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Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant

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666 points jcartw | 1 comments | 08 Apr 25 10:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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djrj477dhsnv ◴[08 Apr 25 14:44 UTC] No.43622385[source]▶
How do people pay for illicit drugs, prostitution, bribes, etc.?
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1. carlosjobim ◴[09 Apr 25 10:26 UTC] No.43630615[source]▶
There's still cash money for those things. If you ever heard about the "Operation Car Wash" bribery scandal (largest corruption case in world history), the businessmen and politicians were exchanging suitcases full of cash at a car wash.