Card Issuing · Use case

Roll out a card programme across multiple regions

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Short answer

Card programmes are sponsored and licensed per region. One provider may cover the EU and UK but need other partners for the US, LATAM or APAC. Compare coverage by live programme and BIN sponsor per region, and plan for different rules, currencies and interchange regimes.

What this use case is

One card product offered in several regions, ideally through a single API and a consistent feature set.

Who builds this

Neobanks going international
Spend management scaling abroad
Travel
Payroll and employer-of-record platforms

What your customer sees

  1. 1Gets a card in local currency
  2. 2Has the same app features in every country
  3. 3Pays locally without FX surprises

How Card Issuing solves it

1

Choose the region and its BIN sponsor

Choose the region and its BIN sponsor

2

Programme approval with the scheme for that region

Programme approval with the scheme for that region

3

Local currency settlement

Local currency settlement

4

Local compliance

identity standards, data residency

5

A unified API across regions, where the provider supports it

A unified API across regions, where the provider supports it

6

Consolidated reporting across programmes

Consolidated reporting across programmes

Want to have

  1. BIN sponsorship per target region
  2. Unified API
  3. Local currency cards
  4. Local card fulfilment
  5. Regional compliance
  6. Consolidated reporting

Optional

  1. One contract across regions
  2. Card portability between regions

Design decisions

Provider strategy

One global provider
Best provider per region with an orchestration layer

simplicity versus coverage and pricing

Entities

Central entity
Local entities where required

cost versus eligibility and customer trust

What to put in your RFP

Coverage

  • live programmes per region, BIN sponsor per region

Product

  • feature parity across regions

Operations

  • fulfilment, support, compliance per region

Data

  • residency requirements, reporting

Economics

  • per-region pricing, FX
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How to evaluate providers for this use case

  1. 1Live programmes rather than planned ones
  2. 2Feature parity
  3. 3Data residency handling
  4. 4Regional pricing

Pitfalls

  • "Coverage" meaning partner referrals rather than live programmes
  • Features that differ by region
  • Data residency surprises
  • FX costs on cross-border settlement

What providers will ask you

  1. Region sequence
  2. Volumes per region
  3. Entities
  4. Local support plan

Other Finlane categories that cover parts of this

This use case is solved mainly with Card Issuing. These categories cover specific parts of it and can be tendered alongside it.

Banking-as-a-Service

Local accounts behind the cards

FX & Cross-Border Payments

Currency conversion and settlement

KYC, KYB & Identity

Local identity verification standards

Fraud & AML Monitoring

Regional fraud patterns

Frequently asked questions

Questions for this use case are covered in the category guide.

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