Stripe Urged to Help UN Rapporteur Bypass US Sanctions

0:00On March 31st, Irish Tech Billionaires, John and Patrick Collison, founders of Payments Giant Stripe, face a public plea from Fianna, Fail, MEP, Barry, Andrews. He's urging them to help UN Special Rapper Tour, Francesca Albinés, whose basic finances are crippled by US sanctions enforced through Stripe. Albinés monitors human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories and has slammed Israel's Gaza operations, calling for arms embargoes, and penalties on enablers. Last year, the US hit her with sanctions for pushing actions against American and Israeli interests. The fallout hits hard. Her bank accounts are frozen. Health insurance payments halted, all tied to Stripe as a US headquartered intermediary, even from Ireland. Andrews took to social media, hailing Stripe as a proud Irish success story with roots in Dublin and San Francisco. He gets, they must obey US rules from the Trump era, but ask the brothers to enable simple, personal transactions for her UN work.

1:02Stripe hasn't commented, and it's murky if they can act without breaking US law. Meanwhile, the EU labels these extraterritorial sanctions illegal, spotlighting cracks in global finance rules as this plays out. You've been listening to Europe News today, AI-powered European coverage.