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Top-up basics: from tap to card

What a top-up gets you, what happens between paying and seeing the card, and how a virtual card keeps its balance.

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Top-up basics • 6 min

What “topping up” a virtual card actually means

“Top-up” sounds like adding credit to a phone. With a virtual card it works a little differently — here is the whole idea from start to finish.
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Top-up basics • 6 min

From balance to card: what happens after you confirm