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Nium Physical and Virtual Cards

Nium Physical and Virtual Cards lets businesses issue physical, virtual, and digital cards funded by fiat or stablecoins.

Place
#17 of 22
Score
5.3
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What Nium Physical and Virtual Cards is

Nium Physical and Virtual Cards lets businesses issue physical, virtual, and digital cards funded by fiat or stablecoins. Programs can set spending limits, permissions, merchant controls, and rules for transaction types, channels, geographies, and merchant categories. Cards can link to consumer or corporate wallets, with funds loaded, held, and spent in real time. Teams can manage card activity and statements through APIs or the Nium web portal. Supported schemes include Visa, Mastercard, and Discover, depending on market and program setup. Listed security and risk tools include 3DS, tokenization, lifecycle controls, fraud-risk tools, and chargeback support for eligible disputes. Nium describes uses in corporate spending and procurement, payouts and disbursements, and travel and hotel payments. Compliance support includes onboarding, KYC workflows, transaction monitoring, fraud risk management, and dispute management. Developers can use APIs, SDKs, guides, a production-like sandbox, an OpenAPI specification, and a Postman collection. Card issuing can connect with Nium wallets, balances, FX, and payouts. Pricing and program terms are available on request. Issuance is limited to approved countries, and documentation sets a maximum of 1,000 active or locked cards per customer, with lower program limits possible.

Good

  • Issues physical, virtual, and digital cards.
  • Supports fiat or stablecoin funding.
  • Offers controls for merchants, channels, and geographies.
  • Provides APIs, SDKs, and a production-like sandbox.

Watch out

  • Pricing and program terms are available on request.
  • Issuance is limited to approved countries.
  • Physical cards cannot ship to cross-border markets.
  • The maximum is 1,000 active or locked cards per customer.

Who it suits

Nium suits businesses building card programs for corporate spending, procurement, payouts, or travel payments. It may also fit teams that need card controls, API-based management, and developer tools.

Verdict

Nium combines configurable card issuance with funding, program controls, and API tools. Before planning a program, check whether its approved-country coverage and card limits fit your needs; pricing requires contacting Nium.

Plans and prices

From Nium Physical and Virtual Cards's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.

All about pricing
PlanPriceWhat it gives you
Custom card programPriced on requestPricing and program terms are not listed; contact Nium

The facts

Each one read from Nium Physical and Virtual Cards's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

API and developer tools
Nium provides APIs, SDKs, guides, a production-like sandbox, an OpenAPI specification, and a Postman collection for developers.checked 3 Oct 2026
Card controls
Programs can use spending limits, merchant controls, permissions, and rules for channels, geographies, merchant categories, and transaction types.checked 3 Oct 2026
Card networks
Supported card schemes include Visa, Mastercard, and Discover, depending on market and program setup.checked 3 Oct 2026
Compliance support
Nium says it supports card program compliance with onboarding, KYC workflows, transaction monitoring, fraud risk management, and dispute management.checked 3 Oct 2026
Funding and management
Cards can connect to consumer or corporate wallets, with funds loaded, held, and spent in real time; card activity and statements can be managed through APIs or the Nium web portal.checked 3 Oct 2026
Geographic limit
Nium’s card documentation says issuance is limited to approved countries and physical cards cannot be shipped to cross-border markets.checked 3 Oct 2026
Integrations
The product page says card issuing can connect with Nium wallets, balances, FX, and payouts in one experience.checked 3 Oct 2026
Issuance limit
Nium’s card documentation states a maximum of 1,000 active or locked virtual or physical cards per customer, with lower program limits possible.checked 3 Oct 2026
Security and risk
The product page lists 3DS, tokenization, lifecycle controls, fraud-risk tools, and chargeback support for eligible disputes.checked 3 Oct 2026
Support
Nium describes expert support for program design, onboarding, launch, and ongoing management.checked 3 Oct 2026
Use cases
Nium describes card programs for corporate spend and procurement, payouts and disbursements, and travel and hotel payments.checked 3 Oct 2026
What it does
Nium offers businesses physical, virtual, and digital card issuing funded by fiat or stablecoins.checked 3 Oct 2026

The company

Company
Nium says it was founded in 2014 and is co-headquartered in Singapore and San Francisco.checked 3 Oct 2026
Founded
2014checked 28 Sep 2026
Headquarters
Singapore and San Franciscochecked 28 Sep 2026

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