Akua & Green Balance

Following the climate discussions that intensified around COP 30, one message has become clear for the financial and technology sectors: the market is ready to move from ambition to practical, everyday action. With this in mind, Akua, a payment acquirer processor operating in Colombia, Argentina, and Uruguay, is announcing a strategic partnership with Green Balance, Brazil’s first climate fintech, to integrate sustainability directly into the heart of financial transactions across the region.
 

Through this partnership, Green Balance becomes Akua’s climate intelligence partner, integrating its CO₂ Calculation API into Akua’s infrastructure. This will allow acquirers, sub-acquirers, payment facilitators, and merchants connected to Akua to access:
 

• Automatic CO₂ calculation for every transaction

• Real-time emissions visibility at the POS and checkout

• Climate engagement at the moment of purchase

• Sustainability dashboards with KPIs, sector comparisons, and regional benchmarks
   

In addition to the already integrated solution, Akua and Green Balance will jointly develop new green finance products and functionalities, enabling sustainability to become a natural part of the daily payments journey in Latin America.
 

“After COP 30, it became clear that the future will not be built on goals alone, but on practical tools that connect people, businesses, and impact. Together with Akua, we are bringing sustainability to where it can make real, everyday difference: financial transactions. This is a partnership designed to last and evolve with the market.” – Eduardo Machado, CEO Green Balance.
 

"At Akua, we understand that the payment infrastructure of the future must be intelligent, scalable, and responsible. Our partnership with Green Balance represents exactly that: bringing sustainability to the core of financial transactions, providing our clients with the tools they need to measure, understand, and act on their climate impact. This is a natural alliance between payment technology and climate intelligence, built to transform Latin America's financial ecosystem." – Rodrigo Rodrigues, COO Akua.
 

The collaboration reinforces the shared commitment of both companies to accelerate sustainable, scalable, and high-impact solutions within the Latin American payments ecosystem.

About Green Balance
 

A Green Balance é a primeira climate fintech do Brasil, especializada em transformar dados financeiros em soluções de sustentabilidade. Por meio de APIs, inteligência artificial e análises setoriais, a empresa possibilita que instituições financeiras, adquirentes e empresas meçam, entendam e reduzam sua pegada de carbono com base em transações reais. Atua no Brasil e na América Latina, fornecendo infraestrutura para integrar sustentabilidade à experiência financeira.
 

Saiba mais sobre a Green Balance:  www.greenbalance.com.br
 

Sobre a Akua
 

Green Balance is Brazil’s first climate fintech, specializing in transforming financial data into sustainability solutions. Through APIs, artificial intelligence, and sectorial intelligence, Green Balance enables financial institutions, acquirers, and companies to measure, understand, and reduce their emissions based on real transactions. The company operates across Brazil and Latin America, delivering infrastructure to embed sustainability into financial experiences.
 

Learn more about Green Balance at www.greenbalance.com.br 

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​About Akua

Akua is the new payments operating system for Latin America, powered by AI. A modular, cloud-native Payments Hub with proprietary technology that integrates multiple payment rails into a single solution. We enable acquirers, banks, PayFacs, platforms, and merchants to integrate quickly, automate operations, and scale frictionlessly. The infrastructure is designed to process millions of transactions from day one and enable AaaS models with efficiency, traceability, and control. They are transforming payment infrastructure across the region with an architecture built for the future.

Learn more about Akua at www.akua.la