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- ↑ Distefano, Miguel (3 May 2020). "Este es el banco digital más grande del país: todo lo que ofrecen para "chuparle" 300.000 clientes a los bancos" [This is the largest digital bank in the country: all they offer to "suck" 300,000 clients from banks]. Infotechnology.com (in Spanish). El Cronista . Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ↑ "Los bancos ofrecen convertirte el saldo impago de la tarjeta en un crédito a 5 meses: ¿conviene la cuotificación?". iProUP.
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