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Uquid debit card review:

As a bitcoin user since 2013 I've gotten to know the pros and cons of bitcoin. When bitcoin-powered debit cards came out I was fascinated. Such products have the potential to bring users the best of both worlds. The privacy and freedom of bitcoin, and the nearly universal acceptance of debit cards. Ever since last year, I've been using a bitcoin debit card to bypass capital controls in my country, Greece. They come handy but up to this point comparable with conventional debit cards issued by banks in terms of cost up to this point. And I'm saying up to this point because Uquid has really managed to build a system that allows users to get maximum value out of their bitcoin when loading their debit cards.

Unlike other bitcoin debit cards, Uquid doesn't rely on misleading marketing tactics to advertise their product. I got to know about it through good ol' word of mouth and was immediately amazed at how great their debit card service is. Here's are some reasons that in my opinion make their card is one of the greatest debit cards.

Very low buying cost: Virtual cards are only 1 $/€/£
Privacy-friendly and near instant acquisition for virtual cards: After inputting some basic information, users receive their cards immediately. No requirements to upload documents or have to wait for verification.
Best bitcoin sell prices on the market: Deposits on Uquid accounts are done through BitPay, and BitPay "buys" bitcoins at market rates. So thanks to BitPay Uquid cards most definitely gives the best value to your bitcoins among all bitcoin debit card solutions.

More on the last point:
Bitpay's price is really a strong point here. Uquid is not adding any hidden fees. Other cards are claiming to have no fees but actually profit by adding a difference to their exchange rate. E-coin is a prime example of that.

https://i.imgur.com/muYDwbw.png (https://i.imgur.com/muYDwbw.png)

The image above indicates the price advertised in E-coin's (one of the most well-known bitcoin debit cards) landing page vs the actual rate. And the averaged market rate plus BitPay on Uquid. It's clear that fees on Uquid are very straightforward, absolutely no hidden fees. Here (https://i.imgur.com/Idto7LL.png) are Uquid's fees for reference. Even with those, the card provides greater purchasing power than others because of the rate being so good.

From my experience, Spectrocoin doesn't have bitcoin sell rates as good as the ones of BitPay. So based on that, You'd be getting better value for money with Uquid (which uses BitPay). Here they are side to side as of posting:

http://kuuv.io/i/T13LQAK.png

I can say that until now seems that the uquid is one of the best bitcoin debit card service (for me the best one)

Because offering unlimited bitcoin debit cards for those that don't want to verify theirself to them is perfect.

I'm going probably ordering a new bitcoin debit card there on the next week and test it how it works.

I checked the uquid and cryptopay websites. Though uquid is cheaper than cryptopay, it appears to be less legitimate simply because they write bad English

I might use uquid to verify paypal, but once I get my funds I will check out quickly. My funds won't spend up to a month on uquid.

love you man  :P It works, I tried 3-4 cards and no one works and i was like try to pay on that site from last 4 days. And your card worked on that site and made it possible lol.

Nice service Recommended.

Best of Luck

Regards

I read your review carefully and what I see is that uquid supports multi virtual cards using them at the same time.

What I want to know about these cards is there any overall limit to use these cards or there is a limit for each card (for example 2500€ each)

About the low cost, there is already one company which offers free bitcoin virtual debit card so this is an advantage of uquid.

The uquid site has a horrible interface and is disgusting to work with and use, however.

Spectrocoin and CryptoPay both have cheaper cards and better looking sites. Pretty much the only valid point is that they use bitpay. And if you're using such a big amount of bitcoin to purchase something that this price difference will actually be noticable, you shouldn't be paying with bitcoin. Just use your credit card for god's sake.

Many thanks for Bitcointalk when i found the best bitcoin debit card for me

After my post about how to get free virtual bitcoin card
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1583480.0

I received some requested from bitcointalk member which i will give some reviews about uquid bitcoin card.

Firstly, i will come with some reviews about uquid card from trusted member of bitcointalk forum :


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1242788.msg15766469#msg15766469

And


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1242788.msg15904204#msg15904204


Reviews from my personal experiences with uquid

#1. They do have highest price for bitcoin in market as they using bitpay ( bitpay famous with high price of bitcoin and no have hidden fees)

#2. They support for multi card buy. that mean you will not get block for your card if you buy multi card. this feature that what i most like from uquid. My friends got experience with some website they can give you option for second card or thirth card buy but after you buy card few days you will get blocked and you get lost money in the card. uquid can hold money in balance for free and you can load when you need to use.

https://i.imgur.com/bFNMUXG.png

#3. Low cost buy card : just 1$ you can get card for verify paypal ( instead of paying 15$ for VCC seller )

#4. Anonymous : they do not required any document for verify that mean you just need put different information for new card and you keep using without worry about block or verification.

#5. No Fees : They gave customer advice for no using with different currency (some another card they do not give you advice, and when you using with different currency you have, you pay huge fees for them) I used same currency when paying with usd card and i do not have to pay any fees for convert. Rememeber, you will have to pay convert fees if you using USD card for pay in website which they take EUR

#6. Fast and Friendly support: i got support for just few hours. That been good so far.



