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Card Activation — How to Get Your First Card

Before you can start using your Kolo Card, you'll need to activate it by making your first topup. This guide walks you through the activation process, requirements, and what to expect.

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Written by Pavel Luchkovskyi
Updated over a week ago

Prerequisites

Before activating your card, you must complete KYC verification. Once your identity is verified, you can proceed to card activation.

How to Activate Your Card

Step 1: Make Your First Deposit

To activate your card, deposit a minimum amount in one of the supported stablecoins:

Minimum deposit amounts:

  • 10 USDT (Tether)

  • 10 USDC (USD Coin)

  • 10 DAI

  • 9 EURC (Euro Coin)

  • 9 EURI

💡 Once your deposit is successfully confirmed, a card issuing request will be created automatically.

Step 2: Card Issuing

After your deposit is confirmed:

  1. The card issuing process begins automatically

  2. Typical processing time: up to 10 seconds

  3. The minimum deposit amount will be deducted from your balance

  4. You'll receive an automatic card issue bonus (refund) in USD

Card Issue Bonus

The amount you deposited for activation is refunded as a card issue bonus in USD:

✅ Can be spent immediately with your card

❌ Cannot be withdrawn or exchanged

This bonus is designed to help you start using your card right away.

Activation Delays

While card activation usually takes only 10 seconds, delays can occasionally occur.

What happens during a delay?

  • You'll see the "Card Activation" screen with a loading indicator

  • Our technical team is automatically notified when issuing takes longer than 10 seconds

  • The team works to resolve the issue immediately

When to contact support

If your card is not issued within 1 hour, we recommend contacting support. However, this is extremely rare.

⏱️ Pro tip: Most activation delays are resolved automatically within minutes. If you see the loading screen, your request is being processed.

Multiple Cards and Profiles

Kolo allows you to manage multiple profiles and cards with the following limits:

Profile Limits

  • You can create up to 10 profiles in your account

  • Each profile can have only 1 active card at a time

Active Card Limits

  • You can have up to 3 active cards across all profiles at any given time

  • To issue a 4th card, you'll need to terminate one of your existing active cards first

Example scenarios:

✅ Profile A: 1 active card, Profile B: 1 active card, Profile C: 1 active card = 3 active cards total (allowed)

❌ Profile A: 1 active card, Profile B: 1 active card, Profile C: 1 active card, Profile D: attempting to activate = 4 active cards (not allowed)

Adding to Apple Pay / Google Pay

Once your card is activated, you can add it to your mobile wallet:

  • Apple Pay (iPhone, Apple Watch)

  • Google Pay (Android devices)

Quick Summary

Topic

Details

Minimum deposit

10 USDT/USDC/DAI or 9 EURC/EURI

Typical activation time

Up to 10 seconds

Card issue bonus

Refunded in USD, spendable but not withdrawable

Max profiles

10 profiles per account

Max active cards

3 cards at any time

Cards per profile

1 active card per profile

When to contact support

If activation takes more than 1 hour


Need help? If you're experiencing issues with card activation, please contact our support team.

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