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title: "Fyatu: Virtual Cards, Money Transfers and eSIMs"
description: "Issue Visa and Mastercard cards in Tanzania & DR Congo: $10–$20 issuance, 2.5% funding, $1/mo. Send money to 180+ countries under 5 min."
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published_at: "2026-03-10T17:59:34.817Z"
updated_at: "2026-10-05T05:11:26.283Z"
---

# Fyatu: Virtual Cards, Money Transfers and eSIMs

Issue Visa and Mastercard cards in Tanzania & DR Congo: $10–$20 issuance, 2.5% funding, $1/mo. Send money to 180+ countries under 5 min.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Fintech](/categories/fintech)
- [Fyatu](/fyatu)

## Summary

Issue cards, send money, and integrate fintech APIs

A fintech platform for individuals and businesses to issue Visa and Mastercard cards, send money to 180+ countries, buy eSIMs, and integrate payments APIs in Africa.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://fyatu.com/ |
| Tagline | Issue cards, send money, and integrate fintech APIs |
| Primary country | Tanzania |
| Platforms | Web, API, Android, iOS |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | Yes |

## About the product

Fyatu is a web-based fintech platform for individuals and businesses in Africa that provides card issuing, cross-border transfers, mobile money connectivity, and developer APIs.

Key capabilities include:

- **Virtual and physical Visa and Mastercard cards** issued instantly, with **3DS** support, **Apple Pay** and **Google Pay** readiness, **5 BINs**, and **3-year validity** for online payments at **60M+ merchants**
- **Global money transfers** to **180+ countries** (including African mobile money wallets like **MTN MoMo, M-Pesa, Airtel Money, and Orange Money**) with stated delivery of **under 5 minutes** and **0% hidden markup**
- **Global eSIMs** for **200+ countries**, supporting data, SMS, calls, and a local number, with **instant activation**
- **APIs for businesses** including a **Card Issuing API** (REST, webhooks, SDKs) with **50+ endpoints** and ~**200ms** average response time, plus **Collections and Payouts** for payments, refunds, and disbursements across **30+ African countries**

Available on **Web**, **Android**, **iOS** and via **APIs**.

Target users include freelancers and consumers who need online payment cards, airtime top-ups, and fast international transfers, plus businesses such as fintech startups, forex brokers, e-commerce platforms, crypto exchangers, travel agencies, and marketing agencies integrating card programs, collections, and payouts.

Notable in the African market for its **deep mobile money integrations**, focus on **security and compliance** (PCI DSS, 256-bit encryption, biometric authentication, real-time fraud monitoring), and adoption metrics shown on the website (including **1,000,000+ users** and **4.5/5 from 47,942 reviews**).

## Features

- [Fintech](/categories/fintech): Category
- [Cross-Border Payments](/tags/cross-border-payments): Product feature or technology
- [Virtual Cards](/tags/virtual-cards): Product feature or technology
- [DR Congo](/countries/dr-congo): Market
- [Tanzania](/countries/tanzania): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/fyatu/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/fyatu/reviews)
- [Transparency](/fyatu/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/fyatu)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)