A cheap virtual card for spending crypto anywhere, with an operator that has changed hands three times in a year

Updated October 2026
Licensed
usAvailable in US
Fast payouts
18+ Only

If you have trouble getting an ordinary bank card — because your country is not served well by local banks, because you move between places, because you hold your money in crypto and would rather spend it directly — the Kolo card is built exactly for that. It is a virtual payment card you load with crypto, add to your phone, and spend wherever Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa or Mastercard are accepted. On the surface it is clean and generous: load almost any coin from almost any of the popular networks, pay no monthly fee, and pay a conversion fee that is low by the standards of this category.

A payment card next to a phone with a crypto wallet app open
Kolo works as a payment card spent from a crypto balance

Underneath that surface is a business that has changed hands three times in twelve months, that does not name the bank actually issuing the card on its own pages, and that draws a steady stream of public complaints about blocked withdrawals and accounts closed without explanation. That combination is what this review is about: a genuinely useful product wrapped around an operation with a shaky record, where the difference between a good and a bad experience often comes down to which legal entity you are dealing with and how that entity behaves under stress.

The conditions described below are current as of October 28, 2026.

Verdict: 6.4 out of 10

The score is not a rounding of something vague — it is a weighted set of marks, and it is worth reading the parts, because two of them are excellent and one is poor. Six-point-four is a card I would not steer you away from if a bank card is genuinely difficult for you, and one I would not put at the front of a list of things to try if a normal debit card is merely a bit annoying.

A phone showing a stablecoin transfer screen
Topping up Kolo starts with a transfer to the right network
Criterion Mark Why
Who can get it 7 / 10 Service in 170+ countries, card works in 60+; only embargoed and sanctioned countries are excluded
Cost 7 / 10 Officially 1% exchange plus network costs; unofficially free virtual issuance, $0 monthly, 1% conversion on payments, ATM $1 + 0.65%
Top-up options 9 / 10 Any crypto, BTC/ETH/LTC/USDT/USDC and more, seven networks on the site logos including Tron, Solana, Base, in-app swap
Reliability and complaints 4 / 10 Operator changed three times in a year, issuer not named (partner Signify/Rain), complaints about blocked withdrawals and closed accounts (Trustpilot 3.7)
Everyday use 5 / 10 Apple Pay and Google Pay present; unofficially virtual only, plastic announced without dates, ATM unavailable on the virtual card

Two things stand out. Top-up flexibility is genuinely first-class: any crypto, named coins including BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT and USDC, a swap inside the app, and seven networks shown as logos on the site — among them Tron, Solana and Base, which is where most of the stablecoin liquidity now sits. If your problem is “I have crypto on the wrong chain and no easy way to move it,” Kolo is better than almost everything else I have looked at.

Reliability is where it falls. Four out of ten is not a rounding error, and it reflects a specific fact rather than a general unease: the operating company changed three times in one year. Cryppo UAB handled it until 2025, BURVIX SP. Z O.O. from January to June 2026, and since 1 July 2026 everything is run by Hardline Holding Limited in Kazakhstan. Alongside that sit user reports of withdrawals blocked, accounts and wallets closed without explanation, and verification loops lasting weeks. For a card whose whole purpose is to be a reliable way to access money, that is the wrong kind of risk — it is not the risk of losing funds to a hack, it is the risk of the provider simply not letting you out.

The middle marks are where most people will land. Cost at seven is decent for the category, though the number that matters most — what a card payment actually costs when you pay in a currency that is not your card’s — is not stated anywhere official and has to be taken on trust from third-party testing. Everyday use at five reflects a card that works through your phone wallet but, as far as third-party sources report, exists only in virtual form, with plastic announced and no dates attached, and no ATM access on the virtual version at all.

Will they give you the card?

Yes, in most of the world — but the rule that decides it is written in terms of nationality as well as address, and that catches people who would not expect it.

