Damascus, Aug 27, 2026 (AFP) - Visa, Mastercard begin first Syria global card payments in years

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2026-08-27

Visa and Mastercard said they had carried out their first international card payments in Syria in more than a decade, days after Washington delisted the country as a state sponsor of terrorism. Mastercard said in a statement that it and Qatar National Bank (QNB) Group "have processed Syria's first international card payment in more than 15 years, marking an important milestone in the modernisation of Syria's payments ecosystem". Visa in a stateme......

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