MOSCOW (Reuters) - International credit and debit card company Mastercard (>> Mastercard Inc) has stopped serving bank cards being used in Crimea, RIA news agency quoted the company as saying on Friday.

Earlier on Friday, competitor Visa Inc (>> Visa Inc) said it could no longer support bank cards in Crimea, following U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this month.

(Reporting by Polina Devitt and Alexander Winning; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)

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