Peru

Two wallets took the market in a few years.

Currency
PEN
Settlement
T+1
Methods
5

The market

Yape and PLIN went from launch to ubiquity remarkably quickly, built on top of the major banks. PagoEfectivo still carries the cash-preferring segment, which remains large.

What we would tell you

Yape first. PagoEfectivo remains necessary for the substantial cash-preferring cohort.

Population
~34 million
Market shape
Wallet-led
Indicative
Yape / PLIN adoption
Very rapid
Indicative

Moving value out

Straightforward

Collecting here is not the hard part. This rating describes repatriation.

A comparatively open corridor with functioning FX channels.

Methods

5 local methods in Peru.

4 move money in both directions. 1 are collection only.

  • YapeWalletin · out
  • PagoEfectivoCash / voucherin
  • PLINWalletin · out
  • BCP TransferBank transferin · out
  • InterbankBank transferin · out

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