Visa, Mastercard Suspend Operations in Russia Amid Ukraine Invasion
Visa said the suspension would be "effective immediately" and all transactions would cease within a matter of days.
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Visa said the suspension would be "effective immediately" and all transactions would cease within a matter of days.
The policies were announced in a series of statements made over the weekend after each company blocked certain Russian banks earlier this week.
A Ukrainian government official tweeted at Musk on Saturday, asking him to provide Starlink terminals to Ukraine. Musk responded just hours later.
Western nations agreed to disconnecting "selected Russian banks" from SWIFT to "ensure that this war is a strategic failure for Putin."
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