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Digital Payments Infrastructure Race Intensifies as Non-Banks Enter Cross-Border Market
El NacionalLO·2 days ago
QR-based payments in Argentina surged 67% year-on-year to a record 117.2 million transactions in August, while cash withdrawals and card usage decline. This reflects accelerating financial digitization and a structural shift in payment behavior, with implications for banking margins and the central bank's monetary policy transmission.