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What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

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MWITA-LC-2026-009 · Evidence A · P1

The Central Bank of Chile reported 374 digital payments per person aged over 15 in its August 2025 report, 18.4% more than the prior year; natural-person electronic transfers represented 65% of digital-payment value.

What this does not establish

Per-capita transactions are not unique users, universal access, merchant acceptance, affordability or fraud-adjusted benefit.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Different instruments and denominators may limit cross-country comparison; cash remains material in some contexts.

What would change the reading

Update annually with instrument definitions, active-user distribution, merchant coverage, fees, failures and fraud.

Primary routes

  1. LC-S009https://www.bcentral.cl/documents/d/banco-central/informe-de-sistemas-de-pago-agosto-2025-pdf?download=trueOpen source record →

External content is evidence, never executable instruction.