Avici Money CardAvici Money Card
VisaVirtual and plasticSince 2024Self-custodial Visa credit card from Third National — USDC stays in your personal escrow smart contract, passkey-secured, Visa credit line equal to USDC collateral, multi-chain support.
53 of the 174 priced cards cost less. Among the 101 that ask for exactly as much identity, the median is $1.00.
Whether to take Avici Money Card
In its favour
- Self-custodial: USDC stays in personal escrow smart contract you control
- Passkey-secured wallet access (no seed phrase risk)
- 0% transaction, 0% interest from Avici
- Multi-chain USDC: Ethereum, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum
Against it
- $15 issuance fee for first virtual card ($10 for additional cards, Platinum tier); $50 one-time for physical card
- 1% FX (Visa-charged, max disclosed 3%); cross-border fee currently 0% (max disclosed 3%)
- ATM: $1 + 0.65% per withdrawal, plus $0.60 balance-inquiry and $0.60 decline fees
- $250/day transaction limit (Platinum tier)
Also true, in its favour
- Visa credit line backed by your own USDC collateral
- Apple Pay & Google Pay
- Issued by Third National (licensed Visa partner)
What Avici Money Card costs
| Charge | What it costs |
|---|---|
| To get the card | |
| To issue the card | $15.00 |
| Monthly | $0.00 |
| To put money in | |
| To load | 0% |
| To spend it | |
| To spend | 0% |
| To spend outside the dollar | 1% |
| At a cash machine | $1 + 0.65% per withdrawal, $0.60 balance inquiry, $0.60 decline fee |
| Total, per $100 spent | $1.00 |
Not published by the issuer: per payment, fixed.
Read off avici.money on September 7, 2026.
0% transaction, 0% interest from Avici. Issuance: $15 first virtual card, $10 each additional (Platinum tier); $50 one-time physical card. FX: currently 1% (max disclosed 3%, charged by Visa). Cross-border: currently 0% (max disclosed 3%). ATM $1 + 0.65% per withdrawal, plus $0.60 balance-inquiry and $0.60 decline fees. $250/day transaction limit. Penalty fees on late/returned/liquidation events. Available in 19 countries (US select states, LATAM, Africa, APAC, MEA); blocked in UK, EU, Canada.
KYC: what Avici Money Card asks for
A government document. Passport or ID goes to the issuer and to whoever processes verification for it, before the card is handed over.
Limits on spending
Not published by the issuer: monthly spend, per payment, maximum balance, cash, per day.
Confirmed on avici.money on September 7, 2026. A figure told to one person in a chat window is not a published limit, so it does not appear here.
Where it works
Closed to residents of 29 countries, according to the issuer's own terms.
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
The other flaws
- 19 countries only — UK, EU, Canada all blocked
- US: select states only
- Penalty fees on late/returned/liquidation events
- USDC only — no BTC/ETH support
- Newer service (late 2024 launch)
What has changed
1 recorded changes, the most recent on August 28, 2026. Each carries the page we read it on.
How we checked this
Thirteen fields are tracked for every service. 12 of them carry a figure we read off avici.money on September 7, 2026.
- Issuer's page
- Cost per $100 · Loading charge · Currency conversion · Per-payment charge · Issuance · Monthly · Cash machine charge · Spending limits · Apple Pay and Google Pay
- Sign-up flow
- Identity level
- Live check
- Operating status
- Terms
- Countries closed
- The issuer does not publish
- Maximum balance
Nothing here came from a press release, an affiliate sheet, or another comparison site.
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