One week after a federal judge ruled that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/visa">Visa</a> Inc. allegedly helped monetize child pornography through adult websites like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pornhub">Pornhub</a>, the payment processing giant on Thursday said it would suspend its services with the advertising arm of Pornhub’s parent company, MindGeek.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California wrote, &#8220;Visa knew that MindGeek&#8217;s websites were teeming with monetized child porn,&#8221; in the Fleites v. MindGeek lawsuit filed last year alleging Pornhub&#8217;s operator violated federal sex trafficking and child pornography laws.
Visa, who has since condemned child sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, and child sex abuse materials, had asked the court to dismiss the claim that the company violated a California law prohibiting false advertising and illegal business practices. However, Judge Carney denied the request.
Alfred Kelly, CEO of Visa, wrote in a <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2022/08/03/we-do-not-1659542369610.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog post</a> that the company &#8220;strongly disagree[s]&#8221; with the judge&#8217;s decision, adding the allegations have mischaracterized its policies and practices.
&#8220;The allegations in this lawsuit are repugnant and stand in direct contradiction to Visa&#8217;s values and purpose,&#8221; Kelly wrote.
Kelly, who felt compelled as a father and grandfather to speak out, said Visa cards would no longer be able to purchase advertising on any sites affiliated with MindGeek.
MindGeek&#8217;s advertiser, TrafficJunky, which garners 4.6 billion daily ad impressions on the world&#8217;s top adult websites, has indefinitely lost its &#8220;privileges&#8221; with Visa after the recent legal decision has created &#8220;new uncertainty&#8221; about the advertiser&#8217;s role, Kelly wrote.
&#8220;Visa has longstanding rules and processes designed to uphold the integrity of our network,&#8221; the CEO wrote. &#8220;We have taken this opportunity to reiterate and reinforce our requirements with respect to legal transactions with all acquiring institutions – those institutions that bring merchants to our network and hold direct relationships with them.&#8221;
&#8220;We have made it clear that acquirers and merchants who are unable to meet our standards and requirements are not welcome on our network,&#8221; Kelly added.
Following a New York Times exposé published in 2020 that highlighted the story of Serena Fleites, the plaintiff in the case against MindGeek, Visa suspended its services with websites that contained user-generated content in December 2020. To this day, the company says users cannot use Visa cards on Pornhub.
Fleites alleges a former boyfriend pressured her into making a sexually explicit video which he would later upload to Pornhub without her knowledge or consent when she was 13 years old. The video garnered millions of views and spiraled the plaintiff&#8217;s life out of control.
MindGeek issued a statement that said the court has not ruled on the veracity of the allegations and is required to assume all of the plaintiff&#8217;s claims are true and accurate.
&#8220;When the court can actually consider the facts, we are confident the plaintiff&#8217;s claims will be dismissed for lack of merit,&#8221; a spokesperson from MindGeek told Variety. &#8220;MindGeek has zero tolerance for the posting of illegal content on its platforms and has instituted the most comprehensive safeguards in user-generated platform history.&#8221;
The online porn network operator also claims to have banned uploads from anyone who has not submitted government-issued identification that passes a third-party verification.
MindGeek said it eliminated the ability to download free content, integrated several leading technology platforms and content moderation tools, and instituted digital fingerprinting of all videos found to violate its rules against non-consensual content and child sexual abuse.
&#8220;Policies to help protect against removed videos being reposted, expanded our moderation workforce and processes, and partnered with dozens of non-profit organizations around the world,&#8221; MindGeek&#8217;s spokesperson said. &#8220;Any insinuation that MindGeek does not take the elimination of illegal material seriously is categorically false.&#8221;
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has played a part in an international effort to dismantle Pornhub by acting as co-counsel on a <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/wp-content/uploads/Doe-v-Mindgeek-amended-complaint-7.27.2021.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">class action lawsuit</a> filed on behalf of two childhood sex trafficking survivors alleging the videos and images of their abuse were posted on Pornhub and other MindGeek-owned sites.
As the case against MindGeek develops, the non-profit has called on Visa to cut ties with the pornography industry altogether.
