Payment mix
share of e-commerce spendCategoryLeading methodShare
- Cash—45%
- CardVisa35%
- Bank Transfer—12%
- E-Wallet / Mobile MoneyGoogle Pay5%
- Cryptocurrency—2%
- Other—1%
Methods in use
top 8 of 15 · by spend
Checkout behaviour
Bitcoin legal tender law passed 2021; mandatory acceptance removed December 2024 under IMF agreement.
Bitcoin usage for payments fell from 25.7% (2021) to just 8.1% (2024).
Facts
- ISO 3166
- SV · SLV · 222
- Region
- Latin America
- Population
- 6.5M
- Currency
- USD $
- Banked adults
- ~30%
- Methods live
- 15
- Banks covered
- 16
Largest banks
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