The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

El Salvador

Digital ID System

WIP

National digital identity

Governing entity: Registro Nacional de las Personas Naturales
Status of implementation: Active
Legally binding redress mechanism: NA
Funding organizations identified: NA
Technical Support organizations identified: NA
URL: https://simple.sv
Last Updated: 17/03/25
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: NA
Codified digital ID legal status: NO
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: NO
Relationship with feeder documents: NO
Terms of data storage and sharing available: NO
National Data Protection Act: YES
Data leak disclosure process: NO
Data handling terms exist: NO
Collects or uses biometric data: YES
Digital authentication function: YES
Enables KYC packet collection: NA
Authentication through government portal: YES
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled: NA

Digital Payment System

DPI-like

Transfer 365

Payment system type: Interbank payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2022- USD 9.7 M
Annual volume of transactions: 2022- 7.79 M
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: 2021- 26
Types of transactions supported: P2P, B2B, G2P
Type of settlement system: ACH
URL: https://www.bcr.gob.sv
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: YES
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: NA
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: YES

Digital Payment System

WIP

Chivo Wallet (CBDC)

Payment system type: CBDC
Status of implementation: Pilot
Operator: Central bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2022- USD 9.7 M
Annual volume of transactions: 2022- 7.79 M
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: NA
Types of transactions supported: P2P, B2B, G2P
Type of settlement system: ACH
URL: https://insights.som.yale.edu
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: YES
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: NA
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: YES

Data Exchange System

DPI-like

Tenoli

Base technical architecture: X-Road
Status of implementation: Active
Governing Entity: Secretaria de Innovación de la Presidencia
Coordination unit: Secretaria de Innovación de la Presidencia
National / Regional: National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral: Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants: Public
Ownership: Public
URL: https://tenoli.innovacion.gob.sv
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Semantic interoperability: YES
Real-time sharing: YES
Scalable architecture: YES
Audit mechanism: YES
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: YES
Enrolment and participation information: YES
Used by more than one public entity: YES
Impact metrics: NA