Chivo Wallet

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Chivo Wallet was introduced in El Salvador to connect US-dollar and bitcoin payments in a single app. Its role spans transfers, merchant payments and conversion between the two balances, with banking and cash-access links to connect digital funds to the country's dollar-based economy.

Use cases:
Initiation:
Users
52K
Markets
1
TPV
$2.0M
Transactions
66K

Estimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, November 2026

Historical trends

Capabilities

US-dollar and bitcoin balances support purchases, transfers and conversion between the two currencies. Banking connections and cash access link the app to physical money; detailed refund and repeat-payment rules remain unconfirmed.

Markets

Schemes

PSPs

No PSP implementations have been mapped for this method yet.

Compliance

Standards