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5 Reasons the New Mastercard Card is the Ideal Travel Companion

What’s the easiest way to manage your money on holiday? A cutting-edge ...

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A Step Above

If you haven’t heard about the Wirex Visa card yet, where have you ...

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Safety, Security & Trust at Wirex

We understand how ...

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Wirex Security Update - 18.01.19

Transparency is one of our core values. Following the issues faced by some of our ...

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Dox marks the spot - security in the age of social media

It may come as a surprise, but social media has been a part of our world for ...

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Why am I being asked for a memorable word?

To help us to keep your Wirex account extra-safe, weve added another layer of ...

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Online Security: The fears and the facts

With almost all of our financial affairs being ...

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Wallet wars: how multisig is winning the day

Youve bought some cryptocurrency. Now what? You need a crypto wallet to store it ...

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Security 101: Staying safe in todays digital world

Gone are the days of safe deposit boxes and padlocked filing cabinets full of ...

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Why Wirex is not an ICO

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Whos afraid of the big, bad FUD?

Cryptocurrency has experienced something of a ...

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Why 2FA security is vital for your Wirex account

We use passwords to access everything - social ...

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©2021 Wirex Limited (CRN 09334596), whose registered office is 9th Floor, 107 Cheapside, London,  EC2V 6DN, United Kingdom. Wirex Limited is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 902025) under the Electronic Money Regulations 2017 for the issuing of electronic fiat money and payment instruments. 

The Financial Ombudsman Service or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme do not apply to the cryptoasset activities carried on by Wirex Limited. Applicable to UK customers and EEA cryptoasset services.



In the UK, your Visa Debit & Prepaid Card will be issued by Contis Financial Services Ltd who is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to issue e-money (Firm Reference Number: 900025) and is a member of Visa. Please note the Visa card is an electronic money product and although it is a product regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, it is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. We ensure that any funds received by you are held in a segregated account so that in the unlikely event that Contis Financial Services Ltd becomes insolvent your funds will be protected against claims made by creditors.

In the EEA, if you hold an EUR denominated card your Visa Wirex card and account is issued by UAB “Finansinės paslaugos „Contis“ (304406236) whose registered address is Mėnulio g. 11-101, Vilnius, Lithuania and who is authorised by the Bank of Lithuania to issue e-money and is a member of Visa.. Please note that the Wirex Visa card and account is an electronic money product and although supervised by the Bank of Lithuania, it is not covered by the Deposit Insurance System of the Republic of Lithuania.We ensure that any funds received by you are held in a segregated account so that in the unlikely event that UAB “Finansinės paslaugos „Contis“ becomes insolvent your funds will be protected against claims made by creditors.