The official terms bar anyone who is in, controlled from, or a national or resident of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria, along with any other country under US, UN, EU or HM Treasury sanctions, and bar listed sanctioned persons. The important detail for you as a reader is that the rule covers both citizenship and residence. If you are a national of one of those countries but live legally somewhere else, the citizenship limb still applies. If you hold a passport from one of them and the card reads your address in another, you are still, on the plain text of the terms, excluded.

On the positive side the reach is wide. The service is offered in 170+ countries and the card works in 60+, with a country list at kolo.xyz/countries. In the excerpt I read, Russia does not appear on that list. So the practical picture is: unless your nationality or your residence falls inside the sanctions language, availability is not the problem you are likely to hit.

One more thing belongs here because people ask about it constantly. A third-party US restriction was removed from what I could read, so the terms text as published no longer carries it. I am not able to tell you what happens for US residents beyond what the public pages say, because the public pages do not say — and given how much of this review has to flag unofficial material, I would rather be blunt about the gaps than smooth over them.

If you want to check your own position quickly, three things decide it: the country on your passport, the country where you actually live, and whether you appear on any sanctions list. The first two are both relevant, not either-or.

How to get it

The path is short: sign up in the app, verify your identity, add the virtual card to your phone wallet, fund it. The part people underestimate is the verification, because it is not a one-off gate — it is a dial that can turn.

Identity verification runs through Sumsub, and the flow is described as taking about a minute. On top of that there is two-factor authentication for the account. Extra documents may be required if you want higher limits. Whether proof of address and proof of age are required is not stated on the public pages — I could not find it either way, and third-party reports suggest it may depend on the card variant, so treat it as unknown rather than as not required.

The terms describe limits as depending on “verification steps you have completed.” Enhanced Due Diligence — extra information or records — may be required to raise limits, and Kolo may refuse to grant limits or lower them later. Suspicion of fraud can trigger enhanced verification on its own. Named tiers, the limits attached to each tier, how long processing takes, and the official reasons for rejection are all not stated. What that means practically: you may well be verified today at one limit and find the ceiling has moved next month, and there is no published schedule to plan around.

One genuinely reassuring thing about the card itself. The official terms state that Card Services are provided in collaboration with Signify Holdings Inc, of Wilmington, Delaware, associated with Rain cards at raincards.xyz. That is a named partner rather than a blank, and it tells you a real card programme manager sits behind the product.

Everything about the physical artefact is thinner, and all of it is unofficial. Third-party reporting describes a Visa network card, virtual only, in USD and, for some users, EUR as Visa Platinum. Virtual cards are reportedly issued in the app or a Telegram mini-app and added to Apple Pay or Google Pay. A physical card has been advertised for Q3 2026 with no ordering schedule attached. Delivery timelines and the card’s form factors are not stated officially. If you are someone who needs plastic in their hand rather than a token in a phone wallet, the honest reading is that you should not plan your month around it.

Fees: what it really costs

Here is the sharpest problem with this card, and it is worth being plain about it. The official documentation tells you what conversion inside the app costs, and tells you almost nothing about what the card itself charges. The numbers below marked unofficial come from third-party testing, not from Kolo.

A receipt and a card on a café table
What a Kolo payment costs depends on the conversion and currency fees
Item Official figure Unofficially reported
Card issuance not stated Free for the virtual card
Monthly or annual fee not stated $0 per month, $0 annual
Activation balance not stated $10 / EUR 10, which stays on the card balance
Conversion or exchange 1% of the order plus network/bank costs, shown before confirming; “0% mark-ups on USDT, USDC, EURC” 1% Kolo conversion fee on all card payments, including stablecoin-funded ones
Foreign-currency payment not stated USD card paying in non-USD: Visa rate + 1%; USD purchase at a non-US merchant: extra 1% issuer fee; EUR card non-EUR purchase: Visa rate + 0.55% / 0.65% / 1.35% by currency
ATM not stated $1 + 0.65% per withdrawal, $500 per withdrawal, 3 per rolling 24 hours; balance inquiry or declined attempt $0.60; one other review says $250 per withdrawal
Limits Volume limits per period vary by payment method and verification level; no numbers published —

Activation is worth pausing on, because the way it is described in unofficial testing is unusual and slightly awkward: you need a $10 or EUR 10 balance to switch the card on, and that money stays on the card balance rather than being consumed by the switch-on itself. Two other reviews read it the same way, one calling it a $10 activation paid in USDC and returned to the balance. Either way, plan for ten dollars to sit there as your working float, not to disappear.

