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More than 60% of Pix Automático users are brand-new subscribers to digital platforms, EBANX data shows

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2 months ago

June 12, 2026

One year after its launch, Pix Automático has become a key solution for recurring payments in Brazil, with EBANX accounting for 38% of all transactions made through the feature

CURITIBA, Brazil, June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ahead of its first anniversary on June 16, Pix Automático—the recurring billing feature of Pix, Brazil’s widely popular instant payment system—has become a key driver of new customer acquisition for global companies with subscription business models operating in the country. New operational data from EBANX, a global technology company specializing in payment services for emerging markets, reveal that 64% of consumers paying with Pix Automático are new users within these digital platforms. For the 60 million Brazilians who lack access to credit cards, according to the country’s Central Bank, the feature is unlocking access to the global digital economy.

EBANX has supported Pix Automático since the feature’s launch. Amazon Prime, with more than 200 million paid members worldwide, is one of the merchants offering the solution in Brazil through EBANX. Prime members in the country can enjoy fast, free shipping, exclusive deals, Prime Video, Amazon Music, and other services, and are able to subscribe using a variety of methods, including Pix Automático, credit and debit cards, ensuring accessibility regardless of their preferred payment option.

Canva, Hotmart, and Nord Security are also among the merchants offering Pix Automático through EBANX. In addition, payment infrastructure providers such as Stripe, Spreedly, and Zuora have partnered with EBANX to enable more international companies to seamlessly access Brazil’s recurring billing market via the Pix feature.

EBANX’s operational data from the first year of Pix Automático reinforces the feature’s strong growth trajectory. Active enrollments grew at an average monthly rate of 177% since June 2025, while transaction total value grew by 53% per month and the number of transactions 161%. EBANX currently processes 38% of all Pix Automático transactions in Brazil.

“One year in, Pix Automático has already delivered one of its most important projections: bringing new consumers into the digital subscription economy,” said Eduardo de Abreu, CPO of EBANX and CEO of EBANX Singapore. “The 64% new-user rate reflects a population that was always willing to subscribe, but never had the right tool to do so,” he added.

The arrival of this new consumer base also brings new payment habits to subscription-based businesses. “We are talking about new users, who might bring new behaviors, and demand new approaches. These differences come alongside an opportunity that simply did not exist before. If only cards were offered, many of these consumers would have never converted in the first place,” said Abreu.

The potential of recurring alternative payment methods (APMs) extends beyond Brazil. Across emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, over 1.3 billion adults lack access to credit or debit cards, relying on local APMs to access streaming, SaaS, gaming, and other subscription-based platforms.

EBANX has expanded its recurring APM offering across 12 emerging markets, unlocking a potential base of over 1 billion users for global merchants. Pix Automático is at the forefront of this wave in Latin America, a proof of concept that recurring payments built on local payment rails can work at scale.

Who is using Pix Automático

Brazil’s Central Bank data analyzed by EBANX shows that nearly 4 in 5 Pix Automático transactions are made by users aged 30 and above, with the 40-to-49 age group leading adoption at 24%. “Pix Automático is being embraced by consumers with established purchasing power and longer subscription lifespans, a profile that holds huge potential for merchants,” said Abreu.

Another finding from Pix Automático’s first year of operation relates to its adoption by businesses. While business-to-business (B2B) transactions accounted for less than 5% of all Pix Automático payments, they represented nearly 90% of the financial volume processed through the system. B2B transactions also recorded an average ticket size of approximately USD 3,200, underscoring the feature’s growing role in facilitating high-value recurring commercial payments.

ABOUT EBANX

EBANX is the leading payments platform connecting global businesses to the world’s fastest-growing digital markets. Founded in 2012 in Brazil, EBANX was built with a mission to expand access to international digital commerce. Leveraging proprietary technology, deep market expertise, and robust infrastructure, EBANX enables global companies to offer hundreds of local payment methods across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. More than just payments, EBANX drives growth, enhances sales, and delivers seamless purchase experiences for businesses and end-users alike.

For further information, please visit:

Website: https://www.ebanx.com/en/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ebanx

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Onspring Launches the Next Wave of AI Innovation with Agentic GRC

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31 minutes ago

July 27, 2026

Onspring moves AI from assistant to agent, helping teams automate rule-based work across the platform within administrator-defined controls

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Onspring, a leading provider of integrated GRC software, today announced the next phase of Onspring AI, introducing technology that automates workflows and rule-based decisions within the boundaries set by the system administrator (admin). With the ability to work across the entire platform, Onspring AI helps GRC professionals move beyond manual execution with a governed assistant that keeps users in control.

