EU allows foreign payment dominance while considering a digital euro, alongside ICC sanctions against judges.

The entities involved

• Mastercard →

  American multinational financial services corporation

  • Commonwealth Bank adjusts its payment processing programs following changes in Reserve Bank of Australia's policy, affecting card network fees.Sun 19:22
  • PayPal is a San Jose-based company, and its peer-to-peer service Venmo is linked to a Mastercard debit card.Sun 15:49
• International Criminal Court →

  intergovernmental organization and international tribunal

  • The International Criminal Court is conducting disciplinary proceedings against Karim Khan, with details revealed by Middle East Eye.Mon 13:23
  • Microsoft lost access to services due to U.S. sanctions imposed on the company.Mon 12:50
• European Central Bank →

  central bank of the European Union and the eurozone

  • The European Central Bank is forced to raise interest rates due to energy price shocks from the Iran war and an influx of Chinese exports.Mon 17:49
  • ECB has established swap line arrangements with central banks, with the ECB President leading central bank operations.Mon 17:35

Related events

• Europe is utilizing the International Criminal Court to establish an artificial power base, backed by America, while facing targeted attacks through the Israeli vector.Jul 26
• ESMA and the ECB are exploring tokenization in financial markets under EU regulatory mandates.Thu 14:38
• The Trump administration planned sanctions against the ICC while a UN mission investigated grounds for belief.Wed 10:26
• The United Nations considers the ICC a key pillar of justice and imposed sanctions on its officials.Aug 19
• Drafting sanctions to treat the International Criminal Court as an institution.Sep 21