Digital payments are growing in Latin America as companies like Mercado Libre and TerraPay rapidly advance digital banking and digital wallets in the region. Central bank instant payments mandates and modernized infrastructure in Brazil have also moved the needle to the point where the region is arguably moving faster toward digital transformation than anywhere else in the world. PYMNTS Intelligence’s “ How the World Does Digital ” report surveyed 67,000 consumers across 11 different countries. It found that Brazil was far ahead of all of them — including the United States — in digital engagement. Drilling down into the results, in 2023, 66.8% of Brazilians used mobile banking apps on their phones at least once a month, and 46.8% used these apps at least weekly. Consumers in Brazil are embracing digital payments as well. The report found that by 2023, two-thirds of consumers in Brazil had smartphones and 75% had debit cards. In the same year, 77% of consumers in Brazil were using Pix , the instant payments app for mobile phones launched by the country’s central bank. “After many decades of the status quo in payments, Latin America is going through a major transformation,” Marcelo Moussalli , managing […]
Bank of America’s Take on Latin America’s Digital Payments Advantage
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