Debit card

France, announcing fresh moves against terrorist financing, said on Nov. 23 it would target prepaid debit cards which it said were used in the recent Paris attacks.
 
"We will regulate more strictly the use of prepaid cards which were used in the November 13 attacks, in order to make it harder to remain anonymous," Finance Minister Michel Sapin told a news conference.
 

Transportations cards, which many Istanbul residents currently use to travel around the city, will soon also be used as debit cards for everyday purchases, according to a recent Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (?BB) regulation.

Speaking at a Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) event on tax evasion and, Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis revealed plans to encourage electronic transactions and make electronic transactions mandatory for certain classes of businesses, based on criteria such as location and size.

The Hellenic Bank Association (HBA) issued guidelines for capital controls in Greece. Here are 10 banking facts that borrowers should bear in mind:

While the Greek crisis won’t affect tourists, Greeks abroad – either on vacations or studying – are trapped as Greek banks interpret capital controls in different ways.

The cap controls, a repercussion of a surprise decision by the leftist Tsipras government to call a referendum on creditors’ proposal, also made online shopping with multinationals by holders of Greek cards impossible.

Thousands of Greek people are facing a serious cash crisis after the daily cash withdrawal limit from the country's ATMs was restricted to just 60 euros per day and the use of credit cards was frozen until June 7.

The level of the economic crisis being experienced at the moment is beyond what they imagined when they voted in January, electing the radical left coalition of Syriza. 

Unprecedented capital controls in … 21st century Greece apparently have a “silver lining”, albeit a very slim one, as “red tape” appears receding on some fronts.
Take the ticket booths at the Athens Acropolis, for instance, which will for now accept credit cards and debit cards for the first time! They’ll still accept cash, too, assuming tourists bring enough with them.

After talks in Brussels broke down in acrimony, there were recommendations and warnings made by countries to their nationals traveling to Greece.

United States:

A 33-year-old Turkish man extradited to New York appeared in court on June 24 on charges that he organized three cyber attacks costing the global financial system $55 million, prosecutors said.