KAST vs Uphold Debit Card
KASTLower cost at your spend, more cashback, cheaper abroad.
Uphold Debit CardBetter-rated app.
Side by side
Money
SourceKAST blog, tiers and fees · checked November 9SourceUphold Visa Card terms and fee Schedule A (16.09.2025) · checked November 10- A year at $500/mo
- Earn/yr★
- Costs/yr
- Cashback a year
- +$90★
- +$60
- Cashback rate
- 1.5–3%
- 1% in XRP, 3–4% on Elite
- Paying in another currency
- 0.5–1.75% extra★
- $1.50 per purchase
- Virtual card
- First two free, then $2
- Free
- Physical card
- Free + shipping
- $4.99
- Cash withdrawal
- $3 + 2%
- $2.95
Getting it
SourceKAST help, restricted countries · checked November 9SourceUphold Visa Card terms and fee Schedule A (16.09.2025) · checked November 10- For residents of
- Not published
- 1 countries
- ID from another country
- Not for citizens of 1 countries, wherever they live
- Where you live counts, not the country of your ID
- ID accepted
- Passport, national ID or driver's licence (no official list); must be your own
- Not published: a driver's license or other photo document may be requested; US residents only, no credit check
- Sign-up
- ID + selfie
- Uphold account + ID
- Cash out to a bank
- Yes★
- No
Using it
SourceKAST website · checked November 9SourceUphold debit card page (US) · checked November 10- Pays in
- Merchants in 170+ countries, except sanctioned ones
- Anywhere Visa works, online and in person
- Spending per day
- Not published
- Not published
- App Store rating
- 4 / 5
- 4.7 / 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: KAST, Uphold Debit Card.
