Tangem Pay
A self-custody Visa card that pays cashback in USDC. 3 plans, from free to $359.88 a year.
- Terms checked 27 Sep 2026
- Visa
- Credit
- Self-custody
- Apple Pay and Google Pay
- Cashback in stablecoins
- Free plan
- Earn on your balance
$20.00 a month
1.0% effective, advertised up to 2.0%, on the Basic plan
$20.00 cashback$0.00 card fees$0.00 FX and other fees
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Pick a plan
- Highest at this spend
Basic
Free, 1% on everything
$20.00 a month, 1.0%
Plus ($29.99/mo)
$29.99 a month, 2% on everything
$10.01 a month, 0.5%
Plus (fee waived by spend or Yield Mode balance)
Free, 2% on everything, needs about $65,000 staked or $4,500 a month in spend
Needs staking at this spend
What you keep as spend grows
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Show as a table
| Monthly spend | What you keep | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| $250 | 1% | Basic |
| $500 | 1% | Basic |
| $750 | 1% | Basic |
| $1,000 | 1% | Basic |
| $1,500 | 1% | Basic |
| $2,000 | 1% | Basic |
| $2,500 | 1% | Basic |
| $3,000 | 1% | Plus ($29.99/mo) |
| $4,000 | 1.25% | Plus ($29.99/mo) |
| $5,000 | 2% | Plus (fee waived by spend or Yield Mode balance) |
| $6,000 | 2% | Plus (fee waived by spend or Yield Mode balance) |
| $7,500 | 2% | Plus (fee waived by spend or Yield Mode balance) |
| $10,000 | 2% | Plus (fee waived by spend or Yield Mode balance) |
Every fee
- Yearly fee
- None
- FX fee
- Visa exchange rate plus 1.5% on transactions in a currency other than USD (fee schedule applicable from 25 Sep 2026 and card terms effective 7 Sep 2026)
- Conversion fee
- No transaction fee. $30 fee to open a formal dispute
- Topping up
- USDC or USDT on Polygon, Base, BNB Smart Chain or Arbitrum, or a swap from the Tangem Wallet. US bank transfer by ACH ($1) or Fedwire ($11), both free on Plus
- ATM withdrawals
- 4% of the amount on Basic, 2% on Plus. Contactless ATMs only, up to $250 per withdrawal and 3 withdrawals per 24 hours
- Card issue
- First virtual card free; each additional virtual card $5. Plastic card delivery costs $14.53 to $82.10 depending on the address, and the first plastic card is free on Plus. The help centre describes ordering a plastic card, while the product page FAQ still says a physical card is not available yet
- Monthly fee
- Basic $0. Plus $29.99 a month, charged every 30 days from the card balance; Tangem's product page and help centre say it is free with $4,500 of monthly spending (the product page also names $65,000 in Yield Mode)
Our own test
We're buying things with crypto cards in AUD, USD, EUR and GBP from October and comparing what each card takes with the mid-market rate. What this card actually charges will show here and in our Q4 report.
Where these numbers come from
Tangem Pay's published terms, checked 27 September 2026. Where sources disagree we use the less generous reading.
