2017 Bitcoin Debit Card Reviews

[Zandorek]

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[SamarasLoch]

Hello guys. Pls I need a virtual debit card that can be loaded with Altcoin(other coins aside Bitcoin)
Say Ethereum or others.
I tried uquid, spectrocoin and cryptopay.
I need another one as I don't like their services.
Also, no verification required to get the card. I dont even need the plastic card, the virtual card will do.
Thanks Guys

[SamarasLoch]

Also, are there any requirements for getting the spectrocoin virtual card. I have some ETH there, yet I cant seem to find where I can order the card. Any answer will be accepted guys.
I really need a virtual card.
Thanks.

[NeuroticFish]

Hello guys. Pls I need a virtual debit card that can be loaded with Altcoin(other coins aside Bitcoin)
Say Ethereum or others.
I tried uquid, spectrocoin and cryptopay.
I need another one as I don't like their services.
Also, no verification required to get the card. I dont even need the plastic card, the virtual card will do.
Thanks Guys

First of all, maybe an option for you would be to use shapeshift (although normal exchange should be cheaper) before loading the card of your choice. And then it doesn't really matter if the card supports altcoins or not.

Now.. I can tell what I know about Wirex cards: they've sent mails that next year they'll support 3 altcoins (LTC, ETH, DASH) along with Bitcoin.
And soon^TM (it was soon some months ago too) they should release cards for non-EU residents too.

A problem about the non-verified cards though: afaik at some point in 2018 ALL the non verified cards over Europe will be limited to some 250 EUR lifetime amount, which is awfully low.

[Zandorek]

Hello guys. Pls I need a virtual debit card that can be loaded with Altcoin(other coins aside Bitcoin)
Say Ethereum or others.
I tried uquid, spectrocoin and cryptopay.
I need another one as I don't like their services.
Also, no verification required to get the card. I dont even need the plastic card, the virtual card will do.
Thanks Guys

First of all, maybe an option for you would be to use shapeshift (although normal exchange should be cheaper) before loading the card of your choice. And then it doesn't really matter if the card supports altcoins or not.

Now.. I can tell what I know about Wirex cards: they've sent mails that next year they'll support 3 altcoins (LTC, ETH, DASH) along with Bitcoin.
And soon^TM (it was soon some months ago too) they should release cards for non-EU residents too.

A problem about the non-verified cards though: afaik at some point in 2018 ALL the non verified cards over Europe will be limited to some 250 EUR lifetime amount, which is awfully low.

250 EUR lifetime amount??? It sounds like robbery.

[NeuroticFish]

A problem about the non-verified cards though: afaik at some point in 2018 ALL the non verified cards over Europe will be limited to some 250 EUR lifetime amount, which is awfully low.

250 EUR lifetime amount??? It sounds like robbery.

It's the EU regulation. You can opt to not send more money than that to such card, you can opt to not use such card, you can opt to verify your account and have the limits lifted.
I don't see the problem. And any legit business, especially one that works with money, cannot just ignore the law.

Wirex had this rule for a short time, then, from what I know they've lifted it. But I think that they were just too eager to comply the rules and will add that back in 2018 when all the others will do the same. Time will tell. I just wanted to warn people that this could be a problem and they should check more deeply about this. (I have a verified card so I have no problems.)

[Zandorek]

A problem about the non-verified cards though: afaik at some point in 2018 ALL the non verified cards over Europe will be limited to some 250 EUR lifetime amount, which is awfully low.

250 EUR lifetime amount??? It sounds like robbery.

It's the EU regulation. You can opt to not send more money than that to such card, you can opt to not use such card, you can opt to verify your account and have the limits lifted.
I don't see the problem. And any legit business, especially one that works with money, cannot just ignore the law.

Wirex had this rule for a short time, then, from what I know they've lifted it. But I think that they were just too eager to comply the rules and will add that back in 2018 when all the others will do the same. Time will tell. I just wanted to warn people that this could be a problem and they should check more deeply about this. (I have a verified card so I have no problems.)

Thanks for the explanation and for the warning.

[Bleachy]

Shakepay, Xapo looks cheapest (fee is around 1.6% to deposit), although i gave it only quick look.

