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Mastercard (MA) on Wednesday disclosed ~6% of its net revenues are exposed to Russia and Ukraine, according to an 8-K filing. About 4% of its net revenues were derived from…

KYIV: Russian forces said they had captured a port on the Black Sea yesterday as Russian and Ukrainian troops battled for another city and Ukraine’s leader said Moscow wanted to “erase” his country. The Russian army said it had taken control of Kherson, as its troops advanced and pounded cities across southern and eastern Ukraine, defying sanctions and international isolation. Russian paratroopers also landed in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, triggering clashes in the streets, Ukrainian forces said. The emergency services said four people were killed in the city yesterday and there was now “mass shelling and bombing” in the centre. In a video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces wanted to “erase our country, erase us all”. Zelensky said Tuesday’s strike on a television mast in the capital Kyiv demonstrated Russia’s threat to Ukrainian identity. Five people were killed in the attack on the tower at Babi Yar, the site of a Nazi massacre in which over 33,000 people were killed—most of them Jews.

US credit card giants Visa, Mastercard and American Express said they were blocking Russian banks from their payment networks following international sanctions in response to Moscow''s invasion of Ukraine.

Visa and Mastercard blocked multiple Russian financial institutions from their networks to comply with government sanctions.

Visa and Mastercard have disconnected Russian financial institutions from their payment networks in order to comply with federal sanctions placed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said in a statement on the company’s website that “our Cyber & Intelligence and Corporate Security teams are working with governments and partners around the world to assure the stability, integrity, and resiliency of our systems, which are operating as usual.” Reports say, Ukraine National Bank Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko wanted the move to put further pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his administration. One of the most crucial […] The post Visa, Mastercard remove Russian banks from network appeared first on TVC News .

Futures Rebound On Hopes Of Resuming Ukraine Negotiations, Oil Soars To Decade High U.S. futures and European stocks rose on Wednesday after the Kremlin said Russia was ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine. Nasdaq 100 contracts were up 0.7% by 730 a.m. ET reversing earlier declines of as much as 0.8%. S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%, while Dow futures gained 0.7%. Oil soared with Brent trading above $111 as traders realized that Russian oil output will be substantially reduced despite sanction loopholes. The dollar rose and 10Y yields rose. Among notable premarket movers, Salesforce.com shares climbed as much as 3.9% after the enterprise software company forecast first-quarter revenue above estimates, while Nordstrom Inc. surged 34% as its sales and guidance for 2022 both topped expectations. SoFi Technologies Inc. also gained 21% on better-than-expected quarterly results. Hewlett Packard Enterprise climbed after raising its profit forecast. Bank shares also rose, putting them on track to rebound from their worst day since June 2020.

The moves in diverse industries follow earlier announcements by Disney, Ford, Mastercard and others, and highlight the rising economic toll on Russia after its assault on Ukraine unleashed massive sanctions across Western governments Read more

Visa Inc (V.N.) and Mastercard Inc, both based in the United States, have barred various Russian financial institutions from their networks to comply with federal sanctions implemented in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Visa announced on Monday that it would take immediate measures to guarantee compliance with appropriate penalties, as well as a $2 […]

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a Russian delegation was ready to continue peace talks with Ukraine as Moscow''s invasion of the pro-Western country entered its seventh day. “Our delegation will be ready to continue talks,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Moscow''s delegation expected the talks to resume on Wednesday evening. He said that President Vladimir Putin''s aide Vladimir Medinsky remained Russia''s top negotiator on Ukraine but did not say where the next round of talks would take place. A first round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations took place on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, but brought no results. Russian troops land in Ukraine''s second-biggest city Kharkiv Meanwhile, Russian forces landed in Ukraine''s second-biggest city and triggered immediate clashes in the streets of Kharkiv, the military said, following Moscow''s relentless air assault across the ex-Soviet state. The airborne operation came as US President Joe Biden branded Vladimir Putin a “dictator”, warning the sanction campaign to cripple Russia''s economy would escalate and its oligarchs were being targeted.

Russian forces landed in Ukraine''s second-biggest city on Wednesday and triggered immediate clashes in the streets of Kharkiv, the military said, following Moscow''s relentless air assault across the ex-Soviet state. The airborne operation came as US President Joe Biden branded Vladimir Putin a “dictator”, warning the sanction campaign to cripple Russia''s economy would escalate and its oligarchs were being targeted. In Biden''s first State of the Union address, he hailed the resolve of the Western alliance and voiced solidarity with Ukraine as lawmakers in the US Congress gave a standing ovation to the Ukrainian people. “A Russian dictator, invading a foreign country, has costs around the world,” Biden told lawmakers in his annual State of the Union address, promising “robust action to make sure the pain of our sanctions is targeted at Russia''s economy”. But as he spoke a Russian escalation was reported to be underway in Kharkiv, an apparent bid by Moscow to capture its first major Ukrainian city of the invasion.

US payment card firms Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc have blocked multiple Russian financial institutions from their network, complying with government sanctions imposed over Moscow''s invasion of Ukraine

American payment services giant Mastercard has cut off Russian financial institutions from its payment network. (Read More)

Apple, ExxonMobil and Boeing have announced steps to withdraw their operations in Russia as more US corporate giants take action after the Ukraine invasion. The moves — in diverse industries and following earlier announcements by Disney, Ford, Mastercard and others — highlight the rising economic toll on Russia after its assault on Ukraine unleashed massive sanctions across Western governments. Read on

US credit card giants Visa, Mastercard and American Express said they were blocking Russian banks from their payment networks following international sanctions in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “As a result of sanction orders, we have blocked multiple financial institutions from the Mastercard payment network,” Mastercard Chief Executive Michael Miebach said in a statement released Monday night. Read on

The moves, in diverse industries, highlight the rising economic toll on Russia after its assault on Ukraine unleashed massive sanctions across Western governments.