Argentina’s National Social Security Administration (ANSES) published the August 2026 payment calendar for 18 million pensioners and welfare recipients, applying a roughly 1.9 percent increase triggered by the monthly consumer price index. The minimum pension rises to ARS 419,776, and an extraordinary ARS 70,000 bonus — yet to be renewed beyond July — brings the effective floor to ARS 489,776 for low-income retirees. The maximum pension reaches ARS 2,825,074. The Universal Child Allowance (AUH), supplementary food cards (Tarjeta Alimentar) and the “Complemento Leche” infant supplement follow the same deposit timeline, with amounts adjusted by the same index.

Deposits begin on Monday 10 August for beneficiaries whose national identity document ends in 0, rolling through Friday 21 August for those ending in 9. Higher-income pensioners who exceed the minimum receive their payments during the following week. ANSES confirmed that no in-person validation is required, as funds are deposited directly into holders’ accounts. In Brazil, the state-owned Caixa Econômica Federal continued its July Bolsa Família payouts on 24 July to families with social registration numbers ending in 5, with an average benefit of BRL 679.19.

As payment cycles advanced, cybersecurity alerts multiplied across three continents. ANSES and Argentina’s PAMI elderly health insurer cautioned that criminals were sending WhatsApp and SMS messages offering fictitious refunds or free computers to extract banking credentials. Russia’s “Moshelovka” anti-fraud platform reported calls impersonating Social Fund or tax officials, claiming that a technical error had annulled citizens’ work records; victims were redirected to fake government portals to steal their login codes. Israel’s Electric Corporation urged customers to ignore phishing SMS that mimicked official refund notices and linked to counterfeit websites.

The Argentine increase maintains the automatic mobility formula that since 2025 has tied benefits to inflation recorded two months earlier. The next factual marker for domestic recipients is the official decree confirming whether the ARS 70,000 bonus continues into September, set to appear alongside the publication of July’s consumer price data.