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Fujifilm Has Announced The Instax Mini 11 BTS Butter
There’s just something magical about having a physical picture in your hands.
Instant cameras make for wonderfully quirky gifts that are guaranteed to make happy not just avid photographers but everyone can appreciate the ability to press the shutter button and see a finished print just a few seconds later.
There is something magical about having a physical picture in your hands, these days we always forget to be present and live in the moment! Using Instax allows you to capture that memory and print it instantly. It’s no wonder then that the demand for instant cameras spikes every year around the holidays and celebrations. To meet this demand, Fujifilm has recently announced the Instax Mini 11 BTS Butter instant camera in collaboration with BTS.
BTS is a seven-member South Korean group that debuted in 2013. With numerous platinum-selling singles and albums and two Grammy nominations, BTS is one of the most famous and influential artists in the world. Their song “Butter”, the top summer song of 2021 according to Billboard, was the inspiration for this unique collaboration with Instax.
“The Instax Mini 11 BTS Butter version, like all Instax Mini 11 cameras, is designed to combine optimal portability with a fresh, trendy look” states Fujifilm in its official press release. “The BTS Butter version takes this look and adds special accents for BTS fans, including a vibrant Butter Yellow body with a colorfully designed bezel and matching shoulder strap, along with fun shutter button accessories including a jeweled look and the Butter heart emblem”.
Like all Mini 11 instant cameras, the BTS Butter version includes:
Automatic Exposure Function For Better Pictures Day Or Night

The “Automatic Exposure” function automatically senses the level of ambient light when the shutter button is pressed, and optimizes the shutter speed and flash output according to the condition. It allows even novice Instax users to take photos that are automatically properly exposed regardless of conditions, producing high-quality instant photo prints on the spot.
Selfie Mode For Quick & Easy Selfies

Users can activate the Selfie Mode, perfect for taking selfies and close-up shots, by simply pulling out the front end edge of the lens after powering the camera on. This makes it super easy to take selfies and close-up pictures.
Sleek Design With Attention To Detail

Contrasting design elements on the mini 11 BTS Butter version are achieved by using a different material around the lens from the rest of the camera body, which result in a fun, eye-catching look that’s very clearly Butter-inspired.
New Mini Film Variety

Also accompanying the launch of this exciting new instant camera is mini film BTS Butter version, featuring a vivid yellow border full of the trademark BTS Butter heart insignia. The film will be available in single cartridges featuring 10 exposures each.
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The pop culture-inspired instant camera will be available for purchase in the Middle East within the next few weeks, and is expected to sell for $99 USD, and the Mini film BTS Butter version should cost roughly $10 USD. If you’d like to find more information about both products, make sure to follow Fujifilm Instax on Facebook and Instagram for all the latest updates.
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Visa’s Return To Syria Starts With A Test And A Bank In Lebanon
Foreign visitors will be the first users to benefit, but whether Syria’s own banks and cardholders follow is still an open question.
Visa is returning to Syria. Its first live international card transaction in the country was a test rather than a launch, and the milestone event ran through a Lebanese bank.
The acquirer (the bank on the merchant’s side of a card payment) was Fransabank Lebanon, with Paymera as the other named partner. Nadim Moujaes, who heads a Fransabank Group subsidiary, describes the test as both the culmination of “longstanding efforts to link Syria back to international payment networks” and “the first step in a larger path”.
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa makes the first electronic payment in Syria using a @Visa card at a store in Damascus, following the lifting of US sanctions on Syria. pic.twitter.com/lpAN7nQ6Fc
— Tech Magazine (@TechMGZN) August 27, 2026
“We are excited to have successfully tested live transactions today as we plan to enable international visitors to use their Visa cards while in Syria,” says Leila Serhan, Visa’s senior vice president and group country manager for the North Africa, Levant and Pakistan region. Although a significant first step, that plan doesn’t come with a hard date for when a visitor’s card will work normally.
Mohammed Safwat Raslan, governor of the Central Bank of Syria, says the test paves the way for international card acceptance in Syria and that maintaining strong compliance, risk management and operational controls will remain essential. Serhan likewise stresses that Visa has worked within applicable legal, regulatory and compliance requirements. For a test transaction, it seems there was a great deal of attention paid to the rules, with the entire operation being carefully managed.
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The test is the latest step in a sequence that began in December 2025, when Visa announced a strategic roadmap to support Syria’s integration into the global digital economy. In February 2026 it hosted its first industry gathering of banks, ecosystem partners and policymakers in Damascus and, the same month, signed an agreement with Syria’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in San Francisco.
Michel Kattouah, Paymera’s CEO, called the test “the return of international card acceptance,” but while that’s positive news, there’s no word yet on when a Syrian bank will issue a Visa card to a Syrian customer.
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