Mercado Pago
Mercado Pago is a crypto card issued on Mastercard, rated 6.2/10 in our latest review. Below: what it costs and what it demands, the tiers the issuer publishes, and how the card cleared our live checkouts.
Mercado Pago is the strongest fit for app store / play and free issuance, and asks for ID + proof at signup — we carry it at medium risk. Treat the fee rows as the deciding factor: a card that clears reliably but charges on every top-up costs more than its rating suggests.
Profile
| Issuer / category | Mercado Pago · Crypto Card |
| Official site | https://www.mercadopago.com |
| Best for | App Store / Play · Free issuance |
| Network | Mastercard |
| Rating | 6.2/10 (3.0★, 484 data points) |
| Data quality | verified |
Costs and fees
| Card creation fee | Free |
| Monthly / annual fee | Free |
| FX / conversion fee | Mastercard network rate + IOF ··· |
Verification and risk
| KYC required | Yes |
| Risk level | Medium |
| AVS check | No |
Funding and limits
| Crypto top-up | Yes (BTC/ETH/USDC, up to 4% cashback) |
| Bank transfer | Yes |
Billing
| Billing country | LATAM (AR/BR/MX/CL/CO/PE/UY) |
Platform compatibility
| App Store / Google Play | Yes |
How it performed in our tests
| BIN range | Network | Issuing country | Type | Charges | Cleared | Clear rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258929 | Mastercard | Latin America | Debit | 112 | 80 | 71.4% |
We logged 80 cleared charges out of 112 attempts on 1 documented range for this brand. Counts include renewals, not just first charges.
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Frequently asked
What does Mercado Pago cost to run?
The cost lines stack like this: issuing the card is free; there is no monthly fee on the entry tier; conversion is priced at Mastercard network rate + IOF (BR 3.5%; AR 30% PAIS + AFIP/IIBB withholdings). Cash-out costs are what compound here, so weigh the recurring lines above the one-off fee.
Do I need to verify my identity for Mercado Pago?
Mercado Pago asks for ID + proof at signup. The check runs once when the account opens, not on each charge, and the issuer's own wording is: Yes
How can I fund Mercado Pago?
You can fund it with crypto (BTC/ETH/USDC, up to 4% cashback), bank transfer. Pick the one you can top up cheaply and repeatedly, because the load fee is charged every time.
Which billing address does Mercado Pago need?
Setting it up: cards are issued against LATAM (AR/BR/MX/CL/CO/PE/UY); an AVS check is not applied. Copy the address the issuer generates rather than retyping it. A transposed digit is the most common reason a working range starts failing.
Does Mercado Pago work for subscriptions and AI tools?
We recorded successful charges for the App Store and Google Play. Where a card passes on one merchant and fails on another, the difference is usually the processor and the 3-D Secure setting rather than the card itself.
How VCCFinder tests
VCCFinder buys cards at retail and charges them on live checkouts, then publishes the clear rate and decline reasons next to each range. Where a card declined, the reason sits on its BIN page rather than in a footnote here.