SafetyPay, a payment provider for global commerce websites, has partnered with Brazilian company UOL BoaCompra to provide online payment options to Latin American gamers.

SafetyPay enables consumers to shop from merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account in their local currency.

Fernando Estevez Vazquez, head of international strategy and payments at UOL BoaCompra, said: "SafetyPay reaches hundreds of millions of consumers across Latin America who enjoy the company’s convenience and security.

UOL BoaCompra specialises in monetising online games while offering more than 3,000 games across multiple platforms in Latin America, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.

SafetyPay’s vice president of business development Ronald Wieselberg said: "UOL BoaCompra represents some of the biggest names in online gaming around the world.

"This relationship complements our existing partnerships and extends SafetyPay’s reach to cover almost the entirety of the top of the online gaming market."

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Recently, UOL BoaCompra also partnered with game creator and publisher Ubisoft to expand the company’s portfolio of online games in Latin America and Southern Europe.

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