Overview
- Since the December 2024 rollout of open payments, 60 million transport trips were paid with cards, with 69.5% on debit and 30.5% on credit, according to Payway.
- About 30% of card fares were processed via NFC-enabled phones and smartwatches, pointing to fast adoption of tap-to-pay devices.
- The Central Bank reported 4.6 million QR-based rides in August 2025 following the feature’s launch on the Buenos Aires subway and its later extension to buses.
- SUBE registered 351.2 million trips in August, a 0.4% monthly rise but a 10.6% drop from a year earlier, indicating share loss to new methods.
- Payway’s Q3 index shows 41.46% of credit-card volume financed in installments, while debit transactions fell 20.5% year over year and ATM cash withdrawals dropped roughly 44%.