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Premier-I Card Overview, Fees, and Guidelines

Suitable for daily online and offline spending, cross-border dining and travel, and various subscription payments (including AI subscriptions). Supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more.

Basic Information

  • Issuing Region: United States

  • Card Scheme: Visa

  • Billing Currency: USD

  • Card Type: Virtual Card

  • Validity Period: 3 years

  • 3DS Verification: Not supported

  • AVS Verification: Not supported

  • Apple Pay: Supported

  • Google Pay: Supported

Transaction Fees

  • Transaction Fee: 1.1%

  • Cross-Border Fee:

    • 0% for USD transactions

    • 1.6% for non-USD transactions

  • Authorization Fee:

    • 0.1 USD for zero-amount authorizations ($0 auth)

    • 0.2 USD for non-zero authorizations

Zero-fee benefit trials or tier upgrades are not supported.

Chargeback Deposit

  • Chargeback Deposit: 50 USD, with a fixed 5% annualized yield.

Other Fees

  • Card Issuance Fee: 4.99 USD (0 USD for the user’s first card)

  • Monthly / Annual Maintenance Fee: 0 USD (regularly $0.5/month, currently waived under a long-term promotion)

  • Top-Up Fee: 0%

  • Refund Fee: 2.5%

  • ⚠️ Declined Transaction Fee: Bank fees incurred when transactions fail due to insufficient balance, card freeze, card deactivation, or card cancellation:

    • First 3 declines per month: 0.5 USD each

    • From the 4th decline per month onward: 1 USD each

    • ‼️ Authorization attempts within 90 days after card cancellation will still incur decline fees. Please ensure you unbind the card and cancel all active subscriptions before closing the card.

  • Important Notice: To maintain platform payment security and card stability, the bank dynamically adjusts relevant fees based on each account’s actual chargeback rate. The bank reserves the right to adjust decline/chargeback fees based on historical performance. Please use your card compliantly to minimize risk.

  • Transaction Reversal Fee: 1 USD per transaction

  • Dispute Handling Fee: 50 USD. If a dispute arises with a merchant or payment platform and requires bank intervention, a 50 USD processing fee will be charged per transaction regardless of the outcome.

  • Card Cancellation Fee:

    • Free Issued Cards: 4.99 USD, plus clawback of any earned cashback. The fee is waived if the card has completed more than 20 non-zero transactions and an aggregate spend exceeding 1,000 USD.

    • Paid Issued Cards: 0 USD

Card Rules

  • Initial top-up starts at 20 USD. Subsequent top-ups start at 1 USD (whole dollar amounts only).

  • ⚠️ When transferring balance out, a minimum balance of 20 USD must be retained (whole dollar amounts only).

  • ⚠️ Bank Freeze / Unfreeze: The card is frozen if the balance falls below 5 USD; it will automatically unfreeze once topped up to at least 20 USD.

  • ⚠️ Bank Card Cancellation:

    • Balance falls below 0 USD.

    • 5 consecutive declined transactions.

    • ‼️ Pending Cancellation Status: Top up the balance to >= 20 USD within 72 hours to reactivate the card.

    • ‼️ If any authorization attempt occurs while the card is in pending cancellation status, the bank will terminate the card immediately.

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