{"id":200558,"date":"2026-02-15T22:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/visas-olympics-monopoly-highlights-europes-payment-headache-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T22:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:55:55","slug":"visas-olympics-monopoly-highlights-europes-payment-headache-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/visas-olympics-monopoly-highlights-europes-payment-headache-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa&#039;s Olympics monopoly highlights Europe&#039;s payment headache &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxOMThzY19PMDQ0QVVNb2pkU2REanhHZVBMQ0VJaHBvYmZQc3hBTEFDaUU5eXpPTzV2UHhQUWt4cG5fcE9oMWNDTVZJdWFHak1IejFqODVLa09RRjBjUUkzZHJSTkFfY0diR2RuOHpqODBYUzBicmtMQkdRSGVNVzF4VjJZSThfU0U4TFR4Y3daYWM5RjJkWHF0cTdBekVGWVRWUXlpNHd1a1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Visa&#8217;s Olympics monopoly highlights Europe&#8217;s payment headache<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNaWVaTHZVZlpaUzBseEt4aDJ4cmZzejI4RzlvaEJVMElkOXBhZnRpQzh6bHJOOXFDWjdhUzFPUVZWbGhFSW9JT2dGbXM2X055XzE1ZFd1YWlsbzlsNkVzRlVQUEtTT2JtanZsLXhKQkdIdFJDRnVuVTRfV1V6aWZETVZfZGpMbnVOQl9Rd0RDTWhtdEJ4LUdhczBad0dsNTVXWHBqN3VlQU5XZjFRNFHSAbYBQVVfeXFMTm9xMzZQd2VSeUIzQWczQ1dUVWdBTTFQTnVXN0FkWXUwUGtFVjAyMGJYODBGNmMtNUFNSjRGcjR4R1FjdWE1SXFGRllEbng2cWs0cGJRVGtKNTRLWHp2bEY4cm1GUHMtbmJCVHJkQS05bUtqOTdXbkkteHpvRUtxRnYxb002RkFuY3g3U1RPU1lfRmJiV0MxdVVXRTdCcl9ma1RQYTg2UTh0endTdUpaSlBQcWxPNUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Europe&#8217;s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">European Business Magazine<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTFBaU0hRY3A4V1BLZkpmMURSTFpCamVPd0FJT2NXck01bUx3dHZQd0lGNy12c3VpYzJlSnJKaXpNYlhsSnRRZDRobVJDOEdod0Nub0ZzYjdyWnNhWkFmazAwaTR1OGlENkZ2cmlfaktzQlo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">European alternatives to Visa and Mastercard \u2018urgently\u2019 needed, says banking chief<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Financial Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE9NeEhMLXlxaENIUkxQMENPY3l0Z0JKU0RneHJNT1huSnhKeGRzd1lIRW1ycTJnY3R2dU5LVnoyeklnQVgxOTNoZ1E3Qkp1b1BIQXVXc3lUd0E5bHM3ZlpfV2tjU1VTcV9RTHp4RVVZT21kSmZwbVJfckx3aXA1QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Europe weighs payment independence amid reliance on US systems [VIDEO]<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">TVP World<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPN1QzTkprTDBCNGtjSGNvSl90U1AtMEhFVGh6Wkh4Nk5Wc2tvdEhHQldzT2RMQ3BLYzlHY0JoM1dPV0pzbWFGRmJacVBEVVIyclBYZDJFR2NYX0RxTU1wOVlSQWkyRlkwYXpGc3dyQ2hzbTN3aEl0bXZueHhyZk5XNTlhU2VkbDd3Zm9GWWt6cnJHTzRWR24wM2pCdmRJXzk0MDBKbEppRUFfeGRJbWNJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Payments providers ink MoU to drive &#8216;sovereign&#8217; pan-European payments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Finextra Research<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxOMThzY19PMDQ0QVVNb2pkU2REanhHZVBMQ0VJaHBvYmZQc3hBTEFDaUU5eXpPTzV2UHhQUWt4cG5fcE9oMWNDTVZJdWFHak1IejFqODVLa09RRjBjUUkzZHJSTkFfY0diR2RuOHpqODBYUzBicmtMQkdRSGVNVzF4VjJZSThfU0U4TFR4Y3daYWM5RjJkWHF0cTdBekVGWVRWUXlpNHd1a1k?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visa&#8217;s Olympics monopoly highlights Europe&#8217;s payment headache&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Europe&#8217;s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun&nbsp;&nbsp;European Business Magazine European alternatives to Visa and Mastercard \u2018urgently\u2019 needed, says banking chief&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times Europe weighs payment independence amid reliance on US systems [VIDEO]&nbsp;&nbsp;TVP World Payments providers ink MoU to drive &#8216;sovereign&#8217; pan-European payments&nbsp;&nbsp;Finextra Research source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-200558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news-video","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}