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Bahamas

BS · BHS · 044Latin AmericaBSD B$14 methods

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Sand Dollar was the world's first retail CBDC deployed at national scale (October 2020).

~0.35M
online population
~85%
banked adults
~40%
credit card population
MixMethodsBehaviourBanksSourcesFacts

Payment mix

share of e-commerce spend
  • Card55%
  • Bank Transfer20%
  • Cash15%
  • CBDC (Sand Dollar)5%
  • E-Wallet5%

Methods in use

top 8 of 14 · by spend
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Checkout behaviour

Over 100,000 mobile phone-based Sand Dollar wallet accounts exist across the Bahamas.

1,500+ businesses have merchant access to Sand Dollar through licensed payment service providers.

Facts
ISO 3166
BS · BHS · 044
Region
Latin America
Population
0.4M
Currency
BSD B$
Banked adults
~85%
Methods live
14
Banks covered
30
Largest banks
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