The new tool will allow users to buy shares of the oil company directly from the app, expanding access to the capital market and deepening the financial modernization driven by Milei
In the context of the profound structural transformation taking place in the Republic of Argentina, the company YPF has announced an unprecedented milestone for the domestic capital market: the possibility for any citizen to invest directly and simply in shares of the flagship oil company. This initiative, which aligns with the vision of economic freedom promoted by the administration of Javier Milei, aims to massively integrate savers into the financial system, eliminating the technical obstacles that have historically benefited a few.
The company's president, Horacio Marin, confirmed that the system will be fully operational starting August 1st. The core of this innovation lies in the elimination of cumbersome prior financial procedures; users will be able to operate directly from the company's digital application without the need to independently manage a traditional brokerage account. As the executive explained, the platform will automatically generate the account for the user, requiring only a biometric validation through facial recognition.
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In this regard, Horacio Marin emphasized the social and transparency aspect of the measure: “They won't have to have a brokerage account. They will be able to buy shares of YPF, anyone, and above all we did it to help people, let's say, I don't know how to call them, the everyday people, my mom, who doesn't know how to open a brokerage account”.
To facilitate this mass access, the company will execute a stock split in the local market. This technical maneuver will reduce the unit value of each share, which currently hovers around $83,000, to approximately $8,300. This decision responds to the need to update the price of YPF in relation to other sector players like Vista or Pampa, whose values are below ten thousand pesos. It is important to note that in the United States market, the ratio of the ADRs will remain at ten to one, ensuring the stability of the company's real value abroad.
In addition to financial inclusion, the measure has a preventive security objective. Marin was blunt in linking this new functionality with the fight against digital crime: “There are a lot of scams involving me and the truth is that I'm quite fed up with seeing myself speaking in all languages and being used to scam... we decided to do a stock split in Argentina... so that people can access buying shares” safely and officially.
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This market opening is just the spearhead of a comprehensive technological transformation within YPF. The company has begun modernizing its infrastructure, which includes the digitization of the 26th floor and the 11th floor of its headquarters, from where the pumps are monitored in real time, as well as a complete renovation of the offices on Diagonal Norte.
Operational efficiency has also been translated into the customer experience with the launch of modalities such as Refill Plus and Black, aimed at segmenting the service between quality and speed. With this series of reforms, YPF not only seeks to recover its real value —far from the distortions of the Repsol era— but to position itself as a cutting-edge technology company that, under the new paradigm of efficiency and transparency, aspires to put Argentina at the top of the global energy map.