Now the everyday cases, because a fee schedule is only useful if you can picture it against a real purchase.

Buying coffee in a country where your card is denominated in dollars. If you hold USDT and pay for a $4 coffee, the third-party figure is a 1% Kolo conversion fee plus, if you are not in the US, a further 1% issuer fee on top of the Visa rate. That is a couple of dollars of cost on a $4 purchase if both legs apply, and small purchases are exactly where this hurts. Another review measured all-in foreign-exchange cost at about 1.40% against the mid-market, which is in the same ballpark and is the number I would actually plan against — not the individual components, which two sources do not fully agree on, particularly for stablecoin-funded payments where one claims 0% mark-up and another claims the 1% conversion fee still applies.

A subscription priced in euros while your card is in dollars. This is where the spreads separate. The reported EUR-card surcharge — figures not confirmed by the card issuer — is 0.55%, 0.65% or 1.35% depending on the currency, added to whatever Visa’s rate is. Whether your card is USD or EUR depends on your eligibility, which is not stated officially. If you are in the EUR camp, a euro-denominated bill is the cheapest case; if you hold a dollar card paying a euro merchant, you are in the Visa-rate-plus-1% case.

Taking money out at a cash machine. Unofficially $1 + 0.65%, capped at $500 per withdrawal and 3 withdrawals in any rolling 24 hours, with $0.60 for a balance inquiry or a declined attempt. But there is a larger obstacle than the price: the same testing says the ATM is not available on the virtual card at all, and is planned for the physical one. Since the physical card has no schedule, treat cash withdrawal as unavailable rather than as priced.

The site also claims crypto is converted during payment “for no extra fee” and that USDT, USDC and EURC carry 0% mark-ups, and the terms separately charge 1% on exchange orders for buying, selling or swapping digital assets. So there are two different conversions happening in this product, and they are priced separately: the in-app swap of one asset for another, and the conversion the card performs at the moment of payment. Which of them your money pays for depends on how you hold your balance. The minimum top-up, whether you or Kolo pays the network fee, and any bank-transfer or card top-up charges are all not stated.

How to top it up

This is the part Kolo does best, and it is not close. The top-up options scored 9 out of 10, and that is deserved.

The rule is “any crypto.” BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT and USDC are named; other assets are listed by third parties as including DAI, EURC, EURI, SOL, BNB, DOGE and TRX. Seven networks appear as logos on the site, among them BNB Chain, Ethereum, Sui, Tron, Base and Solana, with one unlabelled in what I read. You can also swap inside the app. In practice this means you are sending from whatever chain your coins already sit on, which removes the single most annoying step in using a crypto card — bridging to a network the provider happens to accept.

Three practical warnings belong with the enthusiasm.

First, send on the network Kolo supports. Blockchain transfers are irreversible, and a deposit sent on an unsupported network, or to an address belonging to a different network, can be lost outright or need manual support recovery with no guarantee. If the site shows logos rather than names, check the deposit screen in the app before you copy an address.

Second, mind which network your stablecoin is actually on. USDC is not the same asset on every chain, and Circle stopped supporting USDC on Tron in February 2024, so “USDC over TRC20” is not a native option — though USDT on Tron is very much a thing, and Tether has issued on Ethereum, Tron, Solana, Polygon and Avalanche among others. On Ethereum, gas is paid in ETH, so a wallet holding USDT and nothing else cannot send at all.

Third, gas is charged by the blockchain for your deposit, not by Kolo. Any minimum top-up published unofficially is the $10 / EUR 10 activation balance; no top-up fee is published, and on-chain gas may apply on top.