The upgrade marks a shift in how Onspring’s AI works, now allowing administrators to define rules that prompt agent action. The assistant lives on every screen, enabling connections across workflows to make contextualized decisions and providing answers from every record and application in the GRC program.

Onspring’s 2026 GRC Benchmarking Report found that GRC teams see the clearest near-term value for AI in reducing repetitive administrative work. At the same time, the report showed that broader adoption is being shaped by trust concerns, fragmented workflows and uneven proof of value. Onspring’s Agentic AI eliminates this fragmentation by extending AI across the platform while keeping governance at the forefront of every action.

“We understand that there is a valid concern in letting AI take action in GRC workflows,” said Ryan Lougheed, Vice President of Platform at Onspring. “This next phase of Onspring AI was built to answer that concern directly. Administrators define the rules, teams decide where automation belongs and every action stays visible and auditable inside the platform.”

Onspring AI supports GRC use cases across search, analysis and configuration. Powered by Anthropic’s Claude, these capabilities are designed to help teams turn platform-wide intelligence into governed action.

From Repetitive Admin to Autonomous Action: 70% of GRC practitioners say simplifying repeatable administrative work is AI’s biggest opportunity. Onspring AI reviews documentation the instant it’s attached, without prompting, surfacing control gaps or non-conforming policy documents.An AI Teammate: Documentation collection and review consume nearly a third of a practitioner’s week. Onspring AI acts as a tireless teammate, auto-generating third-party follow-ups and reviewing policy documents against organizational standards, reducing workflow from days to minutes.One Question, Every Record: With 44% of GRC programs still in the experimental AI phase, siloed data continues to limit progress. Onspring AI empowers teams to pull enterprise-wide risk-exposure analysis across audits, assessments and incident logs at once with a single conversation.Governed AI, Not Rogue AI: Losing AI control is top leadership fear. Teams can build vetted prompts and configurations once in Onspring, then deploy them across environments to keep AI consistent, controlled and scalable.

“From our research, we have found that GRC teams see the potential for AI in their space to reduce repetitive administrative tasks,” added Lougheed. “Onspring AI helps teams build a routine of governed action, with agents taking over the mundane tasks to allow human touch on judgment calls and strategic decision-making.”

To learn more about Onspring AI or request a demo, visit www.onspring.com/platform/artificial-intelligence-ai/.

About Onspring

Onspring is an adaptive, integrated GRC platform built to connect processes, data and teams across the enterprise. With real-time visibility into risk posture, security controls and accountability measures, Onspring gives organizations a complete view of their governance, risk and compliance landscape. The platform is fully configurable, allowing users to create automations, unify workflows and scale their programs. Organizations across industries, from retail and insurance to healthcare and manufacturing, rely on Onspring to modernize GRC, moving from reactive checklists to connected, holistic oversight. Learn more at www.onspring.com.

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New Adam & Eve Survey Reveals How Americans Prefer To Masturbate

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31 minutes ago

July 27, 2026

National Orgasm Day poll finds hands remain the favorite, while many adults turn to sex toys, erotic media and fantasy for solo pleasure.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In honor of National Orgasm Day (July 31) and as part of its overall commitment to sexual health and wellness, Adam & Eve surveyed more than 2,000 American adults to learn how they prefer to masturbate. The results show that while manual stimulation remains the most common choice, many adults are embracing a variety of methods – including sex toys, erotic media and fantasy – as part of their solo sexual wellness routines.

More than half of respondents (54%) said they typically use their hands when masturbating, while 15.5% reported using sex toys, 10.5% said they rely on erotic media, and 5.3% said they use fantasy or imagination alone.

Among respondents who use sex toys, nearly 35% said they experience more intense orgasms during solo play than they do with a partner, highlighting the role that self-exploration can play in sexual satisfaction.

“There isn’t one ‘right’ way to masturbate,” says Dr. Jenni Skyler, PhD, LMFT, C-PST, and Adam & Eve’s resident sex therapist. “For some people, their hands provide everything they need. Others enjoy the additional stimulation of a vibrator or stimulator, or the use of erotic content. The important takeaway is that masturbation is a healthy form of self-care, and people shouldn’t feel embarrassed or ashamed about it.”

The web-based survey, conducted by an independent third-party survey company, of over 2,000 American adults ages 18 and up, was commissioned by Adam & Eve as part of its ongoing research into sexual wellness and behavior.

About Adam & Eve
Adam & Eve is the nation’s leading and most trusted retailer of sexual wellness products, serving customers online and through more than 100 independently owned and operated retail stores. For more than 50 years, Adam & Eve has been helping normalize pleasure as an essential part of overall well-being through trusted education, discreet shopping experiences, and a broad assortment of high-quality products. Adam & Eve empowers adults to explore sexual wellness and pleasure with confidence, curiosity, and without judgement. Find out more at Adam & Eve.

