Banks in Uruguay

About banking in Uruguay

Uruguay is a South American country of roughly 3.44 million people occupying about 176,215 square kilometers along the Río de la Plata and the South Atlantic, bordered by Argentina and Brazil. With nearly two million residents living in the metropolitan area of the capital, Montevideo, banking infrastructure and ATM availability are densest there, while branches and cash machines in smaller departmental capitals and coastal towns serve the rest of the population.

The national currency is the Uruguayan peso (UYU), which is the standard denomination dispensed by ATMs and accepted at bank counters across the country. Card payments are widely used in urban areas, but cash remains important for smaller transactions, transport, and travel to less densely populated regions. The international calling code +598 is used when contacting banks or card-issuer support lines from abroad.

The GF6 directory lists 293 bank and ATM locations in Uruguay, distributed across 66 cities. This coverage spans the Montevideo metropolitan area together with regional centers throughout the country's interior and along its Atlantic and Río de la Plata coasts, reflecting the geographic spread of Uruguay's urban population.

Visitors and residents can use the directory to locate branches and cash machines by city, which is useful given that access points are more concentrated in larger urban centers than in rural areas. While the GF6 directory aims to be a practical reference for finding banking services in Uruguay, it should not be assumed to capture every banking outlet in the country, and opening hours, ATM availability, and accepted card networks should be confirmed locally before relying on a specific location.