Web3 Card

Enable a payment card linked to your self-custodial crypto wallet

Mastercard’s Web3 Card Program leverages our secure, scalable, and trusted payments network to enable the simple and real-time use of web3 wallets for everyday transactions across 100 million+ acceptance locations.

Target Audience

  • Businesses
  • Fintechs
  • Self-Custody Wallet Providers

Related APIs

The Web3 Card program is part of Mastercard’s strategy in the digital assets space to help provide web3 wallet providers, fintechs, and businesses with more choices in how they move, and get rewarded in digital value.

As part of the Web3 Card program, Mastercard supports participating fintech companies by reducing barriers to entry, streamlining the onboarding process, and offering access to dedicated fintech and digital asset experts, and in-market teams to accelerate their growth and execution. The Web3 Card Program is designed to support both the embedded and aggregated models

  • Embedded model: Users can make payments, view transaction history, and manage card from the web3 wallet.
  • Aggregated model: Users can import their web3 wallets to an aggregator managed website/app/portal and make payment, view transaction history and manage wallets from the website/app/portal.

Components that can be outsourced to Engage partners

Here's the value chain of the capabilities supplied by qualified Mastercard Engage partners.

W3C Smart Contract Auditor

Smart contract auditors analyze contract's code, identify security issues & inefficiencies, and suggest solutions

W3C Technology Provider

Develop on-chain smart contracts and off-chain APIs to facilitate message flow and fund transfers

Crypto BIN Sponsor

Explore crypto friendly BIN sponsors to issue payment credentials for your Crypto Card Program

Crypto Program Manager

Connect with crypto friendly program managers to go to market, scale, and expand your Crypto Card Program

Crypto Issuer Processors

Choose Crypto Card issuer processors to go live and connect your Crypto Card solution

Crypto Custodian

Find the right Virtual Asset Service Provider to help manage virtual assets and cryptocurrencies, including fiat to crypto conversions

E2E Crypto Card Enabler

Work with a crypto friendly “card in a box” provider to launch your Crypto Card Program from start to finish