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Payment network · Instant payments · Brazil
Pix
Brazil's instant payment scheme, launched by the central bank in November 2020, transferring funds between accounts in seconds at any time via keys such as phone numbers and QR codes. Adoption has been rapid, making it Brazil's dominant retail payment method.
- Type
- Instant payments
- Operator
- Banco Central do Brasil
- Region
- Brazil
- Currency
- BRL
- Launched
- 2020
- Settlement model
- instant, 24/7 gross
- Website
- www.bcb.gov.br
Approximate reference data from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time, not advice. See data & methodology.
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