Topic: 2017 Bitcoin Debit Card Reviews - page 7. (Read 119038 times)

If not there is Neteller guys ! with their service you can deposit bitcoin with bitpay.

somebody already used https://coinsbank.com/ ?

yes, it's a mastercard


Does mistertango offer bitcoin wallet and ability to convert on the fly?

Try Mistertango and their free MasterCard. Now that Wave Crest cards are no longer valid, that’s one alternative to consider.

I used to have a WageCan card but was very disappointed with their service. I cannot recommend it.

In the absence of options, it seems P2P trading is one of the few remaining ways to convert coins to cash.

There is another less known and used system of transferring money called Visa Personal Payments. Has anyone tried it?

How do you get a working card?? What is it, a Mastercard?

+1

I am also interested in an alternative card with no preconversion. I have a working Advcash but the conversion is immediate when you deposit.

Hmm, on their website it states that they charge 3% in bitcoin fees. But as with any other of these providers, 3% of what rate? Stamp? Finex? 3% to begin with is quite high, imho.  Personally, I think 2-2.5% of stamp is ok.

Asked their support and they said card working fine. Didn't say if visa or mc but costs 15$ to find out. Guess will know in some weeks.

05.01.2018 16:36
by Administrator
Dear Customer

Our cards are working and available for order on the website.

Best Regards
xmlgold.eu

What about XMLgold prepaid?

https://www.xmlgold.eu/en/prepaidCard/

Anyone has tried? Seems that they had Visa card from Wavecrest but since 2 months they have switched to the mastercard.

Tried to deposit: the fee for 1000EUR worth of BTC was around 100-120EUR. Sounds a bit too steep.

Another concern: they mention on their website they're controlled and supervised by the Bank of Lithuania? Does it mean they're reporting bigger transactions to the tax offices of EU states? Also read here on this forum but in another thread that they used to ask for proof of income for bigger transactions? Otherwise seems a good alternative to WaveCrest cards.

I agree, that is one of the downsides that I talked about. By the way, the fee
for Bitcoin deposits used to be "1 % with no less than 0.005 BTC". They have already halved it after user
complaints, maybe they will slash it even further if enough users complain about the
fees.

The other downside is that ATM withdrawals (except the 1 withdrawal up to 200 € that
is free every month) cost 2 % with a minimum fee of 3 €. That is on top of eventual charges
by the ATM operator that can be another 1-3 % depending on the country where you use
the card.

The fees are too big imho: "1% but no less than 0.0025BTC" for each Bitcoin deposit.



Also doing my research, as you see. Quite hard task
I could use more ideas myself.

I did have my cards shut down, they were all issued by wavecrest.

So what are the best alternatives now? I sent some emails, but it's in all honesty quite the jungle out there. I liked XAPO for being registered in Switzerland. Bitwala out of Germany. Is there stable companies out there?
And which ones function like XAPO (did), where the balance is drawn from the crypto balance? I.e. no preloading and preconversion?

Received notification from Spectrocoin:

TokenCard

https://www.reddit.com/r/TokenCard/comments/7ocpiz/our_new_issuer/

Greetings all,
The vision for TokenCard has always been to marry the power of the Ethereum network with the global reach of the payments networks. This coupling unleashes onto the world a product of unparalleled financial access and control: from the (newly?) wealthy to those looking to regain control of their own finances, and by extent lives, the TokenCard is the epitome, the holy grail, of payment platforms.
This vision has always been a global one. To that end we have been on the lookout for an issuer that can provide us with the flexibility we need to complete this vision. In 2015, at the time of us first engaging our original issuing partner, WaveCrest, they had been able to help us fulfil this goal: through passive issuance we would be able to send cards to a near global market.
Over time WaveCrest’s situation evolved causing them to lose their ability to do global passive issuance; cards would only be sent within the EU. This however wouldn’t suffice for us, and we expedited our plans to work with larger and more sophisticated issuers with global reach.
Now, WaveCrest has been forced to indefinitely suspended all card activities, spelling the end of an era for them.
Today, with great excitement, we want to announce that we’ve been working in stealth on a new partnership with a prominent and large issuer. With our new partner we will have the ability to deploy cards globally. YES, that includes the US. China however is out with this one (but worry not 😉).
Alas, we had not intended to reveal our strategic launch plans this soon. We had wanted to announce the global rollout of TokenCard on the day we actually would be able to start shipping en masse.. for effect.
In short, the negatives:
Before we can launch we will need to complete API integration with the new issuer
A significant amount of time has been put into WaveCrest
Potential for panicky community
Positives:
API integration will be quicker thanks to lessons learnt and back end already being completely in place
Issuers are somewhat drag-and-droppable, little modification to the entire codebase is needed to get
The entire early mover advantage any competition had (Xapo, Wirex, Tenx) has been wiped away as their cards stopped working this morning. It has become a complete green field market, the clock has been reset and things are going to get juicy. The market is ours for the taking
WaveCrest is a large single point of failure since the bulk of crypto projects are with them. Moving away from this concentration decrease our risks accordingly. Additional issuers might be put in place in paralel.
We will be able to ship cards globally! This includes major markets such as the US and South Korea.
More sophisticated fulfilment and card material options.
NFC, contactless! Will be available from day 1! This is a big deal here in the UK, but also in Korea, Canada and Australia.
We are working fast to seize the moment. Stay tuned.
More details on country restrictions will follow.
To the team at WaveCrest I want to thank them for all their work. The team there is filled with stars who have simply found themselves in an unfortunate situation. Our engagement with WaveCrest stretches far back and our card product only just missed public deployment with them. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed working with their excellent team.
We wish you guys all the best. Truly.
Best,
Mel Gelderman and the Token team.

Exactly my thoughts!
They are already trying to take advantage of the current situation:
https://twitter.com/monaco_card/status/949294877979766784

If anyone needs a working alternative:
https://mistertango.com/en/mastercard/

Their Mastercard is issued by Wirecard and not by WaveCrest and therefore is unaffected by VISA´s decision.
The provider is pretty reliable and only has 1-2 little downsides in my opinion. If you want to know
more about them there are already a few threads about Mistertango at Bitcointalk and they even have
their own representative on this board.

and there are only 48,000 more people ahead of you on the waiting list. vapourware doesn't really help anyone who wants to spend something right this moment.

Monaco is unaffected by the WaveCrest issue that is affecting other crypto cards. Monaco works with WireCard and doesn't need to do cross-border issuing.


https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7obl9j/monaco_is_unaffected_by_the_wavecrest_issue_that/?st=jc28r2aa&sh=7dd0003a


https://news.bitcoin.com/visa-veto-leaves-several-european-cryptocurrency-cards-locked-out/?utm_source=OneSignal%20Push&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=Push%20Notifications

nope. it's europeans today too. that one you've linked to is an old story.

americans are still ok. everyone else is now screwed. this is because almost all of these cards only go through one company. if that one company has problems then it's goodbye everything basically.

they're all claiming they're gonna find a new provider. it'll be interesting to see if they manage it. i'm doubtful.

Bitcoin Debit Cards Halt Service to Non-European Residents Due to Visa’s New Rules;
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-debit-cards-non-european-residents-visas-new-rules/

Anyone know where I can get a virtual gift card or Pre-paid debit card from without ID and verification since Wirexapp has stopped doing them?