Pix records 319.7 million transactions as Brazil debate cites betting ban
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Brazil’s Pix payment system recorded 319.7 million transactions on 6 November, moving R$180.5 billion, the Central Bank said. The figures do not identify transactions linked to betting; the government had attributed a 10% fall in Pix transactions in late September to the end of betting, using a comparison the source says applied different periods to transaction volumes and values.
Pix set a daily transaction record on 6 November, processing 319.7 million payments worth R$180.5bn, according to Brazil's Central Bank. That surpassed the previous high of 318.1 million transactions on 4 September. The R$180.5bn transferred was less than the R$186.89bn recorded on 4 September.
On 29 September, the government attributed a 10% fall in Pix transactions to the end of betting, four days after provisional measure 1.394 was published. The Central Bank did not answer whether the decline was related to the measure when asked at the time. The instant payment system's statistics measure all settled transactions without separating them by economic sector.
From 26 to 28 September, Pix recorded 608.6 million transactions, 10% fewer than the average for the same days over the previous four weeks. Transactions totalled 229.6 million on 26 September, 11% below the average, and 165.9 million on 27 September, down 12%. On 28 September, Pix processed 213 million transactions, down 7.4%. The announced 15.5% decline in transaction value used a different comparison, measuring the same three days against the previous week.
National public security secretary Chico Lucas said the provisional measure was the only relevant economic measure in the period and that the lost transactions were very probably linked to gambling. Minister Wellington César Lima e Silva said the result showed the immediate effect of government action.
Plínio Lemos Jorge, president of the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL), said the four-week average did not account for differences in Pix use between weeks of the month. The ANJL said transactions from 22 to 24 September, before the ban, were already 7% to 12% below the reference level. The association said comparing equivalent calendar periods reduced the variation and showed an increase in transaction value.
Pix transactions rose 25.7% in 2025 compared with 2024. The system had 187.8 million users at the end of October.