Fifty banks join payments system for easy instant transfers throughout the region. Costa Rica stays on the sidelines

A total of 51 banks from Central America and the Dominican Republic have joined together to form a regional payments system.

The system will allow clients rapid electronic transfers of funds at low cost and in a secure fashion, according to the Central American Integration System.

The transactions will be in dollars. All the banks in the region will take part, except for those of Costa Rica.



Original source (in Spanish): AFP