&#8220;Visa long supported the monetization of child sexual abuse, sex trafficking, rape, and image-based abuse images found on MindGeek-owned pornography websites by continuing to process payments for the company despite being put on notice by NCOSE and others of the abuse. Now, Visa has taken an incremental step, but they must do more,&#8221; Dawn Hawkins, CEO of the non-profit, told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;If Visa cares about these issues as much as they say they do, Visa must suspend all payment processing services for XVideos, XHamster, and all pornography tube sites as well as their advertising arms, not only TrafficJunky,&#8221; Hawkins said.
However, Visa&#8217;s CEO wrote the company would not make moral judgments on lawful purchases and said customers could purchase content from MindGeek studio sites that feature adult professional actors in legal adult entertainment.

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Visa Suspends Business With Pornhub Ad Services Following Child Porn Case Ruling

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A federal judge ruled on Friday that it was reasonable to conclude that Visa knowingly &#8216;intended to help monetize child pornography&#8217; on Pornhub and other sites operated by its parent company, MindGeek.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California wrote, &#8220;Visa knew that MindGeek&#8217;s websites were teeming with monetized child porn,&#8221; in the Fleites v. MindGeek <a href="https://pershingsquarefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/031138281455.pdf">lawsuit</a>. 
&#8220;When MindGeek decides to monetize child porn, and Visa decides to continue to allow its payment network to be used for that goal despite knowledge of MindGeek&#8217;s monetization of child porn, it is entirely foreseeable that victims of child porn like plaintiff will suffer the harms that plaintiff alleges,&#8221; Carney wrote.
Plaintiff Serena Fleites filed the lawsuit last year, alleging MindGeek violated federal sex trafficking and child pornography laws. Such violations led credit card companies like Visa and Mastercard to suspend processing payments on Pornhub following a New York Times report revealing illegal content on its website.
Fleites alleges a former boyfriend pressured her into making a sexually explicit video and uploaded it to Pornhub without her knowledge or consent when she was 13 years old. The video garnered millions of views and spiraled the plaintiff&#8217;s life out of control.
&#8220;While MindGeek profited from the child porn featuring Plaintiff, Plaintiff was intermittently homeless or living in her car, addicted to heroin, depressed and suicidal, and without the support of her family,&#8221; the lawsuit reads.
Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/pornhub-visa-child-pornography-court-ruling-1235330052/">reports</a> the plaintiff&#8217;s lead attorney, Michael Bowe, said, &#8220;the court&#8217;s holding that our detailed complaint adequately pleads Visa was engaged in a criminal conspiracy to monetize child porn means Visa and other credit card companies are finally going to face the civil and perhaps criminal consequences of &#8230; this unconscionable and illegal activity.&#8221;
Carney denied Visa&#8217;s motion to dismiss the claim that the company violated California&#8217;s Unfair Competition Law, which prohibits false advertising and illegal business practices.
A Visa spokesperson told Variety the company &#8220;condemns sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse materials as repugnant to our values and purpose as a company.&#8221;
The spokesperson called the pre-trial ruling disappointing and said it mischaracterized Visa&#8217;s role, policies, and practices. 
&#8220;Visa will not tolerate the use of our network for illegal activity,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;We continue to believe that Visa is an improper defendant in this case.&#8221;
MindGeek also weighed in, issuing a statement that said the court has not ruled on the veracity of the allegations and is required to assume all of the plaintiff&#8217;s claims are true and accurate. 
&#8220;When the court can actually consider the facts, we are confident the plaintiff&#8217;s claims will be dismissed for lack of merit,&#8221; a spokesperson from MindGeek told Variety. &#8220;MindGeek has zero tolerance for the posting of illegal content on its platforms, and has instituted the most comprehensive safeguards in user-generated platform history.&#8221;
Pornhub&#8217;s parent company also claims to have banned uploads from anyone who has not submitted government-issued identification that passes a third-party verification. 
The company said it eliminated the ability to download free content, integrated several leading technology platforms and content moderation tools, and instituted digital fingerprinting of all videos found to violate its rules against non-consensual content and child sexual abuse.
&#8220;Policies to help protect against removed videos being reposted, expanded our moderation workforce and processes, and partnered with dozens of non-profit organizations around the world,&#8221; MindGeek&#8217;s spokesperson said. &#8220;Any insinuation that MindGeek does not take the elimination of illegal material seriously is categorically false.&#8221;
The judge&#8217;s ruling comes a month after MindGeek denied allegations from a non-profit organization that more than half of its employees were likely laid off following the resignation of two of the company&#8217;s top executives on the same day.
