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Breve historia de la evolución del sistema de pagos en Colombia 1923-2023

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  • Joaquín Bernal-Ramírez
  • Carlos A. Arango-Arango
  • Luis Eduardo Castellanos-Rodríguez

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En este documento se analiza la evolución del sistema de pagos en Colombia en los cien años transcurridos desde la creación del Banco de la República. El análisis recorre los desarrollos institucionales y hechos estilizados de las tendencias de largo plazo en la adopción, uso y declive relativo del efectivo y el cheque, los cuales dominaron el panorama de pagos durante prácticamente todo el siglo XX, y explora los factores macroeconómicos que han determinado su demanda. Alrededor de esta última se ilustran hitos relevantes del avance del sistema financiero en estos cien años desde una óptica novedosa y poco explorada en nuestro país y en América Latina, y se contextualiza la emergencia de innovaciones en instrumentos y medios de pago electrónicos en busca de reducir costos transaccionales, en un mercado de gran dinamismo desde finales de los años noventa del siglo pasado y las primeras décadas del siglo XXI. **** This document analyzes the evolution of the payment system in Colombia over the hundred years since the creation of the Banco de la República. The analysis covers institutional developments and stylized facts of long-term trends in the adoption, use, and relative decline of cash and checks, which dominated the payment landscape throughout almost the entire 20th century. It explores the macroeconomic factors that have driven their demand. The document illustrates relevant milestones in the advancement of the financial system over these hundred years from a novel and little-explored perspective in Colombia and in Latin America. It also contextualizes the emergence of innovations in electronic payment instruments and methods, aiming to reduce transactional costs in a highly dynamic market since the late 1990s and the first decades of the 21st century.

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  • Joaquín Bernal-Ramírez & Carlos A. Arango-Arango & Luis Eduardo Castellanos-Rodríguez, 2024. "Breve historia de la evolución del sistema de pagos en Colombia 1923-2023," Borradores de Economia 1290, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdr:borrec:1290
    DOI: 10.32468/be.1290
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    Keywords

    sistema monetario; sistema de pagos; cheques; efectivo; pagos electrónicos; historia financiera de América Latina; compensación interbancaria; medios de pago; instrumentos de pago; monetary system; payment system; checks; cash; electronic payments; financial history of Latin America; interbank clearing; means of payment; payment instruments;
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    JEL classification:

    • E40 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - General
    • E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money
    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • N26 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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