Paying with it every day

You will not use this card at a terminal. You will use your phone. Apple Pay and Google Pay are both supported, and the card runs through them, which means your card number is replaced by a device-specific token stored in the phone’s secure hardware and every payment carries a fresh one-time code. In practice that is better than handing over a card: you cannot be shoulder-surfed into a repeat charge.

What that leaves as the daily experience is: unlock phone, hold it near the terminal, done. The friction that matters is not speed but acceptance. And here the category problem shows up. A merchant can look up the card’s issuer identification number and see which institution and which country issued it, and may apply extra scrutiny when that issuer country does not match the billing address. Address verification, which compares the numbers in the billing address you typed against issuer records, is mostly offered in the US, Canada and the UK and is generally unavailable for foreign-issued cards. Some merchants decline prepaid or foreign-issued cards precisely because the lookup reveals the type and the country. None of that is Kolo’s doing; it is the structural cost of being a card issued outside a major market. Address Verification Service behaviour and any list of blocked merchant categories are not stated.

Cashback exists and is worth knowing about, with an asterisk. The site offers 2% BTC for the first 30 days then 1% (the site also shows 2% in one place), capped at $2 then $1 per purchase and $100 per month. The terms, however, describe the Cashback Program as voluntary and discretionary, paid in digital assets, and changeable or endable at any time without notice. Read it as a promo, not as a benefit with a contract behind it.

There is one term that bites harder than it looks. If a card transaction is disputed or charged back, the related cashback is cancelled or deducted. So the reward reverses when the underlying payment goes wrong, while a good payment stands. And if you dispute a charge with your bank, Kolo may pursue the losses from you, including the acquirer’s fees, the card scheme’s administrative fees and the value of the assets involved. That is a real deterrent, and it belongs in the mental model before you ever use the card.

Beyond that: digital-asset orders are final, non-cancellable and non-refundable, and there is a 14-calendar-day right of withdrawal from the agreement after your account is accepted, exercised by email to [email protected]. Card-payment dispute process and time frames are not stated, and in the US the reversal rights you might expect come from Regulation E for debit and Regulation Z for credit — prepaid-card coverage varies and should not be assumed.

The app runs on iOS, Android and as a Telegram Mini App, with the download link at get.kolo.xyz. Store ratings and review counts were not reachable when I looked.

What can go wrong

Here I have to be less gentle, because this is the section where the 4 out of 10 comes from.

The company under you keeps changing. Since 1 July 2026 all services are provided by Hardline Holding Limited, Kazakhstan, company number 221240900259. Before that, BURVIX SP. Z O.O. from January to June 2026, and before that Cryppo UAB until 2025. Three operating entities in twelve months. The terms also state that from 1 July 2026 the service moved to a non-custodial MPC wallet model. When you hold money with an organisation that has been reorganised that often, your relationship is with whichever entity holds your account today, and its protections are the ones you can read today.

The issuer is not named. Card Services are provided in collaboration with Signify Holdings Inc, associated with Rain cards. The card’s actual issuer, BIN sponsor and licences are not stated. Card payments also involve several parties: the network routes messages and sets rules, the issuer holds the programme and is the entity licensed under that network’s licence, and the crypto brand is often only a programme manager and front-end. So the name that matters to you when something fails — the bank that owes you the money — is not the name on the app. Visa and Mastercard themselves do not issue crypto cards to consumers; they license issuers and can suspend a programme. WaveCrest, a Visa issuer that supplied crypto card brands, was suspended by Visa in Europe in 2018 and all its Visa programmes closed. FTX’s card is the other obvious example: Visa said in November 2022 that it had terminated its global agreements with FTX, and the FTX US debit card programme was wound down. Programme closures follow a pattern — notice, then spending and loading stop, then you are asked to withdraw what is left.

