Binance stressed that credit and debit card payments will continue to be accepted and that non-USD bank transfers would still be processed through the SWIFT payment system.
Binance has informed its retail customer base that the hidden impending service interruption may interrupt the online banking payment and transfer at the left and right ramps.
The interruption of service items will affect those consumers who want to use the SWIFT payment platform to trade cryptocurrency at a price of less than US $100000 and have bank accounts in US dollars. The interruption will take effect on February 1.
Binance sent an email to "Binancians" on January 21 to announce this information, focusing on the fact that they are currently "actively seeking" a new SWIFT (US dollar) partner to prevent the interruption of online banking payment and transfer services in the future.
Cryptocurrency Exchange added that this is also the determination of financial institution partners. Binance is not easy to be the only trading website affected by the change:
"This is the case for every customer of their data encryption exchange. It is important to note that before we can find a replacement solution, you may not be able to use your bank account to purchase and sell cryptocurrency with a value of less than 100000 US dollars after February 1, 2023 according to SWIFT."
However, Binance does pay attention to that customers can still use their bank credit card or savings card to buy and sell cryptocurrency, and the payment of third-party exchanges still needs to be resolved.
Cryptocurrency Exchange said that according to SWIFT, the transfer will continue to be used for non-US dollar bank transfers, such as Europe.
Binance determined that this change would not affect its "enterprise account"
According to a Bloomberg report on January 21, the bank partner involved is Signature Bank. Bloomberg explained that the financial institution set a minimum transfer limit of US $100000 to reduce its leverage ratio in the digital money market.
Although the interruption of financial services was not Binance's decision, the trading website recently stopped transferring funds.
Binance recently suspended the USDT and USDC savings according to Solana on November 17.
The Exchange also temporarily stopped the saving and withdrawal of ETH and wETH 10 days before the combination of Ethereum.
Upgrade UTC at 12:50 a.m. on January 22: plus Bloomberg statement.