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Re: 2017 Bitcoin Debit Card Reviews
by
NeuroticFish
on 26/06/2017, 12:51:53 UTC
Update on my verification process: DENIED.
If the verification passes, I may buy the plastic card and see for real how it works...
I hope I don't make a mistake with this...

I use the wirex card as any debit card (POS), you can make online purchase with it, so it's just as any debit card. My friend also bought things in a country which the currency wasn't the debit card currency, it worked fine. The good side is, if you travel a lot you can get USD, GBP and EUR cards and all with the same company.

Regarding make a mistake, to be honest, I'm looking for another debit card because both me and my friend had our share of troubles with wirex. They do try to solve the problem, but it seems they are not very good at what they do. The app interface is bad, they changed the exchange ratio calculation a few times, their support takes days to solve any problem, my friend's card was delivered to his old address (11.000 km away), when they changed from mastercard to visa the app interface showed 2 days for the delivery time using the free express delivery but it actually took 2 weeks, half BTC disappeared from my wallet due to a bad exchange (app failure maybe?) but they did refund me after a few days. They do are improving and they do try to solve your problems, but I feel like riding in a car that is being built while we drive it down the road. For now I'm sticking to wirex, but I'm looking for better alternatives.

Thanks for your answer. It looks like their intentions are good, and that's important.
I am not surprised that they "build the car" while we already "riding it", to use your way of saying. Banking businesses are just discovering Bitcoin and such businesses start with insufficient knowledge, insufficient funding and big margins.

I didn't add English translation since I think that only certified translations are taken into account and that would take me too much time and hassle to worth it. If the partner bank is well intended, they would accept my files; time will tell..