Los Presentes es un conjunto escultórico en bronce del artista costarricense Fernando Calvo, ubicado en la plazoleta exterior del Banco Central de Costa Rica desde 1989. La obra está compuesta por nueve figuras humanas de tamaño natural que representan a los habitantes tradicionales del Valle Central y al campesinado costarricense.

Services to entities

Identification Query

Entities that have joined the National System of Electronic Payments (SINPE) may check their clients’ identity, by accessing official data on citizens in the system administered by the country’s Supreme Court of Elections.

Through this service, a duly authorized staff member from a financial entity may access online data on a client presenting their identity card to cash a check, enter into a loan agreement, make an investment, hand over a credit card, change their password (PIN), request a cash transfer, or withdraw some cash, among various transactions where clients’ identities need to be authenticated through their identity document.

Inquiries by entities that are part of SINPE are done on a one-by-one basis, and solely with the purpose of validating their clients’ identity, and for the procedures they are specifically carrying out. The following information on citizens may be accessed through these inquiries:

  • Name, Last Name, and Mother’s Maiden Name
  • Also known as (if the case may be)
  • Death identificator
  • Electoral district
  • Photo image
  • Signature image
  • Demographic data
  • Place of birth
  • Date of birth
  • Sex

Storage, duplication, transmission, disclosure, or reproduction of any of the information provided by means of this service is not permitted.

Related Documents

System of Payments Regulations (Spanish)

This regulation governs the organization and operation of the National Electronic Payments System (SINPE), administered by the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), with the objective of promoting efficiency and the normal functioning of the Costa Rican payment system.

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