News of finances

President Fernández accuses opposition of fuelling peso fall

25-04-2023 17:55 Argentina's currency extends multi-day slump to weaken on parallel exchange markets against dollar to 497 pesos per greenback, with President Alberto Fernández and Economy minister Sergio Massa lashing out at "rumours and false reports."

FINANCIAL TURBULENCE

Economy minister vows to use ‘all tools’ to stop peso’s slump

25-04-2023 15:10 Argentina’s Economy Minister Sergio Massa vowed to staunch a collapse in the nation’s parallel currency rates as the peso’s worth slumps to record lows.

FINANCIAL TURBULENCE

Massa to use ‘all state's tools’ to counter exchange rate turmoil

25-04-2023 15:02 Economy Minister Sergio Massa vows to use “all the tools of the state” to bring “order” to dollar-peso turbulence, as he blames “rumours and false reports” for exchange rate turmoil on parallel markets.

COURT RULINGS

Billions in legal losses are set to push Argentina closer to the brink

05-04-2023 18:01 A pair of back-to-back court losses stand to push Argentina’s already precarious finances to the brink.

Bloomberg

Government meets June debt rollover goal in key local auction

28-06-2022 21:48 Government sells enough securities to roll over its debt coming due in the month of June in a local debt auction, easing concerns of an immediate financing shortfall.

FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AMERICA

Brazilian football clubs open doors to foreign investors

17-05-2022 10:45 After a century operating as non-profit associations, Brazilian clubs have started transforming their business models.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina slams brake on crypto, banning purchases through banks

06-05-2022 08:39 Central Bank bans financial institutions from offering clients any operations involving unregulated digital assets, effectively banning engagement with cryptocurrencies.

Bloomberg

Government to include crypto firms in anti-money laundering regulations

15-03-2022 13:24 Argentina's money-laundering regulator is working to add service providers in the cryptocurrency ecosystem to its list of entities subject to reporting and recording customer transactions.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Cryptocurrencies prove a lifeline in Argentina’s chaotic economy

10-03-2022 19:32 Workers are increasingly getting paid in cryptocurrency to circumvent exchange controls and to protect them from currency swings and 50 percent inflation.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Argentina begins taxing cryptocurrency, reversing old stance

17-11-2021 15:17 Transactions involving cryptocurrencies will be subject to government's tax on bank credit and debts, effective immediately.

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

BLOOMBERG

Boca Juniors in talks to issue cryptocurrency tokens

29-09-2021 13:14 Boca in talks with several crypto companies as it considers issuing tokens for its fans to open a new potential financing avenue.

News of finances

President Fernández accuses opposition of fuelling peso fall

Economy minister vows to use ‘all tools’ to stop peso’s slump

Massa to use ‘all state's tools’ to counter exchange rate turmoil

Billions in legal losses are set to push Argentina closer to the brink

Government meets June debt rollover goal in key local auction

Brazilian football clubs open doors to foreign investors

Argentina slams brake on crypto, banning purchases through banks

Government to include crypto firms in anti-money laundering regulations

Cryptocurrencies prove a lifeline in Argentina’s chaotic economy

Argentina begins taxing cryptocurrency, reversing old stance

Filthy, dirty, sexy (monopoly) money

Boca Juniors in talks to issue cryptocurrency tokens

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