Tag: visa
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Visa and Mastercard suspend their services in Russia
[ad_1] Visa and Mastercard are suspending operations in Russia in another major blow to the country’s financial system, according to a report from the Associated Press. In an announcement on Visa’s website, the company says it’s working with partners in Russia to “cease all transactions over the coming days.” A separate press release from Mastercard…
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Reaction to Australian government cancelling Novak Djokovic visa again | Tennis News
[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Following are reactions to Australia cancelling Novak Djokovic‘s visa for a second time on Friday on the grounds that the world number one, who has not been vaccinated for COVID-19, may pose a health risk. The move effectively ends his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam title at the January 17-30 Australian…
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Novak Djokovic readies vaccine exemption case for Australian visa showdown | Tennis News
[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic prepared his legal guns Sunday for a battle to stay in Melbourne and defend his Australian Open title, arguing he has the all-clear because of a positive coronavirus test in December. Djokovic’s fight to overturn the shock cancellation of his visa and his ensuing detention in a…
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Djokovic stuck at airport, awaiting Australian government visa decision | Tennis News
[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic was left stranded at an Australian airport overnight, caught in a political maelstrom over whether to honour the World No. 1’s medical exemption from vaccine requirements or send him home due to a visa blunder. Djokovic touched down at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport Wednesday about 11:30 p.m. local time after a 14-hour…
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Team America Relief uses Airtable to help 22,000 Afghans manage visa applications and personal data
[ad_1] The volunteer group has helped more than 500 people leave Afghanistan since August. The non-profit Team America Relief is using Airtable and Rownd, a data privacy service, to help 22,000 Afghan citizens apply for American visas. Image: Team America Relief Afghanistan has dropped out of the headlines since August when the U.S. government spent…
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British expats could ‘abandon Spain in droves’ over restrictive post-Brexit visa | World | News
[ad_1] Under recent Spanish visa rules, Britons will need to possess a valid ETIAS visa waiver before their arrival in the country. Madrid has set out new measures for long-term British tourists who do not hold a visa. Britons without a Spanish visa will now be limited to stays of only 90 days within a…
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Amazon to ban Visa credit cards in the UK in battle over payment fees
[ad_1] Amazon will stop accepting payments from Visa credit cards issued in the UK from January 19th, 2022. Customers will still be able to use Visa debit cards issued in the UK, as well as credit cards issued by MasterCard, American Express, and other firms. Amazon is blocking UK credit cards from Visa as part…
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Visa and Apple Pay vulnerabilities leaves iPhone users open to payment fraud
[ad_1] Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Vulnerabilities in Apple Pay and Visa could enable hackers to bypass an iPhone’s Apple Pay lock screen and perform contactless payments, according to research by the University of Birmingham and University of Surrey. Experts in the University of Birmingham’s School of Computer Science and the University of Surrey’s Department of…