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18 December 2010 Last updated at 16:06 GMT
Bank of America has stopped handling payments for whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, joining several other major financial institutions.
It said it acted because "Wikileaks may be engaged in activities that are... inconsistent with our internal policies for processing payments".
In response, Wikileaks urged its supporters to stop doing business with the bank - one of the world's largest.
MasterCard, PayPal and other companies earlier cut off Wikileaks' payments.
The financial institutions acted after Wikileaks - together with several major media organisations - began publishing thousands of secret US diplomatic cables, causing tension between Washington and some of its allies.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was earlier this week freed on bail in the UK while facing extradition proceedings to Sweden over sexual assault allegations.
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