UPay Card Review: Fees, Cashback and Card Tiers

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UPay Card — Premier

UPay Card suits people who hold USDT and want a Visa card for travel and international subscriptions with no cross-border fee. Every purchase costs 1%, it pays no cashback, and it can't be ordered in the US, Canada, Brazil, Turkey, India or Hong Kong.

Good

  • Virtual Visa card for a one-off 10 USDT, active right after payment
  • 0% cross-border fee and no annual or cancellation fee
  • Works with Apple Pay and Google Pay
  • High limits of $100,000 per payment and $200,000 a day

Watch out

  • 1% fee on every card payment
  • No cashback, only short promotional campaigns
  • Physical card costs 100 USDT and charges 2% at ATMs
  • Not offered in the US, Canada, Brazil, Turkey, India or Hong Kong

UPay Card is a Visa crypto card from the UPay Wallet app that you fund with USDT, USDC, BTC or ETH. The virtual Premier card costs a one-off 10 USDT and the physical card 100 USDT, every payment carries a 1% fee with no extra cross-border charge, and the card pays no regular cashback.

UPay lists several card tiers inside its app, from Stellar with lower daily limits to Platinum and Precious with higher ones. The fees on this page are the ones UPay publishes for its Premier card, which is issued in Singapore and charged in US dollars.

UPay Card cashback

UPay Card pays no standing cashback on everyday spending, so the base reward rate on the Premier card is zero.

UPay runs short promotional campaigns in place of cashback, and in October 2026, for example, people who pay for AI tools such as ChatGPT or Claude with the card get part of that payment back in USDT, capped at 10 USDT a month and only once their monthly card spending reaches 300 USDT. These campaigns run for a month or so at a time, so they are worth a look if they match what you already buy, but they don't add up to a reward rate you can count on.

UPay also has a VIP program with nine levels, based on your trading or deposit activity over the last 30 days. VIP members get better exchange rates on card payments and lower fees, but UPay doesn't publish the numbers for each level.

PlanTo unlockBase cashbackFX feeCard
Premier
Free0%0%$100, virtual $10

UPay Card fees

UPay Card charges a 1% transaction fee on every payment, a one-off card fee, and nothing for paying in another currency or country.

The virtual Premier card costs 10 USDT and works as soon as you pay, while the physical Premier card costs 100 USDT and takes two to three weeks to arrive. Neither card has an annual fee or a fee to close it.

The 1% transaction fee means a $100 purchase costs $101, and the price is the same in a shop at home or online from a merchant abroad. UPay sets a 0% cross-border fee on the Premier card, so the card costs the same everywhere, which makes it cheaper for travel than many local bank cards that add 2% to 3% abroad.

Limits are generous: $100,000 per payment and $200,000 a day on both versions of the card.

$100 purchaseAt homeAbroad
Purchase$100.00$100.00
Crypto conversion$1.00$1.00
FX fee$0.00$0.00
You pay$101.00$101.00

UPay Card ATM withdrawal fees

UPay Card charges 2% on ATM withdrawals with the physical Premier card, and UPay applies the same rate in every region.

A $200 withdrawal costs $4 in UPay's fee, before any charge the ATM owner adds. Withdrawals are capped at $2,000 a day, and UPay's fee tables list ATM use only for the physical card, so the virtual card is for online payments and phone wallets.

$200 withdrawalAt homeAbroad
Withdrawal$200.00$200.00
Crypto conversion$2.00$2.00
ATM fee$4.00$4.00
ATM owner fee (estimate)$3.00$3.00
FX fee$0.00$0.00
You pay$209.00$209.00

Is UPay Card safe?

UPay Card is custodial: your crypto sits in your UPay Wallet account, held by UPay, until you top up the card and spend it.

The company behind the app is UPAY Technology Ltd, registered in Denver, Colorado, and in August 2026 UPay began moving part of its business to a new Singapore company, UP(SG) Global Pte Ltd, which is the party to the card program agreement. UPay lists a money service operator licence in Hong Kong, money services business registrations in the US and Canada, and in-principle approval as a crypto service provider in Lithuania.

Identity checks run through Sumsub and usually take 5 to 10 minutes. UPay doesn't publish reserve or insurance details for wallet balances, so keep only what you plan to spend on the card.