I already order uquid plastic card. after i got one i will give another reviews about uquid plastic

You review is very useful for me thanks in advanced, maybe I wanna trying for using uquid soon and I hope to appear another experience for make me sure about uquid. ;)

I have made registered on there, although i have got a little problem because the website is not too support for smartphone android. And because of this link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1242788.0
I have got free $1 on my balance. And today i have got another problem, i can't log-in there. I am waiting answers from the support.

you correct, they support for multi virtual card and each card have limit 2500euro ( if you upgrade to gold level - it will have no limit on each card)
let say : multil card + 2500€ = No Limit in total using
For example, you want cashout 10000€ bitcoin you just need to get 4 uquid card (if you verify documents then only 1 card)

Yes, uquid offer free virtual card is good point of them.  many new users do not have bitcoin but still need a card for verify some website. then they can use uquid

I am not sure about the android app. but i checked and see they have app name uquid card on ios and google play ( i did not test yet)

The uquid site has a horrible interface and is disgusting to work with and use, however.

Spectrocoin and CryptoPay both have cheaper cards and better looking sites. Pretty much the only valid point is that they use bitpay. And if you're using such a big amount of bitcoin to purchase something that this price difference will actually be noticable, you shouldn't be paying with bitcoin. Just use your credit card for god's sake.

I checked the uquid and cryptopay websites. Though uquid is cheaper than cryptopay, it appears to be less legitimate simply because they write bad English - this does not show professionalism.

I might use uquid to verify paypal, but once I get my funds I will check out quickly. My funds won't spend up to a month on uquid.

I am not sure about the android app. but i checked and see they have app name uquid card on ios and google play ( i did not test yet)
if you can not login ? did you type correct information ?
you can contact them via their topic : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1485950.0
or : https://uquid.com/contact-us

last time i done through form and they reply in few hour

Ater reading these review by many people about uquid I also started to take interest in this service and after getting my card I will also write my experience with Uquid at here. I hope I will also be happy with that and will come here happily to write my experience with their debit card.

how can i get your service in Pakistan?

I have searched on a number of places(bitcoin Debit Card providers) and after getting involved in Uquid I will say that it is the world best service for bitcoin Debit Card. They are the most smooth, supportive and reliable in terms of their Debit Card providing system for the bitcoin community. With that I can smoothly purchase goods online through the process of their debit Card. I started to love this provider.

you accept paypal withdrawal till now?
some cards issued from your company as spectrocoin stopped withdrawal from paypal

Hey.

I have $14.90 in my uquid USD account and am trying to buy a virtual card, but the system tells me "Insufficent funds".

What is going on?

Hey.

I have $14.90 in my uquid USD account and am trying to buy a virtual card, but the system tells me "Insufficent funds".

What is going on?

Hey.

I have $14.90 in my uquid USD account and am trying to buy a virtual card, but the system tells me "Insufficent funds".

What is going on?

Dear all
Due to of USD bank on maintenance mode (expected working back after few hour)
If you need urgent card for work. please buy gbp card instead

we do apologize for any inconvenient caused

Best Regard

I would like to have a small compensate for this issue i'm waiting 8hours already and you see antoher few hours.. its alot of time=money, i would ask for free card for those who suffer from it or something..

Looking very promising, will try out very soon! Will be useful in EUR for me, but since creation of new cards is easy you can have multiple currencies if needed.

Good to see that there is fast reply and useful answers here in the forum. Get your Uquid card here (https://uquid.com/account/register/a?u=UQ278491)!  ;D

With all of the reviews I found that uquid is a reliable debit card. I also want to get one and will try it for my works and then I will compare that how much is the reviews according to the service of uquid.

I do not own one of these, but I may get Unquid in the future since I believe that could be the only one to truely take off in popularity due to supporting a wide range of altcoins and therefore minimizing the risk.

hope you will find interesting on our service.
please do not forget recommend for your friends

Regard

Where could I find an actual list of alt coins that you support? At the first place, I am looking for whether you support Burst, but I would like to know the other opportunities also.

hi bro
we still accept paypal withdraw (https://uquid.com/uquid-card) from our card
customer still using our card daily on paypal
regard,

Is it possible to withdraw from PayPal to a VCC? I thought that option was just for bank accounts linked to PayPal.

I was very impressed with the super fast delivery of my plastic card.

Is there any reason why there is no feature for holding BTC balances? I had a bit of trouble loading my dollar balance by sending bitcoin, and thought that it might be simpler to have a BTC balance to then transfer to fiat card balances.

hi bro,
thanks for your question
you need change country name out of this list countries (https://uquid.com/restricted-countries)
your card work worldwide without any problem

Regard

I'm sorry for bothering you, but I have the same problem. How do I change my country? And if I change my country as my card arrived in my country?

hello
Yes we do have plan for integrate bitcoin wallet into our system soon but i can not tell you exactly time for this feature

hello
if your country not in our supporting list. then we can not delivery card to you.
you can ask your friend in country which we supporting to get your card and forward the card for you
or you can using mail forward service (we can not give you any advice further on this )

After reading this post a question came to my mind that my friend is living in a country which is in your supporting list. Now if I order a card with my name and give the address of him then will it work?

Dear Mr Alex
Many thank for contact us
Please noted that when you exchange money you have to follow our bank
rate and + 3% convert fees charge by bank. (we never encourage any
customer exchange too much because you will lost much in fees charge by
bank ) our system only charge 0.5% fees on top of 3% bank fees.
We strongly advice you deposit usd and load fund direct with your USD
fund, please no using exchange system which will make you lost in
exchange transaction

I do apologies for any inconvenient caused

Best Regard
Sarah

0% Fees

I've loaded some money there and made some exchange operations, now leaving my feedback on this forum.


