Although there will be no banks today, December 24 and tomorrow, December 25, transactions in dollars can be made in the financial market since there will be market operations and in the informal market.
Therefore, arrangements can be made through homebanking to buy or sell the MEP dollar. You can either start transactions to close them on Thursday or complete those that started yesterday.
On the other hand, you can also buy and sell dollars in exchange offices that keep their doors open.
The day before, the “blue” dollar closed at $1,180 for purchase and $1,200 for sale, so it is possible that those who wish to carry out an operation will receive a discount if they want to sell and an overprice if they want to buy.
Operations through homebanking are all enabled, so they can be operated without restrictions. There will be no service in branches. In the stock market there will be operations until 3 p.m. but there will be no liquidations.
Given this scheme, the Central Bank does not report its results in the exchange market.
Private banks also adhere to the holiday on December 24 and 31
The Private banks will also join the holiday on the 24th and 31st December after the invitation of BCRA. This was confirmed in a joint statement signed by the Association of Banks of Argentina (ABA), the Association of Public Banks and Private of Argentina (ABAPPRA), the Specialized Banking Association (ABE) and the Association of Argentine Banks (ADEBA).
As confirmed, Bank branches will remain closed on those daysbut all system users They will be able to make payments and transfers with debit cards, home-banking, virtual wallets and mobile applicationswhich constitute a safe, simple and fast way to carry out operations.
Furthermore, they confirmed that ATMs will be recharged for cases in which the withdrawal of cash is required.
Also Numerous alternative channels will continue to be available to extract banknotes in businesses that allow it. such as supermarket chains, collection and payment chains, service stations, pharmacies, and sales of household appliances, among others. They only require the presentation of ID and debit card to make withdrawals.
Banks will not open on December 24 and 31
He Central Bank (BCRA) reported in a statement that the days of the New Year’s Eve holidays, December 24 and 31will give its employees a holiday and, consequently, the banks will not operate on both days. The measure is in line with the provision of the National State of declare those two days off for public administration.
The monetary regulator said that will not operate during the two holidays and invited private banks to do the same with their staff.
ATMs and digital channels will operate as on all holidays and the BCRA assured that it took all pertinent measures to guarantee the distribution of banknotes among financial entities so that they can recharge the ATMs. In this way, it is intended that the self-service points have sufficient cash and meet the demand during these days.
Likewise, funds can be withdrawn through the network of cash registers of businesses participating in the “withdraw cash” system. While the Bank compensations will only be made on Thursday, December 26 and Thursday, January 2.
Source: Ambito