Who should get UPay Card

UPay Card suits people in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and parts of Europe who earn or hold USDT and need a Visa card that works for international subscriptions and travel.

The 0% cross-border fee and the 10 USDT virtual card make it cheap to start, and the high limits leave room for large purchases. The flat 1% fee on every payment is the cost, which adds up to $20 a month on $2,000 of spending, with nothing earned back.

If you spend a lot at home in your own currency, a card with no transaction fee or a cashback rate will cost less over a year. The comparison below shows the alternatives in your country.

UPay CardUPayMEXC CardMEXCether.fi Cashether.fi
Free plan cashback0%4%3%
Max cashback0%10%4%
FX fee0%0%1.5%
Crypto conversion1%1%—
ATM fee2%Not supported—
Countries17517991
CompareCompare

Where UPay Card is available

UPay Card is available to residents of most countries, but UPay's restricted list rules out the United States, Canada, Brazil, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, India, mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia.

The list also excludes Cyprus, Serbia, Moldova, Albania, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and several African countries, and UPay checks it against Visa's list every month. Your nationality and IP address count too, so a passport from a restricted country can block an application even if you live elsewhere.

Available in 175 countries.

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Andorra
United Arab Emirates
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Anguilla
Albania
Armenia
Angola
Argentina
American Samoa
Austria
Australia
Aruba
Aland Islands
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Barbados
Bangladesh
Belgium
Burkina Faso
Bulgaria
Bahrain
Burundi
Benin
Saint Barthelemy
Brunei Darussalam
Bolivia
Bermuda
Bonaire, Saint Eustachius and Saba
Brazil
Bahamas
Bhutan
Bouvet Island
Botswana
Belarus
Belize
Canada
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Democratic Republic of Congo
Central African Republic
Republic of Congo
Switzerland
Côte d'Ivoire
Cook Islands
Chile
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cape Verde
Curaçao
Christmas Island
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Djibouti
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Algeria
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Western Sahara
Eritrea
Spain
Ethiopia
Finland
Fiji
Falkland Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Faroe Islands
France
Gabon
United Kingdom
Georgia
Grenada
French Guiana
Guernsey
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Gambia
Guinea
Glorioso Islands
Guadeloupe
Equatorial Guinea
Greece
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Guatemala
Guam
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Hong Kong
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Honduras
Croatia
Haiti
Hungary
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Isle of Man
India
British Indian Ocean Territory
Iraq
Iran
Iceland
Italy
Jersey
Jamaica
Jordan
Japan
Juan De Nova Island
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Cambodia
Kiribati
Comoros
Saint Kitts and Nevis
North Korea
South Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Cayman Islands
Kazakhstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Saint Lucia
Liechtenstein
Sri Lanka
Liberia
Lesotho
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Libya
Morocco
Monaco
Moldova
Madagascar
Montenegro
Saint Martin
Marshall Islands
Macedonia
Mali
Macau
Myanmar
Mongolia
Northern Mariana Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Montserrat
Malta
Mauritius
Maldives
Malawi
Mexico
Malaysia
Mozambique
Namibia
New Caledonia
Niger
Norfolk Island
Nigeria
Nicaragua
Netherlands
Norway
Nepal
Nauru
Niue
New Zealand
Oman
Panama
Peru
French Polynesia
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pakistan
Poland
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Pitcairn Islands
Puerto Rico
Palestinian Territories
Portugal
Palau
Paraguay
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Serbia
Russia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Solomon Islands
Seychelles
Sudan
Sweden
Singapore
Saint Helena
Slovenia
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Slovakia
Sierra Leone
San Marino
Senegal
Somalia
Suriname
South Sudan
Sao Tome and Principe
El Salvador
Saint Martin
Syria
Swaziland
Turks and Caicos Islands
Chad
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Togo
Thailand
Tajikistan
Tokelau
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
Tunisia
Tonga
Turkey
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Taiwan
Tanzania
Ukraine
Uganda
Jarvis Island
Baker Island
Howland Island
Johnston Atoll
Midway Islands
Wake Island
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Venezuela
British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
Vietnam
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Samoa
Yemen
Mayotte
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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