Overview
- Between December 17 and 31, QR transactions rose 79% year over year, users paying with QR increased 84%, total amounts surged 143.02%, and the average ticket climbed 36.03%, according to Coelsa.
- Immediate transfers, mostly triggered by QR, grew 22% in volume and 66.35% in value, with the average ticket up 35% and usage extending to more than 24.8 million people, a 19% increase from 2024.
- Electronic checks (ECHEQ) also advanced in the same period, with transactions up 15.21%, total amounts up 46.35%, and the average amount up 12.13% year over year.
- Public transport QR (VQR) adoption accelerated, rising 708% in December and reaching about 3.1 million trips per month after a rollout that began in May 2025 on buses and the subway.
- Central bank data to November recorded 75.8 million interoperable QR transfer operations totaling roughly 1.6 trillion pesos, reinforcing the sustained expansion following the 2024 interoperability shift.