were in the Top 25 remained in the poll.

— Virginia took the biggest fall after losing in overtime to Duke in the ACC championship game, going from No. 16 to No. 20.

SEC (8 ranked teams): Nos. 2 Georgia, 6 Mississippi, 7 Texas A&M, 8 Oklahoma, 11 Alabama, 13 Vanderbilt, 14 Texas, 25 Missouri.

Big Ten (5): Nos. 1 Indiana, 3 Ohio State, 5 Oregon, 16 Southern California, 18 Michigan.

Big 12 (4): Nos. 4 Texas Tech, 12 BYU, 15 Utah, 20 Arizona.

ACC (3): Nos. 10 Miami, 21 Virginia, 24 Georgia Tech.

American (3): Nos. 17 Tulane, 22 Navy, 23 North Texas.

Independent (1): No. 9 Notre Dame.

Sun Belt (1): No. 19 James Madison.

Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

Georgia wide receiver Zachariah Branch (1) celebrates his touchdown against Alabama during the second half of a Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Georgia wide receiver Zachariah Branch (1) celebrates his touchdown against Alabama during the second half of a Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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