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Buenos Aires bankers’ return to office imperiled by Covid surge

07-04-2021 17:07 Several of Argentina’s largest banks succeeded at getting more employees back to headquarters as the virus toll abated in South America’s second-biggest economy. A rising case count now puts that path into question.

capital controls

Banks block accounts of those suspected of trying to circumvent dollar quota

17-07-2020 00:11 At least three of country's biggest banks have started to block dollar purchases via online platforms for clients suspected of using loopholes to purchase greenbacks beyond the US$200 limit.

Until May 10

Government extends lockdown by two weeks to contain virus

26-04-2020 08:47 Metro areas with fewer people may return to normal activities if they meet five requirements, such as restricting movement to just half of each city’s population at any given time.

Coronavirus pandemic

'It has not been in vain' – President Fernández extends lockdown until April 26

11-04-2020 08:08 President Fernández extends nationwide lockdown to April 26 amid signs measures imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak have succeeded in flattening curve of infection rate.

Nationwide lockdown

Government plans to ease lockdown with limited reopening of banks

07-04-2020 08:57 Isolation measures to tackle the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic will be lifted to allow branches to offer limited services, Bloomberg reports.

Coronavirus pandemic

Health minister: Argentina will need 'gradual exit' from lockdown

31-03-2020 14:52 Health Minister Ginés González García says officials are already studying how to reactivate the economy after April 12 and suggests that industries with younger, less vulnerable workforces will return to work first.