I wrote to support asking why these 2 operations ate just about 230$ and here is an answer:

...
disappointed. wtf, I never ever lost 230$ by simply exchanging a small amount of usd (988$) to euro and back just using a payment system's account without even reaching any cards.
also, 230$ is definitely not 3% of 988$, nor 700 euros....

Also what i specially disliked and they haven't described it in any visible form:
- i can't load more than 1000usd per 24 hours to the account's balance (not a card), system says I've exceed the limit i wasn't aware of.
- I can't make any daily account/cards turnover that exceeds 1000$, the system says i am out of limit.
- i can't withdraw my money in bitcoins

General:
if you want fast and serious service, this one is not what you look for.

OK, so is there any way do withdraw Bitcoin from my Uquid account to my Bitcoin wallet address?

After reading this post a question came to my mind that my friend is living in a country which is in your supporting list. Now if I order a card with my name and give the address of him then will it work?

I think it is not allowed at any place as the uquid will send the card on the name at which they will register your card and the postal company will not give your parcel to any other person. But if Uquid register your card on your name and they will send it on your friend name then it is possible that you get the card in that way.

Hi,

I would like to know if I can use a UQuid virtual card for online gambling (UK). Where is the card issued?

Thanks

Why is your website not working?

This uquid website has one of the sh*test supports.

Everybody should know that if you lose your login details like account id and security code and pin, than there is no way to recover it and you can kiss your money goodbye. In this situation i am now.
I have money in my balance and have their CC and ID verified account and lost the file in which i was keeping login details.
Contacted costumer support- they asked to specify the last transactions to verify identity. I gave that info to them. After that they never came back to me. I sent 5 or 6 requests to them already and they did not respond to any. They never came back to me. Its 2 weeks i can not get in touch to them as they are not responding. Out of patience.. Useless and sh*test customer support ever.

allows users to get maximum value out of their bitcoin when loading their debit cards.

Uquid doesn't rely on misleading marketing tactics

Uquid is not adding any hidden fees.

Many methods deposit into uquid with 0% fees

Set Up: 
Virtual Card Issuance Fee (one-time cost)	 	£1.00
Monthly Service Fee	£1.00
Spend Money:	Association transaction	Per transaction	£0.00
Deposit Fee Bitcoin	Per transaction	0%
Withdraw Fee	Bank Transfer	Per transaction	3%

Load balance into card
NOTE : 
Max fee: £50.00
Min fee: £0.10
Transfer fee: 0.5%
Minimum amount: £0.00
Maximum amount: £1,000.00

I've tonight tried out UQUID for a GBP virtual debt card and in contrast to the OP, I find there are hidden misleading fees, to the extent that the OP sounds like a shill informercial.




Let's review their fees - https://uquid.com/fees

What they don't tell you - transferring from BTC to GBP they charge between 1% to almost 3% exchange fee above the bitpay exchange rate

https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-exchange-rates
US Dollar   $952.52 USD
Eurozone Euro   €905.09 EUR
Pound Sterling   £772.09 GBP
Canadian Dollar   $1,280.01 CAD
Chinese Yuan   ¥6,615.06 CNY

Attempting a deposit of £772.09, Uquid generates a payment QR code for 1.01 BTC (+1%)
Attempting a deposit of £5, Uquid generates a payment QR of nearly +3% above the bitpay exchange rate.

From the GBP balance in one's account, to then add funds to the debt card costs additional fees which are not listed in the fee schedule.  I would have to assume this funding step is mandatory as it is a Visa debt card.


So from my experience UQIUD does have deliberately misleading hidden fees when exchanging bitcoin and when loading the debt card of up to +3.5%. 

(I am uncertain whether there is an additional +1% fee somewhere for using the card for purchases .....)

Additionally if there is an excess fiat balance you want to convert back to BTC, UQUID charges 3% + whatever fees are charged by their linked conversion - their first listed "Exchanger" charges 5.5-6.6% fees
 https://www.vodaexchange.com/exchange_fee

I have previously spoken well of the Uquid card. I would like to see a specific response from the Uquid staff about this post.

Hi,

Where I can see the bitpay exchange rate ?

1 BTC <--> $957.69

real time

https://bitpay.com/api/rates/USD
https://bitpay.com/api/rates/EUR
https://bitpay.com/api/rates/GBP

The fees and charges page needs to list all applicable fees. It lists wavecrest card fees like the $1 per month, and ATM fees.

However your fees page neglects to show the applicable 1% bitpay fee, and the 0.5% loading fee. It is impossible for a consumer to use bitcoin on your platform without paying this fee.

One key difference with other sites like steam (bitpay) is if I pay a steam invoice I do not pay an extra 1% the recipient absorbs it. Bitpay is not a consumer orientated business, it is a merchant payment processor.

I'm not suggesting the bitpay fee is unfair (localbitcoins charges advertisers "makers" 1%, and in my country credit card surcharges are frequently added to the invoice for CC payments) just that it is undisclosed on your fees page.

So in summary, using bitcoin with a virtual debt card in GBP via PayPal, the fees were 1% + 0.5% + £1. This is much better than the forex / PayPal fees of using my normal credit card.

