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Moscow banks respond to boycott by Mastercard and Visa with switch to China''s UnionPay network

SYDNEY, Australia: Australia''s prime minister called Russia''s invasion of Ukraine "a moment of choice for China" on Monday, urging Beijing to end its tacit political and economic support for the ongoing war. Scott Morrison pressed China to shape the actions of its Russian ally and prove that Beijing is committed to global peace and the principle of sovereignty. "No country would have a greater impact right now on Russia''s violent aggression toward Ukraine than China," Morrison told the Lowy Institute, a Sydney-based foreign policy think tank. "The crisis that now grips Europe heralds a moment of choice for China," he said. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met in Beijing days before the war in Ukraine began, pledging friendship with "no limits." Since then, China has avoided direct criticism of the war, expressed sympathy for Russia''s justifications and refused to join Western sanctions. Morrison accused Beijing of throwing Russia "an economic lifeline" by relaxing trade restrictions on the import of Russian wheat.

Numerous tech companies are joining the growing list of tech brands that are suspending their operations in Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. The latest batch of companies doing so includes several notable names, such as Netflix, PayPal, Mastercard, Visa and more. Over the weekend, Netflix said it’s suspending its service in Russia, as first […]

Leading Russian banks are looking into using a Chinese payment rival after Visa and Mastercard suspended operations over the invasion of Ukraine

Drapers Mastercard, Visa and America Express ‘suspend Russian operations’ Mastercard, Visa and American Express have suspended operations in Russia. The post Mastercard, Visa and America Express ‘suspend Russian operations’ appeared first on Drapers .

Mastercard <> announced a 5-year global partnership with Zeta, a banking tech unicorn and provider of next-gen credit card processing to banks and fintechs.Under the agreement,…

Mastercard cards issued by Russian banks will no longer be supports by its network and any Mastercard issued outside of the country will not work at Russian stores or ATMs.

Global financial transactions are facilitated mainly by payment processors such as Visa or Mastercard. They are responsible for communication between banks and fintechs to settle transactions for consumers and businesses swiftly. Africa has it different. It’s not a predominantly card continent. Telecoms and banks lead the majority of online financial transactions carried out in the […]

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Rabobank: Escalation Upon Escalation By Michael Every of Rabobank Wars can escalate fast. Look where we are today and were we were 14 days ago. Where will we be 14 days from now? Russia continues to press on into Ukraine . However, it is suffering huge losses, allegedly now 11,000 men, and does not appear able to hold the vast new territory it ‘controls’. So, Russian artillery are making parts of Ukraine look like Grozny in 1999: but what good is this economically to Russia once it holds it? Putin also now states “ Today''s (Ukrainian) leadership needs to understand that if they keep doing what they are doing… they will put into question Ukraine''s future as a country ." How is a flattened, embittered land of 44 million to sit in Russia’s belly? Or is there an even darker meaning? Sadly, logic still points towards even greater escalation. Russia is showing no sign of backing off under Western pressure to date. The Kremlin, via its propaganda, is seemingly rallying much of the country behind its campaign, and we have a new sinister symbol “Z” (for “za”, meaning ‘for’ as well as “zapad”, meaning ‘West’) to publicly show support for the war.

6PR’s Oliver Peterson says a ban on Russian oil could result in fuel prices of $3 a litre. “We’ve seen the moves from the likes of Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Google, IKEA withdrawing or shutting down their operations in Russia,” Mr Peterson said. “If we do the same with oil, the Russians produce about 11 per cent of the global oil supply, $2.15 a litre for unleaded – that is probably going to be cheap if we go down this path for the next 6 months of so. “We’re probably going to hit $3 a litre.”

Leading Russian banks are looking into issuing cards that operate on a Chinese payment system after Visa and Mastercard said they would cut their services in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine

Russia Will use china’s UnionPay app after Mastercard and Visa stopped servicing Russian users and after receiving multiple sanctions against its financial system after the war in Ukraine started. Russia has been trying to find an alternative whether that is cryptocurrencies or something else, but now it will start using UnionPay so let’s read more […]

American Express has become the latest credit card company to announce it is pulling out of Russia and Belarus as Vladimir Putin’s invasion into Ukraine escalates.