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How to set up and use your Tide Card

Learn how to activate your card, start making payments, and stay in control if your card is lost.

Your card overview

You can have a Physical, Virtual, and Online debit card. The network provider for all Tide cards is Mastercard.

All three cards types are available to both Sole traders and Registered Businesses.

 
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Physical card
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Virtual card
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Online debit card

Maximum cards per Admin

1 per account

1 per account

5 per account

5 per account

1 per account

1 per account

Maximum cards per Team member

1 per business

1 per business

5 per business

5 per business

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Physical card delivery time frame

Up to 5 business days

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Digital card delivery time frame

Instant

Instant

Instant

Instant

Instant

Instant

Add to your digital wallet immediately

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Card colour

Blue (if you're on a Lite plan or have Team Card holders), Black (if you're on a paid plan)

Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, and Pink

Turquoise

Turquoise

Get your cards set up

Get your cards set up

When you join Tide, we’ll send you a physical card in the post and you’ll have digital access to it in your Tide app immediately.

Activate your digital card

While waiting for your physical card to arrive, you can see your digital card details in your app:

  1. Tap Pay > Cards

  2. Select your card and tap View details.

You can add it to your phone's Apple Pay or Google Pay instantly.

You'll have to activate your physical card first to make contactless payments, ATM withdrawals, card payments over the phone, and card payments by post

Your physical card delivery

  1. Your card will be sent to your registered delivery address

  2. Tap the profile icon in the top left > Profile and Settings > Business details to check and change your card's delivery address

  3. Your card will arrive within 5 days of your account being approved, or your address being updated

Activate your physical card

Activate your physical card

To use your physical card for contactless and magstripe payments:

  1. Tap Pay > Cards

  2. Select your card and tap View details to view your card's PIN

  3. Insert your card into a POS terminal or ATM and make a Chip & PIN transaction

  4. Your physical card will now be activated, and your digital card will now work outside of your digital wallet

Make payments with your card

Make payments with your card

Make payments at home

You can make payments at home, using either contactless, magstripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Chip & Pin.

You may occasionally need to enter your PIN when making contactless payments, just to help keep your card secure.

Make payments abroad

You can use your cards abroad just as you would at home.

We recommend that you're charged in the local currency, as our Mastercard conversion rate is generally far better than the conversion rate a merchant or ATM will charge.

There are certain fees that apply, and there are certain countries which have restrictions. Learn more about these below.

Earn Cashback

Your Tide Card automatically qualifies for Mastercard Business Savings, a cashback programme for selected payments. You'll receive your cashback within 5 days of making a purchase, and will show as RBT on your statement.

You can also earn even more cashback through Tide's Max Plan.

Trouble making card payments?

This could be because:

  • Your account has insufficient funds 

  • There’s an issue with the merchant’s system 

  • There are some purchases, such as for gambling and crypto, which you can't make. If this is the case, you'll see a notification which says ‘declined due to merchant category blocked'

  • You’ve reached your payment limit. To check, tap Pay > select your account from the stacked accounts > Account limits 

  • You’ve reached your contactless limit and need to make a payment with your PIN to use contactless again

  • Your card is frozen. If so, tap Pay > Cards > Unfreeze 

  • Your card's PIN is blocked. Enter your card and PIN at any ATM, choose an option usually called 'PIN services' or 'unblock PIN', and follow the onscreen instructions to unblock it.

  • Your card is faulty. If so, use the steps on this page to order a new one for free

Freeze, cancel or reorder your card

Freeze, cancel or reorder your card

If you lose your card, you should freeze or cancel it immediately. This helps prevent anyone else from using it.

  1. Go to the Pay tab

  2. Tap Cards and select your card

  3. Choose whether to Freeze your card, Cancel without replacing, or Replace this card for free

Tide Card fees

 
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Purchase in GBP in UK

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Purchase in GBP abroad

2.75%

2.75%

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Non-GBP purchase

2.75%

2.75%

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

GBP cash withdrawal in UK (up to £500)

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

GBP cash withdrawal in UK (over £500)

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

GBP cash withdrawal abroad (up to £500)

ATM fee £1 + FX fee 2.75%

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

GBP cash withdrawal abroad (over £500)

ATM fee 0.25% + FX fee 2.75%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

Non-GBP cash withdrawal (up to £500)

ATM fee £1 + FX fee 2.75%

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

Non-GBP cash withdrawal (over £500)

ATM fee 0.25% + FX fee 2.75%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

ATM balance enquiry

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

*Extra fees may be charged by certain ATM providers

*UK cash withdrawal over £500 is only available to ClearBank accounts

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Tide Platform Limited (Tide) designs and operates the Tide website and app. Tide is not a bank. Tide is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 under firm reference number 900843 for the issuing of electronic money and the provision of payment initiation services and account information services under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Tide is also authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to its credit and insurance broking activities (firm reference 718743). Tide is incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 09595646 and registered office at 4th Floor The Featherstone Building, 66 City Road, London, EC1Y 2AL. Tide offers bank accounts powered by ClearBank® Ltd (ClearBank) (account sort code is 04-06-05). ClearBank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority under registration number 754568. Eligible deposits with ClearBank are protected up to a total of £120,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK's deposit guarantee scheme. For further information visit Home. ClearBank Ltd is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register number: 754568). Registered Address: ClearBank, Level 27, The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 2EW. Eligible deposits held in the Tide Business Current Account (powered by ClearBank) are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (“FSCS”) subject to eligibility. All eligible deposits at the same bank are aggregated to determine the coverage level for each depositor up to £120,000, therefore if you have any other product/services with ClearBank these will be aggregated. To find out more and to check your eligibility please visit: About us . Some of Tide’s members also hold e-money accounts powered by PrePay Technologies Limited (PPT) (account sort code is 23-69-72). PPT is an electronic money institution authorised by the FCA under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 under firm reference number 900010 for the issuing of electronic money. PPT holds an amount equivalent to the money in Tide current accounts in a safeguarding account which gives members protection against PPT’ insolvency. Tide Cards may be issued by both Tide and PPT, who are licensed by Mastercard International for the issuance of cards. The issuer of your Tide card will be identified on your monthly card statement. Tide Capital Limited is an appointed representative of P1 Investment Services Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 752005 to carry out such regulated activities as are involved in the provision of Tide Investment Account. Seccl Custody Limited is the custodian of assets held in Tide Investment Account and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 793200) and registered in England and Wales under No. 10430958. Registered office 20 Manvers Street, Bath BA1 1JW. Tide, the Tide logo, the Swell, and Do Less Banking are trademarks and trade names of Tide Platform Limited, and may not be used or reproduced without the consent of the owner.