Well, truth is that it isn't that hard to issue a specific debit card if you have a company. IMO the business of bitcoin reloadable debit cards isn't all that huge for mastercard but it's not like they're going to lose their costumers over a statement.
Are you still going to support them after making a statement like that?
Well i for one sure wont go through all the trouble of finding another company just because of this statement. But i have to say that i will reconsider my options once the card
expires, but by then who knows what can happen, maybe they change their stand on it even.
Funny, in the article, the picture posted was from a skrill.com(former moneybookers) debit card, which has nothing to do with bitcoin.
cheers