People report being unable to get their money out. On Trustpilot, as summarised by a third party, 3.9 out of 5 from 52 reviews in one reading and 3.7 out of 5 from 54 reviews in a later one, 16 of them in the last twelve months, with 79% five-star and 17% one-star, and Kolo not replying to negative reviews. The recurring themes: withdrawals blocked or not completed with support silent (reported in November and December 2025, and February, May and September 2026); accounts or wallets closed without explanation (January, May, June 2026, including one report from Zimbabwe); verification problems, one lasting three weeks with repeated attempts, and an Indonesian ID not accepted in September 2026; a card that could not be added to a phone wallet in December 2025. Duplicate or disputed charges and held refunds also appear. On the other side, some reviewers praised fast Telegram support. Some reviewers allege that positive reviews are fake — that claim is unverified and I cannot weigh it either way. Read the pattern, not the individual review: whatever the cause, the most common complaint is not about fees or features. It is about access.

Self-custody cuts both ways. The terms say that from 1 July 2026 the wallet is non-custodial and secured by MPC key shares: you hold one share, which is required for every transaction, and Kolo holds another and may decline to co-sign for legal or risk reasons, with the recovery process preserved. On suspension or closure, your ability to recover your own key share and your assets is preserved — though you remain liable for amounts owed before closure. Kolo cannot unilaterally transfer, seize or recall your assets. That is a genuine improvement in structure and worth something. It is not immunity: the reason a share exists is that someone can decline. A co-signature that can be withheld by the provider under a risk judgement is a control, and controls can be applied to you as well as to fraudsters.

What you are protected against, and what you are not. Reported safeguards include two-factor authentication for login and withdrawals, a “Fraud Shield” doing real-time anti-money-laundering and risk checks, Sumsub for identity verification, and claimed alignment with MiCA and the Travel Rule. In-app card freeze, spending controls and insurance are not stated — meaning if you want to freeze a card instantly, do not assume the app does it. On the crypto side, transfers are irreversible and a stolen key has no recovery: the network cannot freeze or return funds. And stablecoins are not censorship-proof — Tether says it disables tokens in wallets on the OFAC sanctions list and has frozen funds tied to illicit activity.

Regulatory shape, briefly. MiCA, the EU’s markets-in-crypto-assets regulation, took legal effect in June 2023, with its token and stablecoin rules applying from 30 June 2024 and the remaining provisions including crypto-asset service provider rules from 30 December 2024. Under it, e-money tokens may be issued only by a credit institution or an electronic money institution. The transitional period lets providers operating under national law continue only until 1 July 2026 or until they are authorised or refused authorisation, whichever comes first — a date this card’s own restructuring sits right on top of. ESMA keeps an interim register of authorised providers and white papers that you can check against. Note the structure: a card is a payment service regulated separately, so a crypto card often rests on two licences. And electronic money institution customer funds must be safeguarded in dedicated accounts or insured — they are not bank deposits and may not sit under a deposit guarantee scheme. In the US, FinCEN guidance treats administrators and exchangers of convertible virtual currency as money transmitters; simply buying goods with it is not the same activity.

And one thing nobody mentions until it matters: taxes. The IRS treats digital assets as property, so exchanging them for goods, services or dollars generally produces a taxable gain or loss, measured in local fiat currency at fair market value on the date of the transaction. Every card payment funded from crypto can be a separate disposal. I am not going to tell you what that means for you, because that depends on where you live — talk to someone qualified in your own jurisdiction.

What to take instead

None of the alternatives here is dramatically better. They trade one weakness for another, and the right comparison is against the specific thing that would hurt you.

