Pionex Card vs KAST
Pionex CardCheaper abroad, better-rated app.
KASTLower cost at your spend, more cashback, bank top-ups.
Side by side
Money
SourcePionex help center, Visa card fee schedule · checked November 10SourceKAST blog, tiers and fees · checked November 9- A year at $500/mo
- Costs/yr
- Earn/yr★
- Cashback a year
- +$60
- +$90★
- Cashback rate
- 1%, up to 6% at partners
- 1.5–3%
- Paying in another currency
- No FX fee listed★
- 0.5–1.75% extra
- Virtual card
- Free
- First two free, then $2
- Physical card
- Not yet
- Free + shipping
- Cash withdrawal
- 2% (physical card only)
- $3 + 2%
Getting it
SourcePionex help center, how to apply · checked November 10SourceKAST help, restricted countries · checked November 9- For residents of
- Not published
- Not published
- ID from another country
- Not published
- Not for citizens of 1 countries, wherever they live
- ID accepted
- KYC level 2 required; document types for first-time KYC not listed
- Passport, national ID or driver's licence (no official list); must be your own
- Sign-up
- Pionex KYC2 + minimum balance
- ID + selfie
- Top up from a bank
- Crypto only
- Yes★
- Cash out to a bank
- No
- Yes★
Using it
SourcePionex help center, card restrictions by region · checked November 10SourceKAST website · checked November 9- Pays in
- Anywhere Visa/Mastercard works except merchants in Afghanistan, Venezuela, Russia, Myanmar, Ukraine, North Korea, Iran and Belarus
- Merchants in 170+ countries, except sanctioned ones
- Spending per day
- Not published
- Not published
- Physical card
- Not yet
- Yes★
- App Store rating
- 4.3 / 5★
- 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: Pionex Card, KAST.
