Mercado Pago and Revolut target Argentine banking licenses by end-2026
- —Curutchet made the forecast at the Nuevo Dinero conference
- —Mercado Pago's filing would be Argentina's first new bank license since 2020
- —Revolut announced the Banco Cetelem purchase in June 2025
- —A license would let Mercado Pago take deposits and payroll accounts
Why it matters: Argentina could become Revolut's fourth Latin American market, while Mercado Pago aims to build the region's largest digital bank.
Source: DiarioBitcoin