A week ago I wrote about Wirex's announcement that their plastic Visa cards were available to order - they had to withdraw them last year at Wavecrest's behest. I went ahead and ordered mine as I only had a virtual card to use for online purchases.
Once ordered I was informed it could take up to ten days to arrive. Seven days later, it's here.
It arrived in this neat little box with a little tab to pull on the right-hand side.
Pulling the tab makes the card slide out of the left. Very cool. For obvious reasons I have blanked out my card details ;-)
Next thing to do was to activate the card through the Wirex app. You are asked the last 4 digits of the card number and the expiry date. Once entered my funds from the virtual card were transferred to this one. Very painless process.
Checking my Wirex account online, I noticed this little button.
Hmmm. Curious, I clicked it.
Nice! Every time I use the plastic card in store, I get 0.5% of the value in Bitcoin.
For those curious about card fees, here is the rundown.
And here are the card limits.
As a reminder, you can now load Litecoin onto your account now, as well as Bitcoin. Litecoin is quicker and has lower fees.
Wirex has an affiliate scheme. For everybody who signs up through your link, you receive 10% of the total gross fees from that new account for the first year. For the second and third years, you earn 5%. Here is my affiliate link should you care to sign up.
https://links.wirexapp.com/MpmB/4bTIQcutbK?action=affiliate-register&code=VM_bB_rEW0Wr1kYP0waGRg
Now excuse me as I go to test out my new card :-D
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