How to parse the data in python

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Shouldn't merchant names be like: UA UNION SQUARE 14, 7-ELEVEN 18594, JCPENNEY 1330, Netflix.com, GEICO *AUTO, FARMERS INS BILLIN?

Or should merchants be UA, 7-ELEVEN, JCPENNEY, Netflix.com, GEICO, FARMERS (i.e first word after date)?

One way to achieve these results:

>>> lst = [
       'PURCHASE                                AUTHORIZED ON   09/28 UA UNION SQUARE 14        NEW YORK  NY  S388272071655085   CARD 0057',
       'PURCHASE                                AUTHORIZED ON   09/28 7-ELEVEN 18594            ARVADA  CO  S588272206422481   CARD 7621',
       'PURCHASE                                AUTHORIZED ON   09/30 JCPENNEY 1330             CORPUS CHRIST TX  S468273721740671   CARD 8143'
         ]
>>> splitted = [[''.join(word).strip() for word in row.split('  ') if word] for row in lst]
>>> splitted
['PURCHASE', 'AUTHORIZED ON', '09/28 UA UNION SQUARE 14', 'NEW YORK', 'NY', 'S388272071655085', 'CARD 0057'], ['PURCHASE', 'AUTHORIZED ON', '09/28 7-ELEVEN 18594', 'ARVADA', 'CO', 'S588272206422481', 'CARD 7621'], ['PURCHASE', 'AUTHORIZED ON', '09/30 JCPENNEY 1330', 'CORPUS CHRIST TX', 'S468273721740671', 'CARD 8143']]
>>> merchants = [' '.join(row[2].split()[1:]) for row in splitted]
>>> merchants
['UA UNION SQUARE 14', '7-ELEVEN 18594', 'JCPENNEY 1330']
>>> first_word = [row.split()[0] for row in merchants]
>>> first_word
['UA', '7-ELEVEN', 'JCPENNEY']