Overview

Anchor lets you create cards for your customers, move money onto and off them, and keep track of how they're being spent.

Card Products

Anchor supports flexible card products for a wide range of consumer and business use cases.

Card type	Description	Common use cases
Debit	Enables cardholders to spend directly from a linked account balance.	Everyday spending, business expenses, and account-linked payments.
Credit	Provides access to an approved credit facility with configurable limits.	Consumer credit, business credit, and employee spending programs.
Prepaid	Allows cardholders to spend funds loaded onto the card in advance.	Disbursements, payroll, expense management, rewards, and controlled spending.

Card Formats

Format	Availability	Supported use cases
Virtual cards	Issued instantly without a physical card.	Online purchases, subscriptions, controlled business spending, and mobile-wallet payments.

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Before you begin

Your API key needs card_transfers:write permission. You can generate one from the Anchor dashboard. Learn more.

The card endpoint is currently available in production only. Sandbox support is coming soon.

Your organization needs to be assigned the cards program before you can use this. Contact Anchor support to get it enabled.

Create Card

Set up a card product and issue your first card.

Card Transfers

Fund, unfund, or move funds between cards.

Card Payments

See how to retrieve and read transactions made with a card.

Manage Cards

Freeze, unfreeze, update, or delete a card, and reveal card details safely.