Last month, MindGeek&#8217;s former chief executive officer, Feras Antoon, and ex-Chief Operating Officer David Tassillo resigned after more than a decade of running the adult website company, though both remain shareholders of the company.
However, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, the non-profit that made the allegations, said in a statement Wednesday that the reported layoffs, which come from layoffstracker.com, &#8220;are more evidence that the infrastructure of the pornography industry is crumbling and that MindGeek needs to be investigated.&#8221;
&#8220;It is no coincidence that MindGeek&#8217;s two top executives have fled amid a growing number of lawsuits we and other law firms have filed on behalf of sex trafficking survivors whose abuse has been shown on Pornhub,&#8221; Dawn Hawkins, CEO of the center <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pornhub-parent-company-denies-reports-that-employees-are-fleeing">said</a>. &#8220;And because of the intense outcry from survivors, advocates, corporations, and even from news outlets like the New York Times, The New Yorker, and the BBC that revealed Pornhub&#8217;s criminality.&#8221;
However, MindGeek told The Daily Wire such allegations are &#8220;categorically false.&#8221;
Still, Hawkins asserts Pornhub profited from mass distribution of filmed sexual crimes and non-consensually recorded and uploaded videos and called on the federal government to hold the website accountable for mass criminal exploitation.
During a virtual U.S. Congressional briefing in 2021, the non-profit presented evidence of the rampant criminality on Pornhub and included testimony from survivors.
Sexually abused children and trafficking victims have filed multiple class-action civil lawsuits against Pornhub in the United States and Canada.

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Conservatives are launching the &#8220;first credit card built by conservatives for conservatives&#8221; in efforts to provide options for Americans unhappy with woke corporations and credit card companies.
<a href="https://www.coign.com">Coign, the new VISA credit card,</a> launched on Tuesday. Every time a Coign cardholder makes a purchase, that cardholder will earn cash back rewards, the new company said in a press release. From the merchant fee, Coign will also contribute to charities that support conservative values.
“Coign will let conservatives voice their priorities through charitable donations they get to pick, all while offering world class customer service, consumer protections, and cash back on every transaction,&#8221; Coign founder Rob Collins said in a statement.
&#8220;Too many corporations are investing their customers’ money in political and social priorities that align with their executives, the media, and the Left’s agenda,&#8221; he added. “For the first time, the Coign card will allow conservatives to ‘Spend Right’ no matter where they shop.”
In a press release, the company said that it is pushing back against &#8220;mainstream banks, credit card companies and corporations&#8221; pursuing far-left agendas that have not &#8220;invested or supported their conservative customers’ views.&#8221;
&#8220;Until now, conservatives have had few choices to protest these decisions and investments,&#8221; the press release continued. &#8220;The Coign card now offers conservative consumers a new way to support causes they care about through their everyday commerce.&#8221;
The move comes as conservatives increasingly look to create alternative options to woke corporations, businesses, and social media platforms, such as <a href="https://gettr.com/onboarding">GETTR</a>, former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://truthsocial.com">Truth Social</a>, and the global internet infrastructure company, <a href="https://rightforge.com">RightForge</a>.
Nicole Neily, president and founder of Parents Defending Education and president of Speech First, told The Daily Wire that Coign is a &#8220;terrific business model&#8221; and &#8220;one that&#8217;s overdue for conservatives.&#8221;
&#8220;The left has used programs like this for years, and it&#8217;s astonishing that it&#8217;s taken this long for the right to develop a corollary,&#8221; she said. &#8220;For nonprofits, it exposes them to new audiences &#8211; while for consumers, their money isn&#8217;t being weaponized against them as so many corporate social responsibility initiatives are these days.&#8221;
The Coign advisory board includes former Republican Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, Canvass America President and Founder Chris Hansen, and former Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy and Initiatives Matt Lira.
