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>Immediate payment account in Argentina exists since the late 90s and we are not talking precisely about a country with a good economy and financial system.

It actually helps that the country does not have a good economy and financial systems. It's called Leapfrogging.

The same concept applies to internet access and speed in Romania. They never had widespread copper telecom system, so they went straight into fiber.



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