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2022-03-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Visa, Mastercard suspend operations in Russia UPDATE: Russia rolls own with help from China
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Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-06 08:08|| || Front Page|| [16 views ]  Top

#1 Just asking ... if Russia wins and the LSD's whimp out. Will MC/VISA stick to the ban?
Posted by NN2N1 2022-03-06 09:11||   2022-03-06 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 And just like that it got to be internationally cool to steal peoples' money.
Posted by Cesare 2022-03-06 09:46||   2022-03-06 09:46|| Front Page Top

#3 ..neener, neener.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-06 09:48||   2022-03-06 09:48|| Front Page Top

#4 India kicked out Mastercard for distributing even local payment records across its offshore servers.
Posted by Dron66046 2022-03-06 13:58||   2022-03-06 13:58|| Front Page Top

#5 #1 The question is, will Russia allow them back in? And will other countries, now that they have proven themselves so unreliable?
Posted by Spaish Johnson6995 2022-03-06 15:11||   2022-03-06 15:11|| Front Page Top

#6 The real question is - if the Chinese one is so good, why did they wait till now to switch over?
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-06 16:53||   2022-03-06 16:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Over at Insty from Wretchardthecat.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-06 19:19||   2022-03-06 19:19|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd suggest you read the terms of your new Chinese credit card agreement very carefully.
Posted by Matt 2022-03-06 19:36||   2022-03-06 19:36|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ "Wait...whut?"
Posted by Frank G 2022-03-06 19:37||   2022-03-06 19:37|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ "Remedies in the event of late payment shall include, without limitation, service as a eunuch in the Court of Emperer Xi..."
Posted by Matt 2022-03-06 20:10||   2022-03-06 20:10|| Front Page Top

#11 *shit. I KNEW it*
Posted by Frank G 2022-03-06 20:27||   2022-03-06 20:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Confucius ask, "Chip on Visa always suggestive of turtle plastron, or is that just me?"
Posted by Vinegar Elmuse7192 2022-03-06 20:37||   2022-03-06 20:37|| Front Page Top

#13 Prolly shouldn't say anything about the coming rise of the Great Chelonian Empire. Hush, hush and all that.
Posted by SteveS 2022-03-06 21:29||   2022-03-06 21:29|| Front Page Top

#14 Quite the comedown for Russia to be China's houseboy. Especially given the considerable Russian and Chinese racism.
Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-03-06 21:57||   2022-03-06 21:57|| Front Page Top

#15  Quite the comedown for Russia to be China's houseboy. Especially given the considerable Russian and Chinese racism.

I've been a houseboy in my time. Time honored profession.
Posted by badanov 2022-03-06 22:01||   2022-03-06 22:01|| Front Page Top

#16 China and Russia ?

Nie ver reis die dik kak lopies nie.

Thick dung doesn't travel far. They despise one another.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-06 22:08||   2022-03-06 22:08|| Front Page Top

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