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Maybe there are some people who don't have a "foreign account".

I think the quickest way to make a million dollars is to open a business in Argentina and give outstanding customer service. It's definitely something the populace hasn't seen.

That's an idea. I may have to make another trip. Last year when BancoGalacia messed up my account, the local branch wouldn't work fast enough, so I went to the main office, threatened to tear the doors off and had my money in 15-minutes.

Yeah, well, that's fine by me. I don't care if they want to convert it to sea shells. I just want the process to move faster. 7-days, a 6-page form to complete for EACH transaction is just short of insane.

You definitely just mentioned the second part of my complaint -- piss poor customer service. Yeah, I know CS is high on anyone's priority here, but I'd like to think that bank employees were more than a simple side step from the people that wear paper hats and say, "You want fries with that?"...

Thanks for the link and the info. So, I, as a freelance writer, have 5-days to report income, but the bank can take their sweet time about processing it and get my money to me. The kindest thing I can say about Argentina's economy also has to do with a monkey and a football

Thanks for the tips and ideas! I'll give it a shot.

Yeah. My wife is Argentine (born and raised in BA) and she's told me about the problems of 2001 and I believe she said something about 2010 or so.

Wait. Wha?? Who said anything about a 'cepo cambiario'?

Thanks for the response, and yeah. Ran head-on into the same new rules Thursday. Any idea what happens if the dollars are changed into pesos by Payoneer and then pesos are deposited?

As a freelance writer, I have clients globally. Each pays Fiverr (my source of work) and Fiverr pays me through Payoneer which does a direct deposit to the bank. Once I find out the total sent, (Payoneer) has to subtract their fees, I have to file a form with the bank here. 72-96 hours later, I...

Blogs, articles, autobiographies, memoirs. I'm an American freelance writer living the expat life in Argentina (Buenos Aires). As a freelance worker, a member of the gig-economy, you can never have too much work. I'm in the Top 1% of Pro Writers on Fiverr and would like to expand and get more...