Hi
we already explain about fees many time already
we do not charge any fees for bitcoin deposit
1% fees charge by bitpay and you can check it easy in bitpay website
we charge 0% fees for bitcoin

We did very careful research before we choice bitpay. they got highest price on market even 1% fees they charge you still get best price compare with all other service

Regard

I used Uquid for the first time the other night. I sent bitcoin to there account. You click on deposit bitcoin and supply a bitcoin address. After a few hours nothing had showed up. I sent them an email. a day later they responded with that they had found nothing. I then sent the transaction information on the block chain to prove it went to there address. They then told me that have no way of checking because they use a gateway call bitpay. So I guess they don't even have control over their own bitcoin wallets. They sent me bitpays website and told me to check with them. Wow. alarm bells are starting to go off.

So far the whole thing sounds like a scam. how can you not confirm a transaction sent to your wallet, its the blockchain. so bells are ringing loud. Even on the of chance this isnt a scam. Why do they need to use another company as a gateway.. i will never use Uquid again. Im pretty sure its a scam. I checked out the wallet and it has 1 star on google play every review says it doesn't work. Some times I guess you learn the hard way and lose some bitcoin learning.

Stay away folks.  If its not a scam which i think it is, its very very badly set up. if you like your bitcoins. don't use this service.


 

Uquid does not have a bitcoin wallet... if you transfer BTC to them, you transfer it to Bitpay. They do the conversion to EUR/GBP/USD. If you don't transfer the exact amount as requested, things don't add up and it needs a manual intervention.

How much EUR (or GBP or USD) did you want to deposit? How much BTC did you have to send to Bitpay? What is the transaction, let's have a look at it.

How long do cash withdrawals to a UK bank account take? Thanks

As an avid BitCoin User, I have almost all BitCoin Debit cards and I am always open to explore and try new services and cards.
Yesterday I was reading a similar post like this one, sharing the great benefits of UQUID, so I decided to try. I opened a new account, transfer some bitcoins to my account and is been 24 hours and the funds still pending.

Hi. Is that possible to order plastic debit card without verification? How long does it take to top up card balance? Thanks.

hi

yes you can order unlimited card without verification
(however, each card have limit of 2500Eur and if you need more than that limit you have to upgrade that card)

Regard

Thanks.
 1)How long does it take to top up card balance?
2)You exchange btc to usd and transfer funds to card instantly? Is whole process is instant?
3)Do you have any promotion? I am interested bitcoin plastic debit card.
4) How fast is delivery?
5) Do you use standart mail service?
6)Which bank do you use as a card issuer?
7) Which currency should customer choose if doesnt want to pay high atm and forex fee?


Thanks for answers!

My deposit as being pending for over 12 hours now. Have i being scammed or what? I have used other bitcoin card providers and i have never seen any of them that is as slow as uquid in processing payment. Everything on uquid is completely different from other crypto cards providers which strive on given there customers the best experience while using there products. The support are dead and  It also seems as if payments are approved manually and not instants as done by your competitors

hello
it seem you make payment with not correct amount requested
and you have to wait our finance team manual adjustment and accept ( which take up to 72 hour) we already clear out this point at : https://uquid.com/faq

may i have your account number please i can help you check

i already send card to forwarding company address on Germany and they will deliver it to me. Is that possible?

Thanks.
 1)How long does it take to top up card balance?
2)You exchange btc to usd and transfer funds to card instantly? Is whole process is instant?
3)Do you have any promotion? I am interested bitcoin plastic debit card.
4) How fast is delivery?
5) Do you use standart mail service?
6)Which bank do you use as a card issuer?
7) Which currency should customer choose if doesnt want to pay high atm and forex fee?



Please answer questions.


Thanks for answers!

 1)How long does it take to top up card balance?  >>> it instantly
2)You exchange btc to usd and transfer funds to card instantly? Is whole process is instant?   YES
3)Do you have any promotion? I am interested bitcoin plastic debit card. > At the moment NO ( we offer for some business partner only)
4) How fast is delivery?  ( it depend on country you want delivery to: within European it take only 1>5 working days)
5) Do you use standart mail service?    >>> we using postal service for free delivery + DHL (with tracking for Express delivery)
6)Which bank do you use as a card issuer?  >>> card issued directed by VISA (not bank)
7) Which currency should customer choose if doesnt want to pay high atm and forex fee? >> you should get card same currency you want ( then you do not have to pay 3% convert fees )

I already forward my card to Germany.Everything is smooth.Thanks again! Please clarify card  issuer.Isnt that  Wire Crest(gibraltar)? Other  btc debit card processors use this company. Or card is Visa's property? ???

Hello, I am really bit curious about the debit card you are talking about, I've been here for a couple of months but never try to have this one. I am pretty much interested in this Uquid bitcoin debit card, may I know how much the card of uquid debit card. And also please excuse if I had lot of question. can somebody guide me on this thing procedure. Thanks so much.

I am unable to use their virtual card, no reply from their support in 7 days and the only way to withdraw money is via a bank transfer:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1812374 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1812374)

Smells like scam. Happy to take my words back if UQUID replies to my e-mail and we find a solution.

