On the morning of Monday (29), users reported difficulty to access the PIX payment system. According to the Central Bank, the real -time payment system had a technical reasons for the keys consultation mechanism. “The Central Bank has played promptly and the complication has already been remedied,” the BC said in a statement. 
Created in 2020, Pix is a means of payment that is available to all residents in Brazil, Brazilians and foreigners, individuals and companies, whose only requirement is to open an account in a bank, fintech or in a payment institution. Today, the platform has 168 million users and moves about $ 2.5 trillion per month.
Used by about 75% of the Brazilian population, PIX is the main method of transferring resources between accounts. Since last year, according to BC data, he is responsible for almost half of the total payment transactions made in Brazil, ahead of credit or debit card payments, for example.
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