By Pritam Biswas and Arasu Kannagi Basil (Reuters) -Visa and Mastercard are expected to report higher quarterly profits this week on steady consumer spending, and analysts will scrutinize how demand for travel and discretionary purchases is shaping up in the face of tariff uncertainty. The results from the world’s biggest payment processors will help flesh out the broader financial outlook …
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Payment companies such as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe are facing public backlash, including from billionaire Elon Musk, for pressuring online gaming platforms to remove hundreds of games in response to a campaign from an Australian anti-porn lobby group. Itch.io, an independent gaming platform, last week removed all adult or not-safe-for-work (NSFW) games from appearing in its library in a hasty …
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Just a little over a week after Steam updated its guidelines to prohibit content that “may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks,” specifically adult-only content, and days after itch.io shared that it, too, had removed games that would put it in direct conflict with its payment processors, gamers around the world …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link A Maryland pastor who fled Honduras 24 years ago to escape poverty and violence is waiting to hear when he will face an immigration judge after his arrest this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying his visa in 2001, his family said. Daniel Fuentes Espinal, a 54-year-old father of three, is expected to request …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link A Maryland pastor who fled Honduras 24 years ago to escape poverty and violence is waiting to hear when he will face an immigration judge after his arrest this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying his visa in 2001, his family said. Daniel Fuentes Espinal, a 54-year-old father of three, is expected to request …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link The United States will require international visitors to pay a new “visa integrity fee” of at least $250, added to existing visa application costs, according to a provision in the Trump administration’s recently enacted domestic policy bill. The fee will apply to all visitors who are required to obtain nonimmigrant visas to enter the United States. …
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visa of the Brazilian Supreme Court judge who oversaw the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of President Donald Trump. Trump has come to the defense of Bolsonaro, who is on trial for his role in an alleged attempted coup to overturn Brazil’s 2022 election. Drawing parallels with his own …
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Every day, visitors arrive in America. Now they will be paying a visa integrity fee. getty The new U.S. Visa Integrity Fee will be important to know about for any of your relatives, friends, or business associates planning to visit the United States in the coming months. Starting in late 2025, the U.S. government will begin charging a $250 “Visa …
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Visitors to the United States will need to pay a “visa integrity fee,” according to a provision of the Trump administration’s recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The fee applies to all visitors who need nonimmigrant visas to enter, and cannot be waived. However travelers may also be able to get the fees reimbursed, according to the provision. Details …
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