Visa and several large banks are testing mobile-payment programs that allow consumers to make contact-less payments with an existing smartphone equipped with a special chip card and antenna.
Without running a bigger surplus, Argentina will find it hard to meet even the payments on its non-defaulted local debt, much less renew payments on the rest.
The committee generally also studies another monthly indicator of economy-wide activity, personal income less transfer payments, in real terms, adjusted for price changes.