
Bolivia · National QR standard
Works with Moreta Pay
Pay BCB QR codes without a Bolivian bank
Yes. Moreta Pay lets visitors pay BCB QR codes in Bolivia without a Bolivian bank account. Add money from the bank or card you already have, scan the BCB QR code at the counter and slide to pay in Bolivian boliviano. The merchant is paid the same way as when a local scans it.

The network
What is BCB QR?
Bolivia’s interoperable QR payments are set by the Banco Central de Bolivia, which made one QR standard work across the financial system and launched its own QR platform in 2022. The payee shows a QR from their bank app, and the payer scans it with their own bank’s app and confirms.
- Country
Bolivia
- Currency
- Bolivian boliviano (BOB)
- Type
- National QR standard
- Run by
- Banco Central de Bolivia
- How locals pay
- They scan the code with their own bank or wallet app
- With Moreta
- Pay it from your Moreta balance

How to spot it
A QR code from a Bolivian bank app, on a printed card, a phone screen or the shop wall; locals simply call it “QR”.
Can tourists pay BCB QR?
BCB QR is paid from a Bolivian bank or wallet app, so a code on the counter needs an account opened in Bolivia. A card from home can’t pay the code on the counter, and opening a local account takes paperwork a visit rarely leaves time for.
Moreta closes that gap. It pays the BCB QR code itself, from a balance you top up with your own bank, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and converts at the live rate at the moment you pay. One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay.
Card or cash
- A foreign transaction fee on most cards
- Your bank's rate, or the terminal's worse one
- ATM fees from your bank and the operator
- Leftover Bolivian boliviano to change back
Moreta
- One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay
- The live rate at the moment you pay
- No ATM and no card to hand over
- What you do not spend stays for the next country
How to pay a BCB QR code
Set Moreta up once, at home or on the plane. After that, paying a BCB QR code in Bolivia is a scan and a slide.
Costs, limits and tips
Paying in Bolivia
- Transaction fee
- 1.5%per payment, at the live rateEvery fee
- Exchange rate today
- 11.74BOBfor 1 USDLive rate, updated recentlyCompare rates
The app always shows the live rate and the exact cost before you pay.
Guide updated
Local tips
- Look for the QR Simple mark on the sticker or the printed card by the till.
- Cash still rules on the salt flats, in rural markets and on buses, so keep bolivianos in small notes.
- Data is patchy at altitude and in the countryside, so load the wallet while you are in a city.
BCB QR questions
What visitors ask before paying BCB QR in Bolivia.
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