"Romania to conclude memorandum with Mastercard implementing European Digital Identity Wallet"
Who knows more details about this? Many questions. 🤔
https://www.actmedia.eu/financial-and-bank
Wer im Internet unterwegs ist, ist bestimmt mal über „The Most Mysterious Song on the internet" (TMMS) gestolpert – einem Song, der in den 80ern aus dem Radio in Deutschland aufgenommen wurde, aber über 40 Jahre lang nicht identifiziert werden konnte. Über die Zeit haben sich viele der Suche nach dem Interpreten gewidmet, was letztendlich zum Internet-Phänomen wurde.
Darüber gibt es in der ARD Mediathek eine schöne Doku (samt Auflösung!):
‘Dark money’ casts a shadow over
Los Angeles elections,
with mystery group pumping out attack mail
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-09/dark-money-casts-shadow-over-la-election…
#VISA #MasterCard
One potential side effect of limiting processing fees would be merchants being able to deny using some high cost cards.
"The 'honor all cards' provision, which requires merchants to accept all Visa and Mastercard versions, would be discontinued. Merchants may choose to decline to accept higher-cost rewards cards and other premium consumer and commercial credit cards."
Oligarchies suck
https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/banking/article/what-the-38-billion-visa-mastercard-swipe-fee-settlement-means-for-credit-card-users-164015738.html
Trump nominates Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano to diplomatic posts (Aaron Pellish/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/11/kari-lake-doug-mastriano-diplomats-00915314
http://www.memeorandum.com/260511/p121#a260511p121
Rory McIlroy co-leads Masters to begin title defense; Joel Embiid undergoes appendix surgery; MLB panic meter
https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/rory-mcilroy-mast…
Jerry Jones remains tied to Cowboys' most infamous Dez Bryant dinner story https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/dez-bryant-52000-rookie-dinner-jerry-jones-mystery/4793743ff6b34984dae9ed00