Bahamas

BS · BHS · 044Latin AmericaBSD B$14 methods

4 sources

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

Mix Methods Behaviour Banks Sources Facts

Payment mix

share of e-commerce spend

CategoryShare

Card55%
Bank Transfer20%
Cash15%
CBDC (Sand Dollar)5%
E-Wallet5%

Methods in use

top 8 of 14

MethodType

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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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