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Card fees & limits

The Solid Card uses a flexible, account-based system for spending limits and follows standard network-level merchant rules set by the issuer, Rain.

Spending Limits

Your spending limits are:

  • Based on your available balance or collateral

  • Configurable by Solid per user and per card

  • Dynamically adjustable at any time

Limits can be applied across the following intervals:

  • Per transaction

  • Daily (per 24-hour period)

  • Weekly (per 7-day period)

  • Monthly (per 30-day period)

  • Yearly

  • Lifetime

High-value transactions may trigger additional checks:

  • Transactions above ~$250,000 may require verification from Visa

  • Maximum single transaction limit: up to ~$750,000


Fees

In short: adding money to your card is free, and spending in US dollars is free. The only fee is a 1% FX fee, and it applies only when you spend in a currency other than USD.


Adding money (top-up)

  • Solid top-up fee: 0%. The full amount you add is available to spend. If you deposit $5, you can spend $5. Solid does not take a cut for loading funds.

  • External network fees: if you send crypto from another wallet or exchange, that wallet or network may charge its own fee before the funds reach Solid. This is not a Solid fee and is outside our control.

Spending

  • USD transactions: no fee. If a purchase is settled in US dollars, no FX or transaction fee is charged.

  • Non-USD transactions: 1% FX fee. If a purchase is settled in any currency other than USD, a 1% fee applies. It is built into the exchange rate rather than shown as a separate line item, and it applies regardless of the merchant's country.

Fees Solid covers for you

  • Maintenance fee: none.

  • Cross-border fee: absorbed by Solid, not charged to you. FX and cross-border fees are mutually exclusive: only one can apply per transaction, with a combined maximum of 1%.

  • International transaction fee: covered by Solid, not passed through to you.


Merchant Rules

The Solid Card can be used at merchants worldwide wherever Visa is accepted, except for restricted categories such as:

  • High-risk merchants

  • Gambling (depending on jurisdiction)

  • Unregulated financial services

  • Prohibited categories under network and compliance rules


Why a payment may be declined

A transaction may fail due to:

  • Insufficient available balance

  • Reaching configured limits

  • Merchant category restrictions

  • Security or fraud checks

  • Network-level authorization rules


Additional Safeguards

Certain merchant types may include additional protections.

Example:

  • Gas stations (AFD transactions):

    • Max 2 transactions within a 3-day period

    • Minimum balance check (~$175) before approval

For full details, refer to the official terms:

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