BloFin Wallet Card — 6.9 / 10. Named as a Visa Platinum card, virtual or physical not stated, card currency not stated. Its fees are unusually clear: activation, annual, issuance and dormancy fees are each $0.00, and cancellation is free. The spend fee is “1% or lower” by VIP tier, from 1.00% at VIP 0 down to 0.00% at VIP 5, charged at payment; the foreign-exchange fee is not stated. Top-up is USDT and USDC on Arbitrum and Base — a much narrower chain choice than Kolo’s, which is exactly where Kolo wins. Instead of cashback it offers a reduced spend rate up front (“no waiting for cashback or rebates”), which I would generally prefer to a reward that the terms can withdraw without notice. The starting data lists 35 countries including the US, Australia, Japan, the UAE, Brazil, Mexico, Malaysia and New Zealand, with no published country list on the card page and citizenship-versus-residence not stated. That is the trade: cleaner fee schedule, much narrower funding.

Decaf — 6.2 / 10. A Visa card, virtual or physical with tracked delivery; card currency not stated. This is the card with the loudest eligibility list and, notably, the most explicit fee position on foreign exchange: Decaf adds no fee of its own, “the FX is the one Visa offers.” That is a genuine advantage for anyone spending across currencies, and it is not matched by Kolo’s unstated position. The costs: virtual card $5 worldwide, physical $10 in the US or $90 elsewhere, and no annual or monthly fee. Funding works by paying a Decaf payment link or account details by card, bank transfer or USDC, with the app on Solana and Stellar — but which coins and networks top up the card itself is not stated, which is a real gap. Rewards are not stated. On availability, it is not issued in a long restricted list that includes Belarus, China, North Korea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Cuba, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Nigeria, with certain US states restricted too. Whether the rule applies by citizenship or by residence is not stated — and if that distinction matters to you, that is the question to ask before applying.

SafePal — 6.2 / 10. A virtual Mastercard debit with spending limits given in euros against a Swiss Fiat24 account. No account creation or management fees, and the card issuance fee is not stated. Top-up fees are 0% standard, with a Mastercard non-USD settlement FX fee of 1% and a refund processing fee of 1 USD/EUR/CHF or 7 CNH; swaps include an unquantified spread, and the bank page elsewhere advertises crypto top-up as low as 0.4% on the top tier. Funding from 40+ blockchains converted to USDC or fiat, with transactions on Arbitrum — again narrower than Kolo, though 40+ is a different order from two chains. No cashback; instead referral commissions of up to 40% of referred top-up fees and tier privileges tied to deposits, referrals and staking. Eligibility is “citizens of supported regions who live in supported areas”, and the region list at the bank’s site came back empty when I fetched it — which, for a card whose whole appeal is availability, is not reassuring.

Where none of this helps: if your problem is a card that works, Kolo’s funding breadth and zero monthly fee remain the best of the four on paper. If your problem is foreign-exchange cost, Decaf’s no-added-FX-fee stance is the cleanest stated position. If your problem is knowing exactly what you pay, BloFin publishes the clearest numbers. If your problem is chain coverage, SafePal’s 40+ beats all of them except Kolo’s “any crypto.”

Who I would recommend it to

I would recommend Kolo to someone who already holds crypto on several chains and wants a card that spends it without a bridging ritual; who has no realistic route to an ordinary bank card; and who is prepared to treat the balance as working capital rather than savings, because the operation’s record on access is not strong enough to make it a place to park money you cannot afford to be delayed. For that person the combination — no monthly fee, 1% conversion, any coin, seven networks, Apple Pay and Google Pay — is genuinely better than what most of the category offers.

I would not recommend it to someone whose income arrives as fiat and who simply wants a cheap debit card; a regular bank account will beat it on fees, on acceptance and on the right to complain to someone regulated as a bank. Nor to someone planning a large balance, or one who needs a chargeback they can realistically win: the terms let Kolo pursue the acquirer’s fees, the scheme’s administrative fees and the value of the assets against you if you dispute a payment with your bank, which is a heavy deterrent to lean on. Nor to anyone in a sanctioned country or holding a passport from one, where the terms are unambiguous.

And one practical instruction, offered as a habit rather than advice about the product: keep enough in a self-custodied wallet that you control outside Kolo to cover a month, and do not treat the Kolo balance as the place money waits. The non-custodial structure since 1 July 2026 is a real improvement and it means your assets are not simply the company’s property. But that structure also has a design in which the provider can decline to co-sign, and the complaint pattern shows the provider sometimes does not answer its own email. Those two facts sit together, and planning around the second is cheaper than planning around the first.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Kolo card?