Still dont accept my card. Why it takes so long shipping plastic card? More than 20 days and still no update.. This is unacceptable.  :-[

hi
i am sorry for that issue
however, if you order card with "standard delivery"
your card will delivery with postal service " send a a letter"
and it could delay by your local postal service
i am not sure what country you from (if your country postal service not really good and fast, we advice you using Express delivery option which your card will delivery with DHL and have tracking number

please contact us if you need further advice

Regard

I live in Canada but you don't offer a card in CDN. Does that mean every time I make a ATM withdrawal with the card in Canada I will be charged 3% for conversion?

Hello
yes you have to pay VISA for this fees as we do not have card support for CDN yet
The best way you should find the ATM in there where you can get USD or bank or local exchanger service can accept USD for USD cash which you can save this fees

Regard

Wow. That's about all I can say. Nice support, Uquid. I do believe you have convinced me to get the physical card...

1) Why would you advertise this card to an American audience -- and give them NO indication BEFORE they transfer funds to you -- that IF you live in the United States, you CANNOT get this card?

2) Do you believe that Americans occupy only a very shallow percentage of these boards?

3) Why do you offer and list USD as your FIRST conversion choice, when US citizens CANNOT get this card?

4) What do I do now that I have transferred BTC to you, whereupon you automatically converted it to USD, and is sitting in an unuseable account?

Please advise. If I cannot legally receive this card in the United States, I "do" expect to be refunded my full BTC amount. Now.

IF US citizens CANNOT receive this card, You need to POST that in your Advertisements. There is NO reason -- other than deception -- NOT to make this information known BEFORE US citizens transfer ANY amount of money to Uquid.

I have open two tickets in UQUID but still not reply. About 36 hours ago I made a deposit of $100 to my uquid account, but it still not processed. Please process my deposit since the transaction has already 20 confirmations, so I can confirm here to everyone in the Forum that UQUID is a great site.

I have been using the card for awhile now and it's ok but deposits take so long to complete even with sufficient tx confirmation, terrible.

Hello, I just paid  $16.99 for a plastic card and I just want to confirm if this card will be deliver to me within 2 weeks as stated on your website?? I will be relocating from my current location (South Africa) in 3 weeks so i am asking this to be sure that i will receive my card before my relocation time.

Thanks and I look forward to your prompt respond

hello
recently blockchain have problem and lead to delay so many transaction https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions
i advice you pay extra fees for your wallet which they can help you faster on moving your bitcoin
if your transaction already 6 confirmations our system will automatic credit fund for you
it delay only you paid under the amount requested

Regard

it has been more than 24 hours and still my deposit is pending and I already have my 10+ confirmations and I sent and email regarding this.

hello
recently blockchain have problem and lead to delay so many transaction https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions
i advice you pay extra fees for your wallet which they can help you faster on moving your bitcoin
if your transaction already 6 confirmations our system will automatic credit fund for you
it delay only you paid under the amount requested

Regard

I just signed up with UQUID just now, deposited 5000 DOGE, and activated my Virtual Card. Transferred the remaining USD to my Virtual Card, and linked it to my PayPal account. It works. It's fast, and I love how fast it is.
https://i.imgur.com/PXd4lQh.png


Now I'm thinking to get the plastic card + express delivery. Anyway here got their plastic cards yet? :D

Hey UQUID,

I am tempted by the idea of a crypto debit card, but something about it makes me feel uneasy and I feel I don't fully understand the fees.
Can you tell me what the fees would be for these hypothetical transaction so that I know I am not misunderstanding.

1a ) Depositing 0.001 bitcoin
1b ) Depositing 1 ethereum
1c ) Depositing £10 (GBP)

2a ) If I deposited 1 eth (hypothetically worth £100 for easy maths) and then withdrew £10 from a free cash machine, what would the total cost in fees be (show your workings)?
2b ) Same as above but what if I transferred the money to another account rather than withdrawing it?

3 ) Do I have access to my private keys/ can I freely take my cryptocurrencies out of my account at any time?

Hi Uquid,

Have you just changed the limits of your cards from £2000 to £1000 without telling us?...

hello uquid i was trying your services and so far not bad but i run into some problems when i was trying to withdraw from my account but it seems everything is fiat based as i was required to provide my bank account which am not ready to give.....could i get a crypto???

Hello, can i withdraw from paypal balance to this card? My paypal account allows withdrawals to cards.

Hi Uquid, yesterday I got my plastic card and wanted to load it's balance but have couple of issues.

1. I have made a deposit today with Decred but my balance is still 0. Status says "confirmed". Skype support is not responding. Sent through contact form as well.
2. More than week ago I sent verification docs but got yesterday weird email that my upgrade was cancelled. Why? It transactions it is still in "pending".

Could you, please, clarify the situation?

First issue resolved. Probably it was done manually.

The second is still open question.

what happened? i have my usd and eur card which do not works anymore.. Luckily I have only 2$ and 1.33€ on them (which is nothing compared to how much i lost because of the low rates they have), they are "active" in the panel.

Yesterday i used Uquid Zcash to USD exchange service. My experience is not good.

They don't show you the exact exchange rate you will get. which is most important information for any exchanger. So you don't have any control over exchange, u just send zcash to their account and hope to get any rate!!! which is frustrating.

I exchanged some zec i got 333$/Zac while it was over 411+$/Zac at other exchanger like kraken.

This company's website is VERY misleading! Their site says "Instant" deposits when sending crypto currencies. I sent some Litecoin so that I could order a virtual debit card for an online purchase. Within minutes of sending the Litecoin, I received an email that said:

Hi uquid, today (july 20) i made one deposit with bitcoin but the status of the transaction is still pending.. Could you help me?

