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lmz 2 days ago

Surely by being a bank, you are already exposed to that.

guiriduro 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Exposed yes, but not fatally if you're working with alternative de-dollarised banking systems in the eurozone, for example.

lmz 2 days ago | parent [-]

Won't help if they sanction you and cut you off from SWIFT (or the card networks) so it just depends on the degree of the governance issues here.

Abstract_Typist a day ago | parent | next [-]

Ah.. SWIFT is an international cooperative, originated in Europe and based in Brussels..

guiriduro 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Most european banking entities already have and use SEPA.

lmz 2 days ago | parent [-]

Any alternative non US, Europe wide card network? I suppose you could use Mir, or UnionPay.

Abstract_Typist a day ago | parent [-]

This is an issue, but one Europe is acutely aware of and working on. WERO is one strand of that.

https://www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-06-23/independence...

https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/eu-payments-sovereignty...

https://stripe.com/en-fr/resources/more/wero-how-europes-uni...

shawabawa3 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Monzo are a UK bank that briefly but afaik no longer operate in the US

varispeed 2 days ago | parent [-]

They are partially Chinese owned, so you can imagine Trump having a fit could be ordering AWS and GCP to stop servicing this bank.