Karta Card vs KAST
Karta CardVisa Signature you open inside Telegram.
KASTLower cost at your spend, more cashback, cheaper abroad.
Side by side
Money
SourceKarta help center, spending fees · checked November 10SourceKAST blog, tiers and fees · checked November 9- A year at $500/mo
- Costs/yr
- Earn/yr★
- Cashback a year
- None
- +$90★
- Cashback rate
- —
- 1.5–3%
- Paying in another currency
- Up to 3%
- 0.5–1.75% extra★
- Virtual card
- 5 USDT once
- First two free, then $2
- Physical card
- Plastic 99 USDT, metal 299 USDT
- Free + shipping
- Cash withdrawal
- 2.5% + $1
- $3 + 2%
Getting it
SourceKarta help center, ID documents · checked November 10SourceKAST help, restricted countries · checked November 9- For residents of
- 228 countries
- Not published
- ID from another country
- Not for citizens of 1 countries, wherever they live
- Not for citizens of 1 countries, wherever they live
- ID accepted
- Passport, ID card, driver's licence or residence permit (Sumsub)
- Passport, national ID or driver's licence (no official list); must be your own
- Sign-up
- Telegram + ID check
- ID + selfie
- Cash out to a bank
- No
- Yes★
Using it
SourceKarta help center, countries where the card doesn't work · checked November 10SourceKAST website · checked November 9- Pays in
- Anywhere Visa works, except Syria, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela; long list of blocked merchant types
- Merchants in 170+ countries, except sanctioned ones
- Spending per day
- Not published
- Not published
- Physical card
- Pre-order, from 99 USDT
- Yes★
- App Store rating
- Not found
- 4 / 5
★ marks the better value where there is one. Estimate for everyday spending: most of it in your local currency, topping up with crypto. How we calculate. Every fact with its own source is on the card pages: Karta Card, KAST.
