I have already presented these two bank cards earlier few times cause I'm really satisfied with their performances! Now I'm doing it again cause these two cards are & will be very useful to have in the new crypto-based economy which is already here & probably awaiting for all the rest of us to slowly join in in the future!
What I have written before you can read on the following link: @careassaktart/revolut-and-wirex-cards-if-you-still-don-t-have-them-now-is-the-time-to-get-them
But I have more to say about them now...
Wirex
I started using #Wirex card & app maybe 1-2 years ago. The reason was an inability to transfer funds from #Kraken directly to my Revolut card anymore. In that time, a friend of mine, who was much more into crypto, proposed Wirex to me, which I happily accepted.
Wirex is available in many countries worldwide & it is pretty safe to use. You can add many different fiat currencies & cryptos to it too! BTC for sure - & exchange it directly in the Wirex app on your phone! Actually, you don't even need to use Kraken to exchange BTC to €, £ or $... - it depends only where is the better rate offered & lesser commission taken - so you can choose yourself the best combination of rate offered & commission taken!
The negative side of this card was the commission taken for each transaction you make, even for purchasing in the shop or getting money from the cash machine & it also charges a low monthly fee for using its services. But lately, I received an official note from Wirex that a lot of these commissions are or will be terminated in the nearest future.
The positive thing is that for any transaction you make with Wirex, you get some small Satoshi reward!
After you get your funds on Wirex & exchange them to fiat currencies, you can transfer them to your Revolut card!
Revolut
#Revolut I got introduced to 2 years earlier then Wirex & it served me very good! I travelled with it to many different European countries & Morocco in Africa - working perfectly everywhere I went!
There are no commissions when paying in stores but there are very small commission rates when taking money from some cash machines. Also on some other cash machines, surprisingly, there aren't any commissions at all - incredible!
Revolut supports a lot of different fiat & crypto currencies too & exchanging them inside the app! But still, it's impossible to add cryptos directly. Unfortunately, they also stopped receiving funds from Kraken, approximately a year ago - since I tried last.
This card offers also different types of contracts. I use the basic debit card which is free but it has a monthly limit for cashing out. If you need higher monthly cash out limits, there is a metal card which is chargeable approximately 15 $/pm. There are also virtual & disposable virtual card for greater security when buying online.
Adding Funds
Both cards you can be filled up from other "regular" cards which you usually use when you get paid from your "regular" job, if you have one. (Maybe in some countries you can also get paid directly to your Wirex or Revolut accounts but not in Croatia, for now.) Both cards can also receive funds from some online money exchanges. Funds from Kraken can be received to Wirex but not to Revolut. Also your friends can normally wire you fiat to both accounts but crypto only to Wirex.
Affiliate Programs
Both banks offer a rich affiliate programs!
If I recall correctly, Wirex card is completely free to order & it comes very fast to your address - something like 5 days & for every new customer who orders a card via your referral link, Wirex pays out 10 $ & if your affiliates buy cryptos of 100 $ worth, you get paid with 5 $.
To order a Revolut card, you need to pay 10 € which will be refunded to your Revolut account after you get the card & activate it along with the app. So, it is actually free to order, in the end! Revolut doesn't offer a payment for each of the affiliates all the time but occasionally it does! In the next 9-10 days, it pays out 50 kn (= 7 $ or 6,50 €) per affiliate!
If you like what you have read above, come and join me at Wirex by clicking on my referral:
https://wirexapp.com/wirex-new-card/ref/1EZ2VB
Also, if Revolut sound good to you, sign up with my link below:
https://revolut.com/referral/nikica7s3!20210121s
There's something very useful to all of us crypto lovers - a web browser with a built-in BTC miner - & I wrote about it in the following link:
@careassaktart/mining-btc-with-cryptotab-browser