The claims by VISA and Mastercard, that they are committed to nternational markets, adds up to a big 0.

If the US government issues sanctions, they will comply.

Countries outside the US are wise to pursue other infrastructure.

The big surprise is that this problem has been ignored for so long.

Of course, here in the US, we will not be alllowed a free instant payment system, because giving 3% of gross sales away to an absentee business, is patriotism 8-/

For the last 20 or so years now, Patriotism has been hijacked to mean: "beneficial to an oligarch".

It's been a long time since patriotism didnt mean either racist conservative, or capitalist bully.