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Flutterwave shuts down virtual dollar card service

Samson Akintaro by Samson Akintaro
July 15, 2022
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Fintech company, Flutterwave, has said it will be shutting down its virtual dollar card service also known as Barter card, effective from July 17, 2022. The company disclosed this in a message to its customers today.

This means that Nigerians will no longer be able to carry out dollar transactions on the platform. The development would also worsen dollar transaction problem for many Nigerians who are leveraging the service to make purchases outside the country.

The company says it is stopping the service because of “an update from our card partner, which will cause the card service to be unavailable for an extended period of time.”

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  • Flutterwave in a message to its customers said: “We are writing to inform you that effective Sunday, 17th July 2022, all our Virtual Dollar cards will be unavailable for any transactions and purchases. This is due to an update from our card partner, which will cause the card service to be unavailable for an extended period of time.
  • “Here is a breakdown of what to expect from 17th July: You will be unable to make online and in-store payments and purchases using your Virtual Dollar Card(s); You will be unable to fund existing Virtual Dollar Card(s); Your existing Virtual Dollar Card(s) will be terminated, and the corresponding balance will be credited to your payment balance; You will be unable to create new Virtual Dollar Card(s).”

While noting that it was working with its card partner to restore the service as soon as possible, Flutterwave advised its customers to unlink their Dollar Card(s) from any recurring payments and replace them with another payment method.

The Barter card is used on most merchant sites where the MasterCard logo is displayed. The Barter USD card can be used on most global payment sites like Uber, Google Play, Apple Music, Asos, Udemy, Coursera, AliExpress, Namecheap, Facebook, PayPal, etc. for payments and purchases.

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Comments 5

  1. Bajjioni says:
    July 15, 2022 at 3:50 pm

    We would appreciate a follow-up article on alternatives. Regards

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  2. Dave says:
    July 16, 2022 at 11:26 pm

    Can someone explain why it’s impossible to make international card payments from Nigeria. I have been unable to renew my music subscription as all my cards suddenly stopped making payments and I was just planning to switch to barter now only to hear this. Could it be another CBN directive.
    Is their any other existing alternative?

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    • TopNotch says:
      July 22, 2022 at 7:45 am

      Nigerian Banks have stopped dollar payments on Nigerian cards

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  3. Divine says:
    July 17, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    Alternative please

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  4. Beulah Abayomi says:
    July 26, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    I need an alternative to buy my goods from online store 😭 what’s wrong with Nigeria ffs 🤦🏽‍♀️

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