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According to the bank, the 2026 jury assessed 225 initiatives overall and 36 entries in the digital public infrastructure category; 22 initiatives across four categories became finalists.","The BCP-operated system supports interoperable payments and transfers at any time between banks, finance companies, cooperatives and fintech firms. The bank lists aliases, QR codes and payment initiation among its features and says transfers are free for the public. The announcement does not detail the award’s scoring criteria or provide a measure of the system’s actual transaction volume."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-07T00:54:44+03:00","language":"en","text":"German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article."},{"at":"2026-10-07T00:57:43+03:00","language":"en","text":"The article’s language editions and data explanations were reviewed, and identified translation and label issues were corrected. 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