Argentines’ debt with digital wallets hits an all-time high as ‘irrecoverable’ loans double in 2025

[lemonade]

I keep reading about debt loads of Argentines. Almost everyone I talk to here is living on the edge and up to their eyeballs in debt. And it seems like it is getting worse each month. Total debt up to 140% of the average household income. Not sure this is going to turn out well.

Argentines’ debt with digital wallets hits an all-time high as ‘irrecoverable’ loans double in 2025 - Buenos Aires Herald

Families allocate 33% of their income to repay virtual wallet and non-bank loans, according to a study based on Central Bank data

buenosairesherald.com

 

[Bettina]

I know many that are in debt and buying items with many payments. Even kitchen appliances. A friend told me they have a bankruptcy system but it doesn't work well. I am reading about many companies that are also in debt. I read on this board of many wineries that are going bankrupt or that took out many loans and now can't pay them off.

 

[Finance Prof]

I know many that are in debt and buying items with many payments. Even kitchen appliances. A friend told me they have a bankruptcy system but it doesn't work well. I am reading about many companies that are also in debt. I read on this board of many wineries that are going bankrupt or that took out many loans and now can't pay them off.

Nothing with the legal system here works very good or is very very slow. It's much different here in Argentina vs. the USA or other places. In the US a bankruptcy is a fresh start. In Argentina it's more like structured damage control. Everything is more complicated here.

It's clear to me people are tapped out. Look at people cutting back on wine and beef and spending. Consumption is down all over the place. Figure we are a few years from flipping again. Always the same here.

 

[Stan]

Nothing with the legal system here works very good or is very very slow. It's much different here in Argentina vs. the USA or other places. In the US a bankruptcy is a fresh start. In Argentina it's more like structured damage control. Everything is more complicated here.

It's clear to me people are tapped out. Look at people cutting back on wine and beef and spending. Consumption is down all over the place. Figure we are a few years from flipping again. Always the same here.

I agree. It's only a matter of time. That's the thing about Argentina. If you wait long enough it gets cheap again.

 

[jbeas176]

i remember everybody baling around 2009 on real estate. look at it now. crazy place i love so much because its unpredictable. if you can rool with the flow its fun to be apart of. i have learned so much about economics that would never happen in the ol usa. i just call the everyday problems as argentina moments

 

[JonJLA]

i remember everybody baling around 2009 on real estate. look at it now. crazy place i love so much because its unpredictable. if you can rool with the flow its fun to be apart of. i have learned so much about economics that would never happen in the ol usa. i just call the everyday problems as argentina moments

I bought my first two apartments in 2004. I still own one of them and sold the other one in 2017 for a huge premium to what I purchased it at.

There are 4 kinds of countries: developed, undeveloped, Japan and Argentina.