Kolo is a virtual payment card that spends a balance you fund with cryptocurrency. You send crypto to the app, Kolo converts it, and the resulting balance is spent through Apple Pay, Google Pay or Visa wherever those are accepted. It behaves much like a prepaid card: it draws on a stored balance rather than on a bank account, so it cannot overdraw. The Card Services are provided in collaboration with Signify Holdings Inc, associated with Rain cards.

Is Kolo a bank?

No, and this matters. Kolo is a crypto brand and programme front-end, not a bank. Since 1 July 2026 services have been provided by Hardline Holding Limited in Kazakhstan, company number 221240900259. The bank that actually issues the card is not named on the public pages. Earlier operators were BURVIX SP. Z O.O. and, before that, Cryppo UAB — three operating entities in twelve months.

How do I get the Kolo card?

Sign up in the app, complete identity verification through Sumsub, and add the virtual card to Apple Pay or Google Pay. Two-factor authentication is required. Turning the card on is reported to need a $10 or EUR 10 balance, which stays on the card. A physical card has been advertised for Q3 2026 but without an ordering schedule, so plan around the virtual version.

Does the Kolo card require KYC?

Yes, full identity verification through Sumsub, described as about a one-minute flow, plus two-factor authentication. Additional documents may be requested for higher limits, and fraud suspicion can trigger enhanced verification. Whether proof of address is mandatory is not stated on the public pages, though third-party reports suggest it may apply to some card variants.

What does it cost to use the Kolo card?

Officially, a 1% base fee on in-app exchange orders plus network costs, and crypto top-ups converted for no extra fee with 0% mark-ups on USDT, USDC and EURC. Card issuance, monthly fee and ATM fees are not stated officially. Third-party testing reports free virtual issuance, $0 monthly, a 1% conversion fee on card payments, and ATM withdrawals at $1 + 0.65% — though the ATM is reportedly unavailable on the virtual card.

Is the Kolo card free?

The virtual card is reported unofficially as free to issue, with a $0 monthly fee and a $0 annual fee. The catch is the activation balance: you need $10 or EUR 10 on the card, and that money stays there as your working float. The card is free to hold; it is not free to use, because a conversion fee applies to spending.

How do I top up the Kolo card?

Send any crypto — BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT and USDC are named, and other assets are listed by third parties — from the network the app shows, which appears to include BNB Chain, Ethereum, Sui, Tron, Base and Solana. You can also swap inside the app. Check the network carefully before sending, because transfers are irreversible and a wrong-network deposit can be lost or need manual recovery.

Is the Kolo card safe?

The structure has genuine strengths: since 1 July 2026 the wallet is non-custodial with MPC key shares, so you hold one share and Kolo cannot unilaterally move your assets. Reported safeguards include two-factor authentication, real-time risk checks and Sumsub verification. But this is a review, not a promise: the operator changed three times in a year, the issuer is unnamed, and Trustpilot shows 3.7 out of 5 with recurring reports of blocked withdrawals and closed accounts.

Where can I use the Kolo card?

The card is advertised as working in 60+ countries while the service is offered in 170+. You can spend wherever Apple Pay, Google Pay, Visa or Mastercard are accepted. Expect the ordinary friction of a foreign-issued card: some merchants apply extra scrutiny or decline prepaid and foreign-issued cards, and address verification is largely unavailable for cards issued outside the US, Canada and the UK.

Is the Kolo card worth it?

For spending crypto you already hold, on chains you already use, with no access to a normal bank card, the fees are low and the funding flexibility is the best in its category. Against that: the operating company changed three times in a year, public complaints centre on access rather than features, and a disputed payment can cost you cashback and leave Kolo entitled to pursue losses against you. Judge it as a convenient spending tool with a solid structure, not as a place to hold money.

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