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Seven out of ten payments in Ciudad del Este's affiliated commerce are made by QR code.

Source: Bancard — acquiring network, ParaguayVerified on July 2026

December 2025 recorded 20 million QR transactions on the Paraguayan network.

Source: BancardVerified on July 2026

PIX is enabled in more than 35,000 businesses on the Infonet/Bancard network.

Source: Bancard / InfonetVerified on July 2026

Bancard's digital district in Ciudad del Este cut transaction time from 15 to 4 seconds across 29 stores.

Source: Bancard — Ciudad del Este digital districtVerified on July 2026

Paraguay scores 0.52 in Anthropic's AI usage index — 74th of 116 countries, behind Uruguay (1.21), Chile (0.91), Colombia (0.85) and Brazil (0.79).

Source: Anthropic — AI Usage Index (Economic Index)Verified on July 2026

The Liquid network recorded 1,163,119 transactions in the first quarter of 2026; DePix accounts for about half the volume.

Source: Liquid Federation — Quarterly Update Q1 2026Verified on July 2026

Mandatory electronic invoicing (SIFEN) phases in around 3,000 companies across six groups between June 2026 and September 2027.

Source: DNIT — Resolution 52/2026, ParaguayVerified on July 2026

Brazil counts 51.8 million podcast listeners; 44% of adults listen weekly, 27% of regular listeners seek information about the advertiser and 22% buy right away.

Source: Podcast audience research in BrazilVerified on July 2026Primary source URL under verification

Paraguay has more than 3,000 active content creator profiles and fewer than 20% live exclusively from that activity; there is no specific legislation on sponsored content.

Source: Survey of the creator market in ParaguayVerified on July 2026Primary source URL under verification

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