I see that for depositing you have to specify the currency (ie. EU) and then say how many you want to put there. This number will never be accurate, what happens with the excess  of money? if I want to put 50€ but I put more crypto of needed? or less? will be the 50€ adjusted? or what?

When you want to deposit EUR 50, then the site will calculate the right exchange rate in BTC using

https://bitpay.com/api/rates/EUR + 1% fee (what Bitpay charges the merchant)

and you have to pay the exact BTC amount requested

If you pay too much or not enough, there is need for manual intervention from Uquid support and that will slow down you transaction

The bank that issued your card didn't approve this transaction. Please contact the card issuer's customer service department if you have any questions. Or you can add a different card now to continue.

i bought a virtual card from uquid and i top up with 3$ as their blog instruction to link it with my paypal
when i try to add it to paypal i got he following error


is their vcc accepted in paypal anyway ?

i bought a virtual card from uquid and i top up with 3$ as their blog instruction to link it with my paypal
when i try to add it to paypal i got he following error


is their vcc accepted in paypal anyway ?

I have the following questions:

• What are the possible "risks" of getting verified to GOLD level?
• I tried depositing a small ETHER amount once, and the EUR I got was far less than I expected. Once I asked for an explanation, the -excellent- customer support of UQuid informed me that rates are not standard and that it is a bit of luck. Well, for those that do not want luck as a factor, now that BTC-e is gone, which method should we use for best -and guaranteed- rates? Maybe another exchange with voucher support will be added?

I have made 2 btc deposits to my uquid account and both have well over 6 confirms. The amount is not getting added to my balance, please help.

All Card Services on maintenance mode. Expected working back within few hours . We do apologize for any inconvenience caused

Exit scam.

Day 8 and still "All Card Services on maintenance mode. Expected working back within few hours . We do apologize for any inconvenience caused"

should be "All Card Services on maintenance mode. Expected working back within few years . We do apologize for any inconvenience caused"

Uquid This is because we are waiting on our card vendor to fix this issue, we can not do anything further about this issue until our card vendors system is fixed.
We do apologise for the inconvenience caused but we are working on getting this issue resolved asap.

Dear valued customer, Due to our contract expiring with our current card issuer, Our card services will be temporarily unavailable until we can sort out a new contract or sign a new contract with a new card issuer (expected 2 to 3 weeks). In the mean time, all current cards that have been issued and loaded can still be used as normal. you can keep track and management of your card balance via : http://cardholderonline.com (your access token can find in "view card info") We do apologize for any inconvenience caused ! UQ Admin

Support answer me at facebook (support guy was very nice), they said they are working on it and they will have a solution soon, what is not clear for me if is I just wasted 100 usd on an express plastic card or not  since mine arrived 2 days ago. They will replace the cards? They will do it in express mode for those who payed for that?

You right, Support is very nice. I had few hundreds in the USD wallet and they returned it to my BTC addr as I requested.
They are working hard to fix the issue and I can tell you, This is by far the best support I ever had in digital currency, different from others that take weeks to reply and don't tell you the truth.

I hope the service comes back ASAP so I can use UQUID again. This issue just make me confident it is NOT scam.   

Hrm, so many newbie users suddenly appear swearing that it is not an exit scam.... no, not suspicious at all...

Visa Europe, which owns Wave Crest Ltd.(aka MyChoice), is acquired by Visa International on August 22nd.
And the new boss of Wave Crest Ltd. decides to limit the card issuing business only to the residents of the European territory (see the list: https://mychoicecorporate.com/visa-card-issuance-list/)
Furthermore, the Bitcoin debit card companies work with MyChoice need to notify users who don't live in those countries that they need to spend all their balance in 30 days, after which the cards will be suspended. (In another word, you can 't use your card after 30 days)

Hrm, so many newbie users suddenly appear swearing that it is not an exit scam.... no, not suspicious at all...

~snip~

If this is the real problem then I can't understand why also users from Europe are not able to use the card anymore, UQUID did block all card transaction no matter what country you're from. Did pay 30 EURO for two cards but could never use it, can I get a refund if the cards can't be used anymore in the short term.

Site is down!

I try to buy this ico

and when i successfully buy some token

suddently my account get blocked by uquid

"Your account was suspended by admin. All your transaction will be currently blocked. Please contact UQUID support."

Any one ?

Site is up again. Maybe they made updates. Hope, they will provide their origin card again, which is as only one not assossiated with VISA/Mastercard.
Hope, you have no funds on it.

i already deposited BCH 0.1 +/- $30 and get 18.3 UQC

Then suddently when i notice the note that my account get suspended

now im try to contact admin through support email

If you have no response through email then better try on skype because I also have few issues they respond on skype very quickly and solve this all hope you will also have solution from them very quickly skype id is   Uquid Support Team

Did you email or call them on Skype? I was going to buy the card today.

Currently this service is suspended because they are searching for new partner and its taking too much time if you try to buy card right now then you can lost your money so better keep away from this service right now for safety of your money

Hi,
 the whole website is down if i connect directly "cannot load the page", connection failed. but if i connect with i proxy from european country the site works very well. Why this restriction ? i still have money in € in my uquid account. i let the card empty because it doesn't work after oct 15th, and i was waiting for a solution for countries outside EU.

