Cross-border payment platform dLocal empowers digital education, helping Open English activate new instant payments in Colombia

Recently, cross-border payment platform dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO), which connects global merchants with emerging markets, and the well-known online English learning platform Open English jointly announced the launch of Bre-B instant payment service in Colombia to meet the new demands of accelerated digital education adoption. Bre-B can fully integrate Colombia’s latest real-time payment infrastructure into online education checkout processes, allowing students and business users in Colombia to complete instant payments through any partner bank or e-wallet. This move not only demonstrates the two companies’ quick adaptation to local payment infrastructure capabilities but also breaks down payment barriers and rapidly activates new payment channels.

Currently, Colombia’s digital education market continues to grow. The government’s “Family Connectivity Program” has provided affordable internet services to 282,000 low-income households, promoting the widespread adoption of online learning and improving educational equity. However, persistent obstacles to further advancing educational fairness remain, with uneven payment channels being a primary reason. Low credit card ownership, widespread transaction declines, and the difficulty of completing traditional cash payments online create friction that can interrupt student registration and increase checkout abandonment rates for subscription-based services like online learning. This makes Bre-B especially important. In October 2025, Colombia’s central bank launched Bre-B, the first government-supported real-time payment infrastructure, offering advantages such as 24-hour continuous transfers and digital identifier verification. To date, it has nearly 100 million registered users and has become the preferred method for daily payments among local residents.

To make high-quality online education resources more accessible, Open English, a leading online English learning platform in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking U.S. market, has integrated this new payment method via the cross-border payment platform dLocal. Bre-B has been incorporated into Open English’s existing payment system, allowing rapid deployment without changing the registration process. Users can complete instant payments using Bre-B llave or QR code through participating Colombian banks or digital wallets. The entire process takes only seconds and does not require credit cards or manual verification, enabling students to access course content immediately after registration. This innovative payment solution precisely addresses local users’ payment pain points and effectively reduces checkout abandonment in online education.

Open English CEO Andrés Moreno stated, “If someone is ready to learn, we don’t want payment to be a barrier. Making education more accessible means acting quickly when local systems change. Bre-B allows Colombian students to pay in a way that suits them. Through dLocal, we can do this without impacting our checkout performance.”

In fact, the launch of Bre-B is a further expansion of the long-term partnership between the two companies. Since establishing their cooperation two years ago, they have gradually expanded coverage of local and alternative payment methods in key emerging markets such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Chile, deeply adapting to regional payment habits.

Looking ahead, both parties also plan to introduce BNPL options like Pareto in Argentina and launch Pagaleve in Brazil, exploring B2B and payment workflows to support diverse needs such as teachers, partners, and internal operations. These initiatives demonstrate dLocal’s deep insights into local payment behaviors across markets. Its ability to balance local adaptation with global scale provides a valuable model for cross-border cooperation in the digital education industry.