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Colombia’s Bre‑B Hits More than 500 Million Transactions as ACI Worldwide and Banco de la República Take the Stage at Fintech Americas 2026
ACI Worldwide wins Central Banking’s 2026 Award for ‘Financial Market Infrastructure Services Retail’, recognizing the standout success of the Bre-B
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nACI Worldwide wins Central Banking’s 2026 Award for ‘Financial Market Infrastructure Services Retail’, recognizing the standout success of the Bre-B implementation\n\n\n OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nColombia’s real-time payments transformation is accelerating at remarkable speed. In just five months, Bre‑B has processed more than 500 million transactions and registered over 100 million payment keys, firmly establishing the scheme as one of the most rapidly scaled real-time payment systems in Latin America.\n\n\nFor this achievement, ACI has been named the winner of this year’s Central Banking Financial Market Infrastructure Services – Retail Award. The awards judges highlighted the collaborative nature of the scheme, the implementation in record time, and ACI’s flexibility in addressing design challenges to deliver the Bre-B implementation on schedule, ensuring a highly successful launch.\n\n\nThese milestone results will be in the spotlight at Fintech Americas Miami 2026, where Mauricio Fernández, real-time payments lead, Latin America, ACI Worldwide, and Ana Carolina Ramírez Pineda, deputy director of retail payments, Banco de la República, will share insights into Bre-B’s rapid rise and outline what comes next for the national scheme.\n\n\nPowered by ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and operated by Banco de la República, Bre‑B is redefining how Colombians send money, pay merchants, and engage with digital financial services. Its early performance reflects both the scale and inclusivity of Colombia’s new real-time payments infrastructure, representing one of the strongest national real-time deployments anywhere in the world.\n\n\nA New Foundation for Colombia’s Real‑Time Economy\n\n\nLaunched to modernize the country’s payment infrastructure and expand financial inclusion, Bre-B enables instantaneous, interoperable transfers across all participating financial institutions. Built on ACI’s Digital Central Infrastructure, the scheme is already reshaping how consumers, merchants, government entities, and utilities conduct transactions. It also represents a regional first: a nationally coordinated real‑time payments scheme jointly developed by the central bank, regulators, commercial banks, and technology partners, setting a new standard for collaborative digital payments innovation in Latin America.\n\n\nACI Worldwide: Powering C...