Getting Credit in Argentina

The following table summarize legal rights of borrowers and lenders, and the availability and legal framework of credit registries in Argentina.

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Depth of credit information index (0-6)Private credit bureauPublic credit registry6
Are data on both firms and individuals distributed?YesYes1
Are both positive and negative data distributed?YesYes1
Does the registry distribute credit information from retailers, trade creditors or utility companies as well as financial institutions?YesNo1
Are more than 2 years of historical credit information distributed?YesNo1
Is data on all loans below 1% of income per capita distributed?YesYes1
Is it guaranteed by law that borrowers can inspect their data in the largest credit registry?YesYes1
Coverage100.034.3 
Number of individuals39,000,00010,011,000 
Number of firms1,300,000126,403 
Strength of legal rights index (0-10)4
Can any business use movable assets as collateral while keeping possession of the assets; and any financial institution accept such assets as collateral ?Yes
Does the law allow businesses to grant a non possessory security right in a single category of revolving movable assets, without requiring a specific description of the secured assets ?No
Does the law allow businesses to grant a non possessory security right in substantially all of its assets, without requiring a specific description of the secured assets ?No
May a security right extend to future or after-acquired assets, and may it extend automatically to the products, proceeds or replacements of the original assets ?Yes
Is a general description of debts and obligations permitted in collateral agreements, so that all types of obligations and debts can be secured by stating a maximum amount rather than a specific amount between the parties ?Yes
Is a collateral registry in operation, that is unified geographically and by asset type, as well as indexed by the grantor's name of a security right ?No
Do secured creditors have absolute priority to their collateral outside bankruptcy procedures?Yes
Do secured creditors have absolute priority to their collateral in bankruptcy procedures?No
During reorganization, are secured creditors' claims exempt from an automatic stay on enforcement?No
Does the law authorize parties to agree on out of court enforcement?No