Buy bitcoin with SINPE Móvil
- Type
- Domestic bank rail
- Works in
- 1 country
- Accepted by
- 2 exchanges
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-18
You can fund a bitcoin purchase with SINPE Móvil in Costa Rica, at 2 exchanges we review. Support is decided market by market, so find your country below and follow its guide.
What is SINPE Móvil?
SINPE Móvil is Costa Rica's mobile phone payment service, run by the Banco Central de Costa Rica as part of its SINPE payment platform. It moves colones between accounts at any affiliated Costa Rican bank or credit union using the recipient's mobile number instead of an account number. You reach it from your bank's app, online banking, SMS banking or the ATM network, and it is the normal way Costa Ricans send small amounts to each other and to small businesses.
- Speed
- Payments settle in real time, and the service runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
- Cost
- Free for the first 100,000 colones you send in a day; banks may authorise larger amounts and charge a commission on the excess.
- Limits
- Incoming SINPE Móvil deposits are free up to 2,000,000 colones a month, and any amount above the free tiers has to be authorised by your bank under the Banco Central's rules.
Speed and cost describe the rail itself. What an exchange adds on top varies by platform and is shown per exchange below.
Exchanges that take SINPE Móvil
Using SINPE Móvil in Costa Rica
SINPE Móvil appears in one country guide on this site, Costa Rica, where deposits settle in Costa Rican colon (CRC). Buyers there fund exchange accounts with Bank transfer in colones or dollars, Credit or debit card, P2P trades as well, and the country guide ranks the exchanges that take each one.
Buy bitcoin with SINPE Móvil in Costa RicaFrequently asked questions
Which exchanges accept SINPE Móvil?
Of the exchanges we review, Binance, Coinmama accept SINPE Móvil in at least one country. Support is per market, so check your country guide for the exact list where you live.
Where can I buy bitcoin with SINPE Móvil?
SINPE Móvil appears in our Costa Rica guide: Costa Rica. Each guide lists the exchanges that take it there and how it is named locally.