# Swipe

> Global cryptocurrency debit card issuer

Swipe is a cryptocurrency card infrastructure provider for businesses. It offers API access to card issuing, compliance, and crypto to fiat conversion services.

Swipe is a card payment infrastructure company that enables other businesses to launch cryptocurrency debit card programs. It provides application programming interfaces that cover card issuance, identity verification, and crypto to fiat conversion, allowing clients to build branded card products without developing this infrastructure themselves. Its target audience is other businesses, including cryptocurrency exchanges, rather than individual consumers.

The platform addresses the problem of converting digital assets into everyday spending power by connecting to established card payment networks and banking partners. Through a single set of APIs, partner businesses can issue virtual cards instantly and follow with a branded physical card, while offering programmable controls such as transaction limits, card locking, and merchant category restrictions. Swipe also bundles regional identity verification and compliance requirements into its service so that clients can rely on its licensing and banking relationships to launch card programs.

Swipe's offering spans virtual and physical card issuance, support for mobile wallet payment methods, and settlement tools for moving value between digital assets and fiat currency. Cards issued through its platform work with common contactless mobile payment services. The company was acquired and now operates as part of a larger cryptocurrency exchange group, continuing to serve business clients seeking card issuing infrastructure.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Payments
- Status: Acquired
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/swipe

## Products

- [Swipe Card Infrastructure](https://thegrid.id/profiles/swipe): Swipe Card Infrastructure is a card issuance platform that lets businesses launch cryptocurrency-funded debit card programs. It provides an API for issuing virtual and physical cards, supporting touchless payments through mobile wallets and configurable spending controls such as transaction locks and merchant category restrictions. The platform bundles identity verification and compliance checks with connectivity to major card payment networks, letting clients convert crypto or fiat balances into everyday spending. (Card issuance, Live, Main Product)

## Assets

- [Swipe (SXP)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/swipe): SXP is the utility token of the Swipe payments platform, which links crypto balances to card payment infrastructure. It is used for platform fees, card program benefits, and transactions within the Swipe ecosystem. The token is deployed across multiple blockchains, including as an ERC-20 token on Ethereum and a BEP-20 token on BNB Smart Chain. (Utility)

## Links

- [Main](http://swipe.io)
- [Privacy policy](https://swipe.io/privacy.html)
- [Terms of Service](https://swipe.io/terms.html)
- [Whitepaper](https://swipe.io/Whitepaper.pdf)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/Swipeio)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/SwipeWallet)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/swipe)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/Swipe)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Swipe)
- [Medium](https://medium.com/swipe)

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