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If you're from Nicaragua, here are 5 crypto cards that will accept your registration.
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![Kinesis Card [EU]](https://cryptonoshi.com/wp-content/uploads/KinesisCard-540x348.png)
How Much Is the Foreign Exchange Fee to Use These Cards in Nicaragua?
Since these cards are denominated in USD or EUR, every time you spend in Nicaragua, your payment needs to be converted into Nicaraguan Cordoba first. Your card will charge an FX fee when converting to NIO.
Here's how they compare when it comes to foreign exchange (FX) fees.
* Visa and Mastercard charge around ~1% on top of the card's FX fee.
Example: Kinesis [EU] charges 1% foreign exchange fee. On a 350.00 Cordobas purchase, you pay C$350.00 + C$3.50 foreign exchange fee + C$3.50 Mastercard foreign exchange fee = C$357.00.
When a payment terminal asks, choose the local currency, Cordobas. This lets your crypto card handle the exchange rate, so you can be sure of the exact percentage you will pay. If you choose USD, the local POS terminal bank does the conversion instead, often at a worse rate. In some countries, that markup can reach 8%.
Which Crypto Cards offer Physical cards for Nicaragua?
Here are all the crypto cards that offer a physical card in Nicaragua:
Here are all crypto cards that support Nicaragua but DO NOT offer a physical card:
How Much Cashback Do These Crypto Cards Pay?
Out of the 5 crypto cards available in Nicaragua, 1 offers cashback.
The highest advertised cashback % is usually not what you get on the free tier. You may need to pay a monthly fee or stake a large amount of tokens to unlock it.
Below you will see the entry-level cashback rate instead: what you can earn on the Free tier.
Ether.fi
3%
free tier
C$540
monthly cap reached
capped at C$2,208 a month
3% on first C$73,607, then 0.5%
same on every tier
Ether.fi offers up to 3% cashback for USD transactions, and up to 2% for EUR card transactions. Your cashback rate decreases as your monthly spending increases, and the maximum cashback is capped, depending on your tier.
You can earn membership points by staking assets, holding funds in Liquid Vaults, and spending with the ether.fi Cash card. Earning more points each month qualifies you for higher membership tiers.
Cashback for Card Transactions in USD
| Monthly Spend | Core | Luxe | Pinnacle |
| first $2,000 | 3%
($60 cap) |
3%
($60 cap) |
3%
($60 cap) |
| next $1,000 | 1%
($70 cap) |
3%
($90 cap) |
3%
($90 cap) |
| $3,000+ | 0.5%
($1000 cap) |
0.5% - 3%
($1000 cap) |
0.5% - 3%
($1000 cap) |
If you spend $3,000 per month, you would earn $70-$90 in cashback - which gives you a good feel on how much monthly value you can get with this card.
The maximum cashback rewards you can earn is limited to $1,000 USD per month.
Reality CheckSome other crypto cards advertise higher cashback %, but you may end up earning less because their monthly cashback caps are much lower. When compared at the entry-level tier, Ether.fi Card's 3% cashback offers similar value comparing to competitors:
| Ether.fi Card | Industry Average1 | |
| Entry Level Cashback | 3% | 1% |
| Entry Level Cashback Monthly Cap | 60 USD | 55 USD |
Here are Ether.fi's membership levels, pricing and benefits for each plan. Pick the one that makes sense for your budget and the perks you actually care about.
 Core Tier |
 Luxe Tier |
 Pinnacle Tier |
 VIP Tier Invite-Only |
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| Price | $0 | 10,000 Points (earned on ~$3,300 spend) or 15,000 $ETHFI staked (~ $5,937 to stake) |
50,000 Points (earned on ~$16,600 spend) or 100,000 $ETHFI staked (~ $39,581 to stake) |
Confidential |
| Cashback | 3% on $2,000, then 0.5%-1% ($1,000 cap) |
3% on $10,000, then 0.5%-1% ($1,000 cap) |
3% on $50,000, then 0.5%-1% ($1,000 cap) |
Confidential |
| Daily Spend Limit | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Invite-Only Events | - | - | ||
| Personal Concierge | - | - |
You earn 3,000 points for every $1,000 you spend using your Ether.fi Cash card. You can also earn points by staking, depositing into Liquid, or holding ETHFI. Points reset every month, so your membership tier will fluctuate with time.
Cashback is paid on the amount you spend, and most cards limit how much you can earn. Some publish a monthly cap, and the figure above stops there. Others advertise a rate that only applies to the first slice of your monthly spend, then drop to a much lower ongoing rate - that drop is applied above too. Either way, a headline rate on its own tells you very little.
Here are all crypto cards that support Nicaragua but DO NOT offer cashback:
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