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This paper analyses the meanings linked to the use of money by recipients in Buenos Aires' Conditional Income Transfer Programmes (PTCI). It does so from the standpoint of the technical staff designing and implementing PTCI. To this end, we conducted in-depth interviews with the technical staff from the two largest PTCIs in Buenos Aires (Programa Ciudadanía Porteña (CP); Asignación Universal por Hijo (AUH)). We analyse the benefits attributed to banking access, worries about making transfers, and the notion of money as a standard way of fixing social problems. We conclude by considering the compensatory nature of the measures taken, and the ways in which fear and mistrust make the 'personal' sphere a favourite target for social policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]