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Comparison

Cardtonic Virtual USD Card vs. uCards Virtual Card: fees, limits & KYC

In short

  • uCards Virtual Card ask for the least (No ID).
  • uCards Virtual Card has the higher score (64.75).
Attribute Illustration: Regular Cardtonic Virtual USD CardCardtonic Requires KYC Private Virtual Illustration: uCards Virtual Card uCards Virtual CarduCards No KYC Private Virtual
Score average average
CostsWeight 25 % 84 100
KYC and privacyWeight 20 % 35 70
FeaturesWeight 15 % 67 18
AvailabilityWeight 10 % 0 not scored
RewardsWeight 10 % not scored not scored
TrustWeight 10 % 68 80
CommunityWeight 10 % not scored not scored
KYC KYC: ID document, ID + proof of address for higher volumes KYC: No ID
Limits (entry level) Basic KYC
  • Top-up per transaction: no limit
no limits captured
Basics
Card form (differs)
debit help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
prepaid ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Card types
virtual help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
virtual ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Card network
unknown
unknown
Custody
custodial cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
custodial ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Funding model
stablecoin balance help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
stablecoin balance ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Card currencies
USD help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
USD ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Usage
personal cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
personal ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Issuer / BIN sponsor
unknown
unknown
Limits depend on (differs)
KYC level help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Cards per account (differs)
unknown
not applicable ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Availability
Available in (differs)
Available in: Ghana, Nigeria help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Crypto
Supported assets (differs)
USDT, USDC help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
USDT ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Number of supported assets
unknown
unknown
Top-up networks (differs)
Ethereum, Tron, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, TON help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
Ethereum, Tron, BNB Smart Chain ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Fiat top-up (differs)
Yes help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
No ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Payments
Mobile wallets (differs)
Apple Pay Google Pay help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
ATM withdrawals
No help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
No ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Contactless (differs)
Yes help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
No ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Fees
Virtual card issuance (differs)
1.50 USD help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Physical card issuance
not applicable cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
not applicable ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Free cards
unknown
unknown
Shipping (differs)
unknown
not applicable ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Monthly fee
0.00 USD cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
0.00 USD ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Annual fee (differs)
unknown
0.00 USD ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Top-up fee (differs)
2 % help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Crypto deposit fee (differs)
0.5 % help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Crypto conversion fee
unknown
unknown
Foreign currency fee
unknown
unknown
FX free allowance
unknown
unknown
Minimum FX fee
unknown
unknown
ATM fee
not applicable help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
not applicable ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Transaction fee
unknown
unknown
Cross-border fee
unknown
unknown
Withdrawal fee (differs)
1.00 USD help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Activation fee
unknown
unknown
Minimum top-up (differs)
5.00 USD help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Declined payment fee (differs)
0.50 USD help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Refund fee
unknown
unknown
Inactivity fee (differs)
unknown
0.00 USD ucards.uk checked 30 Oct 2026
Minimum monthly spend
unknown
unknown
Inactivity rule (differs)
not published help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Card replacement
unknown
unknown
Rewards
Cashback
unknown
unknown
Referral bonus (invited friend) (differs)
not published help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Referral bonus (you) (differs)
10% of the invited user's reward points on every transaction they make, for life; no cap on earnings; points redeemable for cash help.cardtonic.com checked 30 Oct 2026
unknown
Welcome bonus
unknown
unknown

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