The Kinesis Virtual Card

Yes. The Kinesis Virtual Card works just like a regular debit card and can be used in the exact same way. With the Kinesis Virtual Card, you can spend and transact gold, silver and crypto online and in-store. You can spend gold, silver and crypto with instant conversion to local currency, at over 80 million online and physical locations, globally.

As with a regular card, you can use your Kinesis Virtual Card with Google Pay mobile application, allowing you to make transactions from your mobile device. 

We are currently in the application process for the Apple Pay card payments functionality. In line with Apple Pay policy, a minimum 6-month waiting period is required from the applicant from the moment of the card launch. We will notify our users once the card is available on Apple Pay.

Yes. With the Kinesis Virtual Card, you can instantly spend your gold, silver and crypto at any time and from anywhere in the world, in an easy and convenient way.

Importantly, you can pay with your card using gold, silver or cryptocurrency available on the Kinesis platform (aside from KVT and DASH) after setting up your order of currency preference, using the designated widget within your Kinesis account’s card tab.

Whenever you use your card online or at the store, Kinesis instantly converts the value of your purchase from local fiat into gold, silver or crypto and automatically withdraws the calculated amount from your Kinesis account to cover the transaction.

You can learn more about all functionalities of the Kinesis Virtual Card in our knowledge base.

Yes. The Velocity yield rewards all Kinesis cardholders for using their gold and silver-based Kinesis currencies, KAU and KAG, as money. This means that every time you spend KAU or KAG with a Kinesis card you earn a monthly yield paid monthly in gold and silver.

Kinesis keeps continuously expanding the list of countries where the Kinesis card is supported. Currently, you can apply for your Kinesis Virtual Card if you’re a resident of the United Kingdom, Eurozone, Canada, Australia and Oceania or Latin America. For a full list of countries in which the kinesis card is supported, click here.

However, you can use your card globally, at any point of sale in over 80 million locations across 200+ countries and territories, anywhere Mastercard is accepted.

The Kinesis Virtual Card comes as a part of the Kinesis Individual account offering. All you need to do is simply click the confirmation button and then follow up with a short cardholder verification process.

You can also apply for your Kinesis Virtual Card using the widget located in the Virtual Card section of your Kinesis account.

You can activate your Kinesis Virtual Card free of charge. There is no sign-up, cancellation or monthly maintenance fee. There are no depositing or top-up fees either. No costs are associated with owning or maintaining the card or any of your Kinesis accounts.

We only charge you a 1.95% transaction fee, when you spend or withdraw money with your virtual Kinesis card and a 0.22% crypto trade execution fee.

You can find all Kinesis Virtual Card fees listed on our fees page or explained in our knowledge base article.

Yes, you do. Every gram of Kinesis gold (KAU) and every ounce of Kinesis silver (KAG) are a 1:1 digital representation of fully allocated physical gold and silver bullion, which sits in our vaults, in your name. For the full specifications of Kinesis gold and silver-based digital currencies, as well as the underlying bars, please visit our gold and silver asset pages.