Argentina • Payment services

Argentina PSPCP registration & fintech setup.

Build a payment-services operation around a compliant legal structure, BCRA registration readiness, AML/KYC controls, payment-account architecture, and production launch requirements.

FrameworkBCRA PSPCP regime
Core functionPayment accounts & transfers
BuildCompliance + technology readiness
CommercialsPrivate scope and proposal
Who this is for

A route for payment-account and fintech business models.

PSPCP projects are built around the exact role the company will perform in the payment chain and the responsibilities attached to client accounts, funds, interfaces, and third parties.

WA

Wallets & payment accounts

Businesses offering user-facing accounts, stored balances, wallet interfaces, and payment-account functionality.

CV

CVU & transfer platforms

Models built around CVU-enabled accounts, incoming and outgoing transfers, and interoperable payment flows.

MP

Merchant payments

Payment gateway, collection, merchant-processing, checkout, and payment-acceptance models.

CA

Card-led fintech

Projects involving prepaid or debit-card programs, issuing support, acquiring, or card-processing infrastructure.

AP

API-led platforms

Embedded-finance and account-infrastructure models integrating payment services into third-party interfaces.

IN

International market entry

Foreign fintech teams seeking a structured Argentina operating company and local payment-services pathway.

Operational capabilities

Design the account and payment stack around the regulatory perimeter.

Capabilities depend on final registration, provider arrangements, technical implementation, and current BCRA requirements.

Accounts & balances

  • Payment-account operating model
  • User balance and ledger architecture
  • Account ownership and access rules
  • Funds-administration controls

CVU & transfers

  • CVU-related account functionality
  • Incoming and outgoing transfer flows
  • Interoperability planning
  • Reconciliation and exception handling

Payments & gateway

  • Merchant payment workflows
  • Gateway and collection architecture
  • Settlement and refund procedures
  • Operational risk controls

Cards & instruments

  • Card-program operating model
  • Issuing/acquiring partner track
  • Transaction and dispute workflow
  • Program-control requirements

Embedded-finance models

  • API-led account infrastructure
  • Third-party interface responsibilities
  • Onboarding and servicing controls
  • Vendor and outsourcing governance

Compliance & reporting

  • AML/KYC and fraud controls
  • User-protection procedures
  • Regulatory reporting readiness
  • Audit and evidence continuity
What we help implement

A production-ready framework, not only an application file.

01

Corporate setup

Entity, ownership, governance, foundational records, local coordination, and role allocation.

02

Regulatory readiness

Business descriptions, process maps, controls, evidence, and registration-workflow preparation.

03

Compliance controls

AML/KYC, sanctions, fraud, escalation, complaints, recordkeeping, and risk-management architecture.

04

Platform planning

Account ledger, API integrations, onboarding, payment flow, reconciliation, and operating procedures.

05

Provider coordination

Support across bank, payment, card, KYC, technology, compliance, and other implementation tracks.

06

Information security

Access control, incident response, resilience, outsourcing, continuity, and technology-risk planning.

07

Launch testing

Readiness checklist, control testing, workflow verification, responsibility matrix, and handover.

08

Ongoing maintenance

Corporate, accounting, compliance, reporting, policy-update, and regulatory-monitoring coordination.

Implementation sequence

Build the regulated and technical layers together.

Flow and role analysis

Map users, accounts, funds, transfer types, counterparties, interfaces, providers, and where responsibility sits.

Entity and governance design

Establish the company, decision structure, local responsibilities, outsourced functions, and control ownership.

Policy and registration-readiness build

Develop the compliance framework, operating documentation, process maps, and supporting evidence.

Technology and provider implementation

Coordinate account, onboarding, payment, reconciliation, monitoring, and partner integration workstreams.

Go-live controls and continuity

Test the operating model, close readiness gaps, establish reporting cadence, and hand over ongoing procedures.

Common questions

Argentina PSPCP FAQ

High-level planning guidance only. Product scope, integrations, and current BCRA rules determine the final route.

It is a payment service provider that offers payment accounts. The model can include user accounts and payment functionality, subject to BCRA registration and the applicable operating, reporting, security, and user-protection rules.

CVU-based payment-account and transfer functionality is central to many PSPCP models. The exact implementation depends on registration, account architecture, network participation, providers, and technical readiness.

Potentially. Third-party interfaces and service models require careful allocation of onboarding, account-servicing, compliance, data, security, and operational responsibilities under current rules.

No. PSPCP and PSAV/VASP frameworks address different regulated activities. A business touching both payment accounts and virtual assets may require a combined regulatory analysis.

No. PSP builds vary significantly by product depth, account model, integration scope, outsourcing, compliance complexity, provider readiness, and launch objectives. Commercial terms are provided after private scoping.

Argentina PSPCP project

Start with the fund flow and account architecture.

Send your customer journey, account functions, transfer types, provider plan, expected volume, and target launch model.