I consider to sign up and request a Bitcoin debit card from Uquid. I want to know if I need to provide any personal data except the address to ship the card? Also, I would like to know if a verification is needed? I read that some card providers allow non-verified cards but the limit of withdrawals and payments are limited. Does this hold for Uquid as well?

I consider to sign up and request a Bitcoin debit card from Uquid. I want to know if I need to provide any personal data except the address to ship the card? Also, I would like to know if a verification is needed? I read that some card providers allow non-verified cards but the limit of withdrawals and payments are limited. Does this hold for Uquid as well?

is the card available for the non-EU based countries?

i am a full verified customer on uquid, im inside Europe and the service for "us" verified people is still not online.
so even if you are verified you cant use your card

If you want to request a bitcoin debit card then you have to wait as they are currently no issuing any cards and busy in ICO and searching for new partner they are issuing cards without verification but in this case some problems can happen to you best is complete your verification and then use card for deposits and withdrawals without any problem on all sites

What do you mean with new partners? As far as I know they are currently partnering with VISA. Are they looking to partner with Mastercard? Other big card providers doe not exist, except American Express, but it does not partner is such fields of business.
Since Uquid is currently not issuing new cards, do someone have experience with an alternative provider? I am urgently looking for a good service for a Bitcoin debit card.

A card provider is not the same as a card network. A provider is the one with the card licensing and partnerships with Visa/Mastercard already set up. A card network such as Visa or Mastercard is one that already has all transaction endpoints set up for the user. The provider simply partners up with Visa/Mastercard/whomever in order to be able to issue cards to people. Companies and organizations such as UQUID then make deals/contracts with providers and agree to follow their rules and guidelines for issuing cards under different customization options for their respective clients. Furthermore, the actual providers don't usually hold the money in the accounts, as the end companies themselves usually have a system for that. If you look at the API for a provider you will be able to see what UQUID and other similar companies have access to and have to manage on their end. A lot of it is actually out of their control and depends on the providers.

They have not fixed this issue since Aug 2017 and I don't think it will be solved anytime soon.
If you live outside of Europe there aren't any plastic cards you can get.
I live in Montreal, Canada and I cannot find any company that will issue BTC or Altcoin debit cards.
I have tried the following companies (some may work in US):
-UQUID
-CryptoPay
-Monaco
-Xapo
-TenX
-Wirex
-SpectroCoin
-AdvCash
-ShakePay
-SHIFT
-BitWala
-SatoshiTango

And none of these companies can issue cards outside of Europe, all because of Visa (or mastercard, I forget) changed their policy.
The only option I can think of is either to get a virtual card from Wirex. I have been able to get a virtual card from Wirex but I haven't tested it yet by making a purchasing with it.
I'm still looking for ways to sell bitcoins for cash but there aren't that many options.
UQUID is a good option to go with but I would wait until you register, their fees are somewhat low but they only issue USD, GBP or EUR cards; which means you can only spend that kind of fiat currency.
Here is a link to their fees site.

https://uquid.com/features-and-limits

I am from Montreal, Canada.

Here's a news update, UQUID is now issuing cards to most international countries.
I just received my card today. Their service is back up and running as it used to.

Here's a news update, UQUID is now issuing cards to most international countries.

That's a great news. I have just placed an order to get one. A week ago - still waiting.. But no confirmation nothing yet.. How long did it take you to receive it?

Thanks

Can you please check on the back of the card, who is the issuer? Other companies (Bitwala, Cryptopay, TenX) use WaveCrest, who don't permit issuing outside of the EU. So, I wonder who is the issuing company behind UQUID. Thanks.

This service is a scam, the limits from tge website doesn't match.
After i verified an account and was KYC_2 level for tge new paynetics plastic card i loaded some xrp for the equivalent of 500€ now the money is stuck on the account and i always get an error that there are not enough funds to load the card.....
Customer service is trying more then 2 days to sort out the problem and it seems they cant resolve the issue, skype support doesnt answer and mail support has no clue how to solve this.
Stay tuned i will follow with proof of this case, in the meantime don' t use the service, atm its a scam of its finest!

I am having the same issue, I have loaded my card with 120$USD and they havent given me the PIN to buy things in store, or get cash from the ATM.
I tried their support page, Skype, Telegram, Support Email. No Response what-so-ever.
I wouldn't want to call them a scam since they did work back in March, but ever since then it's just been a bad experience.
I think they are still in the process of integrating Paynetics into their system cause I'm noticing a lot of small changes in the members area.
Hopefully they get this stuff sorted out soon.

Wel at least you managed to get $120 onto your card, most of us did not get that far ;-)

I guess you must have activated your card (or you can't load it)?

I got an email from cards@paynetics.digital which looks like a weird domain so perhaps it ended up in your spamfolder? The email contained the text:

Dear Bla Bla

Your card's 53xxxxx******xxxx PIN number is xxxx. 

Best regards,

Powercard21.

support@card-21.com
cardholder.card-21.com

bro i love you... I feel like such a dumbass right now. its 3:42am in Montreal right now and I just checked my junk mail and found the email.
I didn't have to do anything to activate my card. All i did was upload my documents to get KYC2 and now I can load it.
This whole time Ive been harrasing UQUID support line for it and it was in my junk mail the whole time.

