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Apple, Google Mobile Payments Systems Stop Supporting Russia’s Mir Card

Apple, Google Mobile Payments Systems Stop Supporting Russia’s Mir Card
Apple, Google Mobile Payments Systems Stop Supporting Russia’s Mir Card
March 27, 2022  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple has closed a loophole that was allowing some Russians to keep using its mobile payment service even though the economic sanctions have been ongoing,...

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FCC Adds Russian Cybersecurity Company Kaspersky Lab to List of National Security Risks
FCC Adds Russian Cybersecurity Company Kaspersky Lab to List of National Security Risks
March 27, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity company, to the list of companies posing an “unacceptable” risk to U.S. national...

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EMEA Daily: Retail Holdouts in Russia Face Repercussions in Poland; Russian Government Employees Charged in Worldwide Hacking Scheme
EMEA Daily: Retail Holdouts in Russia Face Repercussions in Poland; Russian Government Employees Charged in...
March 25, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, foreign retailers who have continued to do business in Russia following the attack on Ukraine...

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Retail Holdouts in Russia Face Repercussions in Poland
Retail Holdouts in Russia Face Repercussions in Poland
March 25, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Foreign retailers who have stayed on in Russia following Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine are facing backlash by shoppers in Poland who have turned to...

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Russian Government Employees Charged in Worldwide Hacking Scheme
Russian Government Employees Charged in Worldwide Hacking Scheme
March 25, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Four Russians employed by their government have been charged with attempting, supporting and conducting cyber incursions in two separate conspiracies, the FBI reported Thursday (March...

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Trolling Sanctions, Top Russian Pol Suggests Bitcoin For Gas
Trolling Sanctions, Top Russian Pol Suggests Bitcoin For Gas
March 24, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In other circumstances, you’d have to wonder if Pavel Zavalny, head of the Russian State Duma’s Committee on Energy, was trolling European Central Bank President...

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Hackers Target European Charities Helping Ukrainian Refugees
Hackers Target European Charities Helping Ukrainian Refugees
March 23, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Hackers have had their sights set on European charity groups that are helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country following Russia’s invasion, Victor Zhora, the deputy...

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ChronoPay Founder Charged With Alleged Payment Scam in Russia
ChronoPay Founder Charged With Alleged Payment Scam in Russia
March 23, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Pavel Vrublevsky, founder of Russian payment technology company ChronoPay, has been charged in Moscow with money laundering. Writing on his website Tuesday (March 22), Brian...

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