&#8220;Coign cash back rewards are awarded in the form of a statement credit to pay off existing charges on customer account balances,&#8221; the press release said. &#8220;Coign will have the same protections and regulations and customer service expected of any credit card on the market. Cardholders will be able to vote for conservative causes and funds will be donated to the causes based upon the results of member voting.&#8221;

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On Saturday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-visa-mastercard-suspend-all-operations-in-russia-effective-immediately">reported</a> that financial giants Mastercard and Visa have announced they will be suspending all operations in Russia due to the nation&#8217;s military invasion of its neighbor Ukraine. The move could have enormous economic consequences for Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the two firms comprise roughly 74% of all transactions in Russia.
While many praised the move in hopes that it will cripple Russia&#8217;s spirit and dwindle their military morale, ultimately leading to a free Ukraine, others saw the move as a net-negative because of the potential global implications for future events.
Visa <a href="https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.18871.html">issued a press release</a> on Saturday stating that &#8220;effective immediately,&#8221; the company will be working &#8220;with its clients and partners within Russia to cease all Visa transactions over the coming days.&#8221;
&#8220;Once complete, all transactions initiated with Visa cards issued in Russia will no longer work outside the country and any Visa cards issued by financial institutions outside of Russia will no longer work within the Russian Federation,&#8221; the company added.
“We are compelled to act following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and the unacceptable events that we have witnessed,” Al Kelly, chairman and chief executive officer of Visa Inc., said in a statement. “We regret the impact this will have on our valued colleagues, and on the clients, partners, merchants and cardholders we serve in Russia. This war and the ongoing threat to peace and stability demand we respond in line with our values.”
Mastercard also <a href="https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2022/february/mastercard-statement/">issued a statement</a>, explaining that in the coming days, “cards issued by Russian banks will no longer be supported by the Mastercard network. And, any Mastercard issued outside of the country will not work at Russian merchants or ATMs.”
While the financial institutions believed they were operating morally, others did not see it that way.
Former attorney to President Donald J. Trump, Jenna Ellis, warned that the move was &#8220;terrifying.&#8221;
&#8220;Imagine if MasterCard suddenly doesn’t like what, say, the 47th president does,&#8221; Ellis tweeted, which was perceived as a veiled reference to Trump, who has hinted he will run again for the office. &#8220;Prepare for the great reset.”
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This is terrifying. Imagine if MasterCard suddenly doesn’t like what, say, the 47th president does.
Prepare for the great reset. <a href="https://t.co/YFdbNfXlVW">https://t.co/YFdbNfXlVW</a>
&mdash; Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1500241848836710411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Stephan Livera, a popular bitcoin podcaster and pundit, concurred with that assessment, tweeting, &#8220;Russian people losing access to Visa and Mastercard is cruel and harsh to everyday citizens who most probably had little to do with what the Russian government is doing.&#8221;
&#8220;Remember that citizens are not the same as the government,&#8221; Livera noted.
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Russian people losing access to Visa and Mastercard is cruel and harsh to everyday citizens who most probably had little to do with what the Russian government is doing. 
Remember that citizens are not the same as the government.
&mdash; Stephan Livera (@stephanlivera) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1500249946171318272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Yet, many welcomed the move for its potential efficacy in stopping Putin.
Prior to the decision, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky had asked U.S. federal officials to shut the two companies off from servicing Russia, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) said.
&#8220;Zelensky asked us to turn off MasterCard and Visa for Russia,&#8221; Sherman tweeted. “I agree. The Financial Services committee needs to look at this next week.”
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Zelensky asked us to turn off MasterCard and Visa for Russia. I agree. The Financial Services committee needs to look at this next week. (4/4)
&mdash; Congressman Brad Sherman (@BradSherman) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradSherman/status/1500145111509970947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Pop icon Cher was also begging for the two companies to drop their business in Russia.
&#8220;WHAT WE NEED‼️ &#8216;VISA&#8217;&amp; &#8216;MASTERCARD&#8217; TO STOP SERVICING PUTIN / RUSSIA‼️ ARE THEY STILL [American] COMPANIES OR WHAT⁉️&#8221; Cher tweeted.
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WHAT WE NEED‼️ “VISA”&amp; “MASTERCARD” TO STOP SERVICING PUTIN / RUSSIA‼️ ARE THEY STILL 🇺🇸 COMPANIES OR WHAT⁉️
&mdash; Cher (@cher) <a href="https://twitter.com/cher/status/1500169889742397440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Franak Viacorka, senior advisor to Belarusian human rights activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, praised the move, saying, &#8220;Strong hit on the Russian regime!&#8221; while sharing a political cartoon mocking Putin.
