
Brazil · Instant payment system
Works with Moreta Pay
Pay Pix codes without a Brazilian bank
Yes. Moreta Pay lets visitors pay Pix codes in Brazil without a Brazilian bank account. Add money from the bank or card you already have, scan the Pix code at the counter and slide to pay in Brazilian real. The merchant is paid the same way as when a local scans it.

The network
What is Pix?
Pix is Brazil’s instant payment system, created and run by the Banco Central do Brasil since 2020. Brazilians pay around the clock from their bank app by scanning a Pix QR code or sending to a Pix key such as a phone number or tax number.
- Country
Brazil
- Currency
- Brazilian real (BRL)
- Type
- Instant payment system
- Run by
- Banco Central do Brasil
- 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
The teal Pix symbol and the lowercase “pix” wordmark beside the QR code.
Can tourists pay Pix?
Pix is paid from a Brazilian bank or wallet app, so a code on the counter needs an account opened in Brazil. 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 Pix 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 Brazilian real 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 Pix code
Set Moreta up once, at home or on the plane. After that, paying a Pix code in Brazil is a scan and a slide.
Costs, limits and tips
Paying in Brazil
- Transaction fee
- 1.5%per payment, at the live rateEvery fee
- Exchange rate today
- 5.60BRLfor 1 USDLive rate, updated recentlyCompare rates
- Max payment
- 16,000BRLabout 2,860 USD
- Weekly limit
- 32,000BRLabout 5,720 USD
The app always shows the live rate and the exact cost before you pay.
Guide updated
Local tips
- Look for the Pix mark. Many shops print a fresh code with the amount at the till, which the app reads too.
- Keep some small real notes for beach vendors and rural stalls without a signal.
- An eSIM sorted before you land means the first scan works at the airport.
Pix questions
What visitors ask before paying Pix in Brazil.
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