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 Visa also reportedly stopped issuing new co-branded cryptocurrency cards with Binance in Europe as of July. 
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 Global payment giant Mastercard is reportedly ending its <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>currency card <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="partnership" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/partnership.html">partnership</a> with Binance <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> exchange next month, according to a Bloomberg report. The report didn't divulge the reason for the change, but implied it might be due to increased regulatory scrutiny of the beleaguered <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> exchange. 
 Mastercard and Binance will end their four crypto card programmes in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia starting Sept. 22, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 24. 
 The decision to end the program will not impact any of Mastercard's other <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> card programmes, the firm reportedly said. The wind-down period will allow cardholders to convert any holdings in their Binance wallets, it added. 
 The Mastercard and Binance’s prepaid <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> card allows users to make payments in local fiat currencies, funded by their <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> holdings on the exchange. 
 The end of the collaboration comes about one year after Binance and Mastercard first partnered last August to launch a prepaid card for the residents of Argentina. In early 2023, the firms expanded the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="partnership" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/partnership.html">partnership</a> with another prepaid <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> card in Latin America. 
 The report hints that the end of the partnership comes in response to renewed regulatory issues of Binance worldwide. 
 As previously reported, Binance and its CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao were sued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly violating local securities laws. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission also filed a lawsuit against Binance for not properly registering with the derivatives regulator. 
 Binance has also reportedly been under an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for allowing Russians to use the exchange in violation of U.S. sanctions. 
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 According to the new report, Mastercard isn’t the only firm that has been distancing itself from Binance amid its regulatory issues worldwide. Visa also stopped issuing new co-branded cards with Binance in Europe as of July, Binance reportedly said. 
 Mastercard, Visa and Binance did not immediately respond to Cointelegraph’s request for comment. 
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Mastercard and Binance end crypto card partnership in Latin America: Report

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