News of cash

MercadoLibre posts record revenue, braces for macro jitters

06-05-2022 09:08 Latin American e-commerce retailer grew its revenue more than forecast in the first quarter; Company plans to invest some US$10 billion across the region this year.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s 50% inflation has crypto credit cards booming

16-02-2022 20:41 With inflation surging at a more than 50% annually, cryptocurrency exchange Lemon Cash plans to increase issuance of Bitcoin rewards cards this year.

G20 & COP26 SUMMITS

Argentina offers its creditors climate action instead of money

05-11-2021 01:48 Argentina is pushing for a new way to service debt: instead of paying creditors with cash, it wants them to recognise the country’s efforts to tackle climate change.

POLITICS

Filthy, dirty, sexy (monopoly) money

01-10-2021 23:04 Frente de Todos will put out all the stops to win back disillusioned voters in Peronist strongholds that didn’t go out to vote.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

KIRCHNER FAMILY WEALTH

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner declares wealth of 16.4 million pesos

22-09-2021 14:19 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner declares total wealth of 16,463,095 pesos; Máximo Kirchner reports 400 million pesos.

Bloomberg

Yields topping 14% lure investors to world’s best utility bond

14-07-2021 10:14 The world’s best performing utility bonds come from an unlikely corner of emerging markets – Argentina.

Cash money

‘Experts in regulated markets’

03-07-2021 23:22 Argentina’s ‘experts in regulated markets’ are making big bets just at the right time.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

FINANCIAL TURMOIL

Economy Ministry to halt Central Bank advances until end of 2020

03-11-2020 12:53 Economy Ministry says it will not ask the Central Bank for temporary advances of cash in November and December and would target local capital markets for financing instead.

BLOOMBERG – OPINION

Bolsonaro’s addiction to Covid cash could make Brazil go bust

07-10-2020 16:12 Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's populist push already has some investors smelling fiscal disaster.

by Mac Margolis

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s new obsession is watching foreign reserves evaporate

05-10-2020 16:14 At brokerages and banks, the calls come in every day with the same question: How many dollars does the Central Bank actually have?

Coronavirus pandemic

Precarious workers struggle to get by on delivery jobs, state aid

21-08-2020 02:05 Many informal workers, who found themselves unemployed overnight when the pandemic hit, are scraping by on state support packages or low-paid delivery jobs.