- Terms, fees and limits for Tangem Pay CardsTerms
- US Card Consumer Terms: Tangem Pay Credit Card Account Opening DisclosuresTerms
- International Card Consumer Terms: Tangem Pay Spend Card Terms, effective 7 Sep 2026Terms
- Tangem Pay Cashback Program Terms and Conditions, Version 2.0, effective 14 Sep 2026,...Terms
- Annex I to the Tangem Pay Terms and ConditionsTerms
Our research notes
Pass 2 research 2026-09-27, verified against binding documents opened and saved on that date. FX (HIGH): the fee schedule 'Terms, fees and limits for Tangem Pay Cards' (applicable as of 25 Sep 2026) and both card agreements on paera.com/tangempay (US Credit Card Account Opening Disclosures and International Spend Card Terms, effective 7 Sep 2026) set the foreign exchange fee at the Visa exchange rate plus 1.5% on non-USD transactions. The card currency is USD in every region, so US residents pay nothing and residents of Australia, Asia-Pacific and other regions pay 1.5% on local-currency spend. This replaces the 1% network placeholder used in pass 1. The previous international terms (effective 17 Nov 2025) said 'up to 3%'. CASHBACK (HIGH): Tangem Pay Cashback Program Terms and Conditions, version 2.0, effective 14 Sep 2026 (Paera LLC), Appendix A: Basic 1% with a $100 monthly cap, Plus 2% with a $300 monthly cap, $30 minimum purchase, paid in USDC. The terms have no list of excluded countries of residence: the only geographic exclusion is in-store purchases at merchants in the 27 EU countries, so cardholders in Australia, Asia-Pacific and other open regions earn the same rates (pass 1 had modelled them at 0%). Appendix B excludes many merchant categories, including utilities, telecoms, fuel dispensers, insurance, education, parking, government and money transfers; general-spend rates are modelled as stated. PLUS FEE (HIGH for the fee, MED for the waiver): $29.99 a month in the fee schedule and card terms; the help centre says it is charged every 30 calendar days and the first month is taken on upgrade. The waiver at $4,500 of monthly spend appears on the product page and help centre tiers page, and $65,000 in Yield Mode appears on the product page and in the tiers blog post, but neither is in the binding fee schedule. The waived plan is modelled with qualifyingMonthlySpend 4500 and requiresStake 65000 (a balance held in Yield Mode, entered as a stake; the engine's depreciation cost overstates the cost of holding stablecoins). REGIONS (MED-HIGH): Annex I to the Tangem Pay terms lists the countries and US states the card can be issued to, including Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Singapore, and no EU, EEA, UK or Canadian country. Tangem's product page and help centre say the US and select countries in LATAM, APAC, MEA and Africa; a June 2026 Tangem blog post says UK and EU availability is planned for 2026. The pass 1 'EEA since 23 Mar 2026' traced to an aggregator review and is not supported by any Tangem or Paera document, so EU is no longer listed. ISSUER: all three binding documents name Third National; the product page and help centre say the card is issued by Rain, a Visa Principal Member. The US document is a collateralised credit card account (0% APR) and the international one a spend card, both repaid from the USDC or USDT balance; type is set to credit, as for other Third National cards. No conversion fee: the fee schedule lists transaction fees of $0. Please verify with an in-app check or a real non-USD purchase: whether the 30-day Plus fee is waived for the month in which $4,500 is spent, and whether Australian residents pass onboarding.
What's good and what to watch
Good
- 1% USDC cashback on Basic with no monthly fee
- 2% on Plus, with the $29.99 monthly fee waived at $4,500 of monthly spend
- Self-custodial: the card balance sits in a smart contract account you control
- Virtual Visa issued within minutes of KYC, with Apple Pay and Google Pay
Watch
- 1.5% fee on every non-USD purchase, more than the 1% Basic cashback
- Purchases under $30 earn no cashback
- No cashback at utilities, telecoms, fuel pumps, insurance, education, parking and other excluded merchant categories
- No cashback on in-store purchases at merchants in EU countries
- Cashback is capped at $100 a month on Basic and $300 on Plus
- Not open to residents of the EU, UK or Canada
At a glance
- Network
- Visa
- Custody
- self-custodial
- Card type
- credit
- Form
- virtual
- Mobile wallets
- ✓ Apple Pay✓ Google Pay
- Chains
- PolygonBaseBNB Smart ChainArbitrum
- Tokens
- USDCUSDT
- Availability
- United States (30 states for personal cards), Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Singapore, 29 Latin American and Caribbean countries, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria (conditional approval), the UAE and Pakistan
- KYC
- Required (Sumsub ID checks for Paera and the issuer; US residents also give a Social Security Number)
- Funding
- USDC or USDT on Polygon, Base, BNB Smart Chain or ArbitrumSwap from the Tangem WalletUS bank transfer (ACH or Fedwire)
- Spending limit
- Daily $10,000 on Basic and $50,000 on Plus; at most 100 purchases a day and 1,000 a month
- ATM limit
- Up to $250 per withdrawal, 3 withdrawals per 24 hours, contactless ATMs only
Perks and benefits
- Purchase protectionPlus (Visa Signature): purchase protection up to $5,000 per event, extended warranty of up to 1 extra year and price protection up to $500 per item, per Tangem's help centre
- Offers & creditsPlus: Visa Luxury Hotel Collection perks and Visa Signature auto rental cover
- Idle-balance yieldYield Mode in the Tangem Wallet (not the card balance) supplies USDC, USDT or DAI to Aave at a variable rate, with a 15% service fee on the yield; $65,000 there waives the Plus fee according to the product page
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