{
  "id": 3944087,
  "title": "Visa and Mastercard complete transactions in Syria after US lifts state terrorism label",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/visa-and-mastercard-complete-transactions-in-syria-after-us-lifts",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T11:06:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Finextra",
    "slug": "finextra",
    "url": "https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48321/visa-and-mastercard-complete-transactions-in-syria-after-us-lifts-state-terrorism-label"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Visa and Mastercard have completed their first international card transactions in Syria after the US removed it from the state sponsors of terrorism list.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}