UQUID, if you're reading this, I'm sorry. I will buy ur ICO <3

Also, while I was going though this craziness I saw that Paynetics has a support phone number on their site (+359 2 806 56 14).
Turns out that the phone number listed on their website belongs to a Bulgarian Hotel, the owner speaks broken english, so don't bother with them.
UQUID number is still not reponding, neither are they on Skype or Telegram. They need to hire a bunch of people to cover the support line.
On another note, I'm very happy to know that the bitcoin community responded quicker than the UQUID team.
Thanks to you I can now go to sleep with a piece of mind.

Well the problem isnt loading the card, neighter spending the first 120$  the real problem comes after the verification to kyc_2  since you cant load the card because the money in your account is blocked. They show you just the number of your amount of money, but its gone it isnt there!!  The email support did answer back that they have bankwire problems....ouch
I searched for other people with same problem, you will find alot of them, just look on uquids twitter and facebook the shitstorm they are getting lol. I asked for a refund yesterday for my remaining money but they are not answering till now. Way to go Uquid next step is a mail to the consumer protection department ;)

Yea uquid has been facing a lot of technical problems because of the whole VISA policy change, they had a good thing going for a while right up until July of 2017.
I don't know how many developers they have working on this issue, or what problems they're dealing with. But I don't think this is a large company at all, or else they would've sent out a mass e-mail to all of their users advising them about their current issues.
I was able to load my card a few days ago, not sure why you're having issues.
I'll try to load some money again and I'll let you know if it goes through or not. With my experience, bank wire transfer never worked for me.
Just today, I wanted to test it by depositing 100$ worth of ETC, they are charging me 138$USD worth of ETC in exchange for $100 to be deposited into my account. That exchange rate to me is ridiculous, worse than Coinbase.
UQUID needs to upgrade their game on the client support, I'm sure it's just one person dealing with Skype and Telegram support line.

I have just deposited 200$USD (using ETC) into my UQUID account today.
I will post again once I can load the 200$ onto the card. For this transaction it says 'pending'.
In their FAQ section it says it could take up to 72 hours to verify it, back in the day (July/16) it would be almost instantly deposited.
Their price for ETC is ridiculous, I sent them 236$USD (9.1583 ETC) worth of coins but they only fill 200$ and say that "there are no fees".
I checked out all other types of deposits and they are all asking ~36$ extra for any kind of coin deposit.
Always check the amount of coins they're asking for and compare the amount to the market, they are overpricing the sh*t out of these deposits.

For now, I have no choice since there's no other option for a 'crypto debit card' solution.
If anyone out there can refer me to another cryptocard that ships to Canada, Please let me know cause I really need a better solution.

monthly card fees, pls

Monthly Card fees is just 1$.
Update, I was able to load my card into my account. I guess they finished integrating their systems.
I will test deposit and card load and see how long it takes in total now.

I sent them an email on this friday questioning that I uploaded the documents on 19/12 for  kyc_2 upgrade and not received a response till now.

that's cool bro, please keep the community informed about your next steps
btw how fast did they deliver the card to Canada or are you using virtual ?

Good morning
Is Uquid debit card a Spam?
I have ordered my Uquid debit card since 2017/12/09 (a Month ago) and I deposited 1000 euros but today we are 2018/01/09  and i did not received any card and I have sent several mails to inform them,but no response
Is there somebody who could tell me how I can get my money back, because the only possibility on Uquid is to send them money via  a deposit on a wallet but no way to get your money back. I am in France and I filled all the forms with my right address

it will be deactivated again
I received today this email. lol

Dear Cardholder,

You receive this email in connection to your prepaid card, issued by Paynetics.

We would like to inform you that all cards issued on the basis of our agreement with Cocsi Ltd trading as Uquid are scheduled for deactivation on 26 January 2018, 0:00 CET time, in exercising our right to terminate the agreement with Cocsi Ltd. due to risk and compliance reasons.

You have 10 days to utilize the balance remaining on your card/cards issued by Paynetics under the agreement with Cocsi Ltd /Uquid/.

As for the outstanding balance, if any, after this date we will contact you additionally to provide us with your details, where to return your remaining card funds.

If you have any questions regarding the deactivation process please do not hesitate to contact us via this e-mail.

cards@paynetics.digital
76A James Bourchier blvd.
1407 Sofia, Bulgaria
Paynetics Ltd.

​

Uquid.com down...

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HTTP 502 — Unable to Connect to the Origin Server

It took about 18 business days for me to get my UQUID card, I havent had any problems with it since the day I received it (other than having trouble finding my pin, it was in my junk inbox).


From my personal experience, I wouldn't say that UQUID is a scam since they were operating perfectly up to July of 2017 when Visa changed their policy.
Between July up to late December they have been working on integrating their new card issuing company into their system so that everything works the way it used to.
I don't know how large UQUID's dev team is but I can say it was a long 5 month wait. I purchased my card on Dec 5th 2017 and I activated my card on Dec 23th.
It is possible that they have put you in queue to prep and ship out your card. Keep in mind, they had to send a card to everyone that previously had one before their service went down back in July (that is including myself).

I have to admit, their rates are shitty but just recently 5 companies (Bitwala, Cryptopay, Wirex, ShakePay and TenX) went down because of Visa's policy change.
UQUID is the only one left standing right now that's providing service to countries that are also outside of EU.
I would have to give them some credit for switching to another card issuing company before the shit hit the fan.
I'm not saying UQUID is perfect, but to me it's better than having nothing.