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Strong hit on the Russian regime!<a href="https://twitter.com/Visa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Visa</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Mastercard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Mastercard</a> decided to suspend their operations in Russia <a href="https://t.co/B6s73YUJhd">pic.twitter.com/B6s73YUJhd</a>
&mdash; Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) <a href="https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1500239603843878912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Seth Stodder, a former Obama appointee, also approved of the move. &#8220;Good move by #Mastercard and #Visa to suspend operations in #Russia, and further hammer the #RussiaEconomy as consequence of its murderous aggression against #Ukraine,&#8221; he tweeted.
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Good move by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mastercard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mastercard</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Visa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Visa</a> to suspend operations in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Russia</a>, and further hammer the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RussiaEconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RussiaEconomy</a> as consequence of its murderous aggression against <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://t.co/xixsol4tsN">https://t.co/xixsol4tsN</a>
&mdash; Seth Stodder (@sethstodder) <a href="https://twitter.com/sethstodder/status/1500265188540313600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Canadian economist Rupa Subramanya suggested that the move will help Mir, a Russian-owned and operated bank that came online after the 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
&#8220;Russia has been reducing its reliance on Western payment providers after sanctions in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea,&#8221; Subramanya noted. &#8220;Mastercard/Visa market share was already contracting because of a local payment system/card called Mir which came into effect in 2014/15. This should help Mir.&#8221;
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Russia has been reducing its reliance on Western payment providers after sanctions in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea. Mastercard/Visa market share was already contracting because of a local payment system/card called Mir which came into effect in 2014/15. This should help Mir. <a href="https://t.co/uf3wRN8FOf">https://t.co/uf3wRN8FOf</a>
&mdash; Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) <a href="https://twitter.com/rupasubramanya/status/1500257534103494666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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It is unclear how long the suspension of services will last.

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Visa And Mastercard Spark Debate With Latest Crackdown On Russia

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Financial services companies Visa and Mastercard announced on Saturday that they have suspended all operations in Russia following Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s decision to invade Ukraine.
&#8220;Effective immediately, Visa will work with its clients and partners within Russia to cease all Visa transactions over the coming days,&#8221; Visa <a href="https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.18871.html">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;Once complete, all transactions initiated with Visa cards issued in Russia will no longer work outside the country and any Visa cards issued by financial institutions outside of Russia will no longer work within the Russian Federation.&#8221;
Al Kelly, chairman and chief executive officer of Visa Inc., said in a statement that the company was “compelled to act” due to the “unacceptable events that we have witnessed.”
“We regret the impact this will have on our valued colleagues, and on the clients, partners, merchants and cardholders we serve in Russia,” Kelly continued. “This war and the ongoing threat to peace and stability demand we respond in line with our values.”
Mastercard said in a statement that it was suspending its operations after &#8220;the world has watched the shocking and devastating events resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s with all of this in mind – and noting the unprecedented nature of the current conflict and the uncertain economic environment – we have decided to suspend our network services in Russia,&#8221; Mastercard said in a statement. &#8220;This decision flows from our recent action to block multiple financial institutions from the Mastercard payment network, as required by regulators globally. With this action, cards issued by Russian banks will no longer be supported by the Mastercard network. And, any Mastercard issued outside of the country will not work at Russian merchants or ATMs.”
Mastercard said that they did not make the decision lightly, and that in the meantime, they would focus on being vigilant &#8220;to ensure the safety and security of the global payments ecosystem and our network.&#8221;
&#8220;Our Cyber &amp; Intelligence teams will continue to work with governments and partners around the world to ensure that stability, integrity and resiliency of our systems continue to guide our operations and response to potential cyber-attacks,&#8221; the statement added.
Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/visa-suspends-operations-russia-over-ukraine-invasion-2022-03-05/">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Visa also said this week it blocked multiple Russian financial institutions from its network in compliance with government sanctions imposed over Moscow&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.
Tass news reported that Sberbank Rossii PAO, Russia&#8217;s largest lender, said sanctions announced by Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc would not affect users of the cards it issues in Russia.</blockquote>
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

Sberbank branch in Novosibirsk, Russia amid COVID-19 pandemic