Uso del pago móvil superó a los puntos de venta y se convirtió en el canal más usado del país
El pago móvil concretó un nuevo hito dentro del sistema financiero venezolano. De acuerdo con las estadísticas más recientes publicadas por el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV), se convirtió en el canal de pago más utilizado en el país, al superar en número de transacciones al punto de venta (POS). Por Jean Carlos Manzano G. […]
TL;DR
- Mobile payments surpassed point-of-sale (POS) transactions in Venezuela in July 2025.
- In July 2025, mobile payments had 470.9 million transactions, while POS had 458.6 million.
- From January to October 2025, POS recorded 4,350 million operations (a 23% year-on-year increase), compared to 4,237.5 million via mobile payment (a 70% increase).
- POS transactions represent 39% of the total, while mobile payments account for 38% as of October 2025.
- Total transactions across all channels increased by 43% in the first 10 months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
- Mobile payment was introduced in October 2017 to address challenges of inflation and cash scarcity.
- The mobile payment system was developed through public-private collaboration between the Central Bank of Venezuela, the Superintendency of Banks, and the Venezuelan Banking Association.