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SINPE Móvil

FPS

Costa Rica's instant payment system. Phone-number-based P2P and P2M transfers. Operated by the Central Bank. One of the most successful FPS deployments in Latin America with ~80% adult adoption. 24/7/365 real-time settlement.

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Sources ClearingPost reads BCCR · Authoritative (T1) · 8 of 15 fields carry a source and a recorded date · latest sourced entry recorded 3 Sep 2026 · evidence details ↓

Record · SINPE Móvil

Country
Costa Rica (CR)
Currency
Costa Rican Colón (CRC)
Operator
BCCR (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Type
FPS
Operating Window
24/7/365
Year Established
2015
Daily Volume
615M+ TX Jan-Oct 2025 (+16.8% YoY); 4.47M subscriptions
Tier?
Tier 2
ISO 20022?
Legacy
Region
Americas
Settlement Type?
Net
Participants
~20 financial entities (banks, cooperatives, mutuals)
Avg Daily Transactions
~2,000,000
Availability
24/7/365
Notes

BCCR is designing a new SINPE Móvil version that adds QR-code payments and is evaluating contactless; its payment-systems director said pilots could begin in 2028. Daily limits have differed by channel since June 2026 under a reform to the Reglamento del Sistema Nacional de Pagos Electrónicos, with a lower cap for unauthenticated SMS and WhatsApp transfers than for bank apps and online banking. Transfers within the daily SMS threshold are free to the customer.

Reference Sources
BCCR
Authoritative (T1)Entry recorded Mar 12, 2026

Operations · SINPE Móvil

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Intelligence for SINPE Móvil (1)

Coverage whose headline or summary names SINPE Móvil, or names its operator or country together with its system type. Each item quotes that evidence and says whether the source is the SINPE Móvil operator or external.