Wise no longer accepting Argentina accounts?

I was about to help Adri open a Wise (ex Transferwise) account but have just learned that on May 11 Wise decided not to offer this service to Argentina based customers.

Whilst not being entirely surprised, I know I should have done this months ago!

https://wise.com/help/articles/…-a-wise-balance?

I see that Argentina is now included in the Wise list of countries where you can open an account, when previously it wasn't when I checked a couple of years ago.

I'll investigate further.

Where can I open a Wise balance? | Wise Help Centre

We offer Wise balances in the following countries and territories: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria Bahrain*, Belgium, Bouvet Island, Brazil*, Bulgaria…

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It turns out that you can open account here but you don't get a debit card, so you can't spend any money that's in the account.

We opened one just to try it out.

Ridiculous.

On the other hand, we know many youngsters who work remotely for US firms and get paid in dollars that use dolarap which gives them a debit card an many other features.