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Barely a week after PayPal exited the Libra Association; other U.S payment companies have followed suit. As on Friday 11th, Visa, MasterCard, Mercado Pago, and Stripe exited the Libra Association, too.
Notably, this comes a few days after a report surfaced indicating that Senators pressured Visa and Mastercard to expect high criticism if they support Libra. Part of the concerns wrote in a letter to the CEOs of Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe, including the possible facilitation of terrorism and destabilization of the global financial system.
āIf you take this on, you can expect a high level of scrutiny from regulators not only on Libra-related activities, but on all payment activities,ā the letter read.
In what appears to be a typical explanation on the exit, both companies stated they still do support the Libra association, but now is not the time to be part of it.
A Visa spokesperson said, āVisa has decided not to join the Libra Association at this time.ā
āWe will continue to evaluate and our ultimate decision will be determined by a number of factors, including the Associationās ability to fully satisfy all requisite regulatory expectations.ā
eBay made a similar explanation insisting they āhighly respect the vision of the Libra Association,ā but they have āmade the decision to not move forward as a founding member.ā
āAt this time, we are focused on rolling out eBayās managed payments experience for our customers,ā the company said in a statement.
The Libra Association will hold a meeting later today in Geneva (14th Oct. 2019). In todayās meeting, we likely expect to see the fate of Libra, now that every remaining member will reportedly have specific commitments about each member to the association.
But at this point, Libra is in a dangerous place. Libraās Chief David Marcus responded to the news as ānot great news in the short term, but in a way itās liberating.ā
āStay tuned for more very soon. Change of this magnitude is hard. You know youāre on to something when so much pressure builds up,” he added.
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