From Everyday Shops to the Dentist
Cat lives and works in Buenos Aires. Peanut gives her a practical way to pay supported Mercado Pago QR codes without an Argentine DNI.
Cat is Irish and lives and works in Buenos Aires. In her March 2026 interview, she described regularly funding Peanut from her salary and paying by QR at everyday shops and services—including the dentist.
Local Payments Without a DNI
Cat previously relied on her foreign Visa and Mastercard. Without an Argentine DNI, she had been unable to open her own Mercado Pago account.
Peanut gave her another way to pay. She could use her balance at businesses with supported Mercado Pago merchant QR codes, without needing a Mercado Pago account herself.
From Her Salary to the Dentist
Regular deposits from work made Peanut part of Cat's daily spending. Her dentist was one of the places where she had used it, alongside more familiar shopping stops.
For supported merchant QR payments, Peanut shows the amount in pesos and the final exchange rate before confirmation. Cat can fund her balance through the accounts she already uses and pay from that balance at checkout.
Her Experience With the Exchange Rate
In March 2026, Cat reported getting a 10% better exchange rate than her card in a recent comparison. That was her experience with the rates available at the time; rates and card fees vary.
For her everyday routine, the practical change was access to local QR payments—from ordinary shopping to a dentist appointment.