Shakepay may have been cheapest when you posted BUT they are now scamming deposits! They are NOT crediting accounts! Not responding to support tickets.

Twitter search shows others with same problem.

And also this site, here's another thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1411180.msg26907322#msg26907322

[TunerDude007]

So no solutions yet for Non EU and Non USA residents yet? Nothing for Canada?

[perasera]

Hi

Reviews for this site? Is this a scam?
Avis pour ce site ? est-ce une arnaque ?

https://www.anonymousbitcoincard.com/index.php   

Thank you
Best regards

Merci

Yes it is scam. I ordered the card and it look nice but I can not put in any ATM automat

[perasera]

Dealt with xapo, wirexapp, cryptopay all good services but didn't find a solution yet for non EU residents.

So far only found wagecan gold card works which cost ~170$$

Any fresh experience about wagecan would be appreciated

Wagecan sends the card by DHL, which helps explain the high price. They offer no cheaper snail-mail delivery option though. While the card arrives quickly enough, Wagecan seems to take a VERY long time (many days!) to load it. This is quite a shock if you're used to the Wavecrest model (now unavailable outside Europe) of real-time card loading.

Another Hong Kong-based provider is anxpro.com - they seem to take a very long time to authorize/validate new customers, much longer than the "2 working days" mentioned on their site.

The whole debit card industry is in disarray since the Wavecrest rule-change. I assume it is not coincidence, but it's hard to know what is going on.

Wagecan is expensive (about 160$). Exchange rate terrible. When BTC rate is 14.000 they calculate 13.000. Beside, they give you HKD on account.When you change it, you lose very much

[antened]

Hi guys, So any recommendations for Canada? what card to use?  thanks

[laryto]

Hey, guys
I want try Revolut card/app

Any experience, pls
limit card
need ID for card ?

You can only buy and sell btc, eth, ltc on Revolut, but not send or receive any crypto there, they don't have wallets, so I guess it is useless in this case.
But the service is good and 0 fees on most services they have.

[ZellMans]

Hello, are there any service that has a good reputation and allows customers that are not 18 years old?
I'm looking for a service that gives you a wallet and physical debit card. Forgot to add I live in EU.

[Zandorek]

Just to inform you all:
"The Commission proposes a number of targeted amendments to the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive."
"Strengthen transparency measures applicable to prepaid instruments, such as prepaid cards, by lowering thresholds for identification from €250 to €150 and widening customer verification requirements;"
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-2381_hu.htm

[Samarkand]

Just to inform you all:
"The Commission proposes a number of targeted amendments to the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive."
"Strengthen transparency measures applicable to prepaid instruments, such as prepaid cards, by lowering thresholds for identification from €250 to €150 and widening customer verification requirements;"
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-2381_hu.htm

Thank you for the link.

This is getting really frustrating. 250 € was already a tiny limit for prepaid cards and now
they plan to decrease it even further? The justifications are also pretty questionable. Even if they
would have kept the old 250 € limit it is basically impossible to use it for money laundering or terrorism
financing, which both require much larger amounts.

[pipetro]

Could anyone suggest a good VCC for USA/ Canada please?

[viktoriaTA]

now as wavecrest have closed of all the VISA cards, cryptopay, wirex, etc etc, what are the alternatives in Europe?

[weiting@Wagecan]

Hi there,
this is Weiting from WageCan. https://wagecan.com
If you're looking for an alternative, feel free to use my referral code 7NNcu6J6 https://wagecan.com/s/7NNcu6J6 to get 20% for our Golden Card, which is NOT issued by that card issuer.

Some background info on WageCan:

• We have been around since 2014 based in Hong Kong and Taipei
• We have issued cards to more than 100 countries in the world
• Besides card business, we have also expanded our service to contract mining

Feel free to ask me should you have any concerns

[NeuroticFish]

Hold your horses boys and girls, it's a strange (bad) day for Debit cards.

I've got this morning an e-mail from Wirex that the cards are disabled for now and they check with WaveCrest.
And I've read now from other source that WaveCrest has received a direction from Visa to "immediately" close all accounts of its prepaid Visa debit card programs.