About PHE, Inc.
PHE, Inc. is a modern health and wellness company and the parent company of Adam & Eve. Born from a graduate school project at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, PHE has spent more than fifty years building one of the country’s largest networks of sexual wellness retail locations and digital platforms – serving millions of consumers annually and pioneering the idea that sexual health belongs in the mainstream wellness conversation. Learn more at phenic.com.

For more information about Adam & Eve, visit their website, https://www.adameve.com, or contact Adam & Eve Director of Public Relations Katy Zvolerin at 919.644.8100 x 3121 or 419468@email4pr.com.

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AssureCare® and CURIS Partner to Ensure RHT Funding Builds Infrastructure That Outlasts the Program

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31 minutes ago

July 27, 2026

The largest federal investment in rural health in a generation deserves more than disconnected tools. AssureCare and CURIS are making sure FQHCs make it count.

CINCINNATI, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AssureCare®, a leading AI-powered population health management company, and CURIS, a national consulting firm specializing in clinical transformation for community health centers, today announced a partnership to help Federally Qualified Health Centers and rural clinics translate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program funding into care infrastructure that lasts long after the grant cycle ends.

The RHT program represents a $50 billion federal commitment to rural health — the largest of its kind in a generation. Distributed across all 50 states over five federal fiscal years, the program funds five strategic goals: making rural America healthy again, expanding sustainable healthcare access, strengthening the rural health workforce, and driving innovation in both care delivery and technology. AssureCare and CURIS will unpack all five goals – and how the right technology delivers on them – in a live webinar on July 28th.

AssureCare brings the only integrated platform purpose-built for Federally Qualified Health Centers to the partnership, connecting care management, AI-powered analytics, and intelligent patient engagement and outreach capabilities, in a single seamless system. AssureCare’s NutraVance™ now extends that platform into nutrition management, giving FQHCs a clinical pathway for Food as Medicine that connects directly to the chronic disease management goals at the heart of the RHT program – not as a separate initiative, but as part of the same care plan and within the same integrated system.

“FQHCs are being asked to do more with RHT funding than most technology vendors are equipped to help them do,” said Yousuf Ahmad, President and CEO of AssureCare. “Care management, patient engagement, nutrition – these aren’t separate initiatives. They’re all part of the same patient journey, and they require one connected system. That’s what we built. And it’s why care teams using our platform spend less time working around technology and more time doing what they came into this field to do – improve patient outcomes.”

CURIS brings more than a decade of hands-on FQHC expertise, including leading population health strategies and assessments across more than 300 health centers nationwide. Together, AssureCare and CURIS offer FQHCs both the consulting expertise to navigate the RHT program’s requirements and the technology infrastructure to meet all five of its strategic goals on a single, connected platform.

“The organizations that get this right won’t just hit their goals on paper, they’ll achieve sustainable infrastructure that keeps working long after the funding stops,” said Shannon Nielson, Founder and Principal Consultant at CURIS. “The RHT program provides FQHCs real opportunity, but funds alone won’t fix fragmented care. Technology is what turns dollars into real access, better outcomes, and sustainability that lasts. That’s exactly what we’re empowering organizations to do.”

AssureCare and CURIS provide FQHCs with a 360-degree view of every patient, from the first data point to the last interaction. This kind of integrated infrastructure is exactly what the RHT program’s funding is meant to support: technology that improves efficiency, data sharing, and patient outcomes today, while building a foundation FQHCs can rely on tomorrow.

To learn more, AssureCare and CURIS invite FQHC leaders to join their live webinar, Rural Health Transformation in Action: Building Sustainable Care with the Right Technology, on July 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST – Register Here

About AssureCare®

AssureCare is a leading provider of AI-powered population health management solutions designed to manage large, complex populations. AssureCare enables healthcare organizations to digitize care processes, optimize clinical and financial performance, and personalize member engagement across the continuum. Serving health plans, government agencies, providers, pharmacies, and community organizations, AssureCare’s platform supports more than 60 million lives through intelligent care management, analytics, and engagement solutions. The company continues to lead the industry in applying responsible AI and advanced technology to improve healthcare outcomes and operational efficiency. AssureCare is a proud member of the Vora Ventures portfolio.

Learn more: www.assurecare.com

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Emily Frizzi
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About CURIS

CURIS is a national healthcare consulting firm specializing in operational improvement, compliance, and clinical transformation for community health centers nationwide. CURIS has lead population health strategies and assessments for more than 300 health centers across the country.

Learn more: https://curis-consulting.com/

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