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Mastercard, Visa Begin Blocking Russian Access to Their Networks
US News ^ | 3/1/2022 | Tim Smart

Posted on 03/01/2022 7:44:23 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Credit card giants Mastercard and Visa late Monday began blocking Russian banks from access to their networks.

“As a result of sanction orders, we have blocked multiple financial institutions from the Mastercard payment network,” the company said in a statement. “We will continue to work with regulators in the days ahead to abide fully by our compliance obligations as they evolve.”

Visa is reported to have taken similar action.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: belarus; cancellingrussia; mastercard; russia; ukraine; visa; war
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1 posted on 03/01/2022 7:44:23 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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2 posted on 03/01/2022 7:44:38 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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They’d better hope these acts motivate Russians to get rid of Putin, instead of rallying around him.


3 posted on 03/01/2022 7:46:34 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Not likely, unfortunately.

Good news is that Putin’s going to be dead of spinal cancer in a year.


4 posted on 03/01/2022 7:49:03 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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Wait till this happens to you for supporting Trump or “Trumpism”.


5 posted on 03/01/2022 7:49:41 AM PST by Westbrook
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Regarding cheer leading for the corrupt Ukraine

What is the neoconservative argument as to why I should pay more for my gas and oil and how much should we allow Biden to increase these necessities?

6 posted on 03/01/2022 7:50:12 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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Nope. I voted for Trump twice and worked on his campaign. I’m not afraid.


7 posted on 03/01/2022 7:50:33 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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Then what?


8 posted on 03/01/2022 7:51:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JonPreston

I am not a necon. The Russians need to get the hell out of Ukraine. It’s not their country.


9 posted on 03/01/2022 7:51:16 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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At least Putin will be dead and it will be up to the oligarchs to see if they want to go down the same road with Putin’s successor. We’ll see.


10 posted on 03/01/2022 7:52:23 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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Corrupt, not corrupt. It’s their own country. They shouldn’t be getting invaded just because Putin doesn’t want to have a western ally on his border.


11 posted on 03/01/2022 7:52:54 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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They've tried to cancel Russia before.

This just gives us Western proles a heads-up into the future TechnoFascist world dictatorship. The mask slipped bigly in Fascist Canada when Justine's little hench wench Chrystia went full Nazi-Commie on the bank accounts of the dissenters.

It's coming for ALL of us [sans the multimillionaire/billionaire/politically connected "got The Saline" Elites].

12 posted on 03/01/2022 7:53:29 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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Credit card giants Mastercard and Visa late Monday began blocking Russian banks from access to their networks.

Oh Geez, this will rile up the anti cancel culture cult. Cancelling Russian banks, taking away there ability to make money? The humanity.

13 posted on 03/01/2022 7:53:40 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: discostu

You know why we went to war with Germany in WWI?


14 posted on 03/01/2022 7:53:41 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Westbrook
Wait till this happens to you for supporting Trump or “Trumpism”.

Spellbound by the murmuring Faces on the TeeVee, these types don't think that far ahead...

15 posted on 03/01/2022 7:54:44 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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You didn't answer my question, and BTW, your belligerence regarding the Ukraine puts you in the company of neocons

I'll ask you again:

What is the neoconservative argument as to why I should pay more for my gas and oil and how much should we allow Biden to increase these necessities?

16 posted on 03/01/2022 7:54:49 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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Too many allegiances tied too tightly. Luckily this one we seem to be taking our queues from the Cold War, proxy proxy proxy.


17 posted on 03/01/2022 7:55:36 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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I'll ask you again:

What is the neoconservative argument as to why I should pay more for my gas and oil and how much should we allow Biden to increase these necessities?

18 posted on 03/01/2022 7:56:10 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: discostu

The tipping point was the Zimmerman Note, the thought that Germany was even thinking of trying to turn Mexico against us was enough to go to war.


19 posted on 03/01/2022 7:57:03 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JonPreston

Like I said, I am not a neocon. And Ukraine is their own country. And Russia needs to get the hell out.


20 posted on 03/01/2022 7:58:05 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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