Choose your issuing solution (older API versions)
Airwallex's issuing solution offers you control and flexibility to solve for your unique business needs. Airwallex-issued cards can be used for a variety of first-party and third-party use cases to save on global money spends, efficiently manage marketplace and platform payouts, or build your own cards proposition.
Use this guide to find the right solution for your business needs.
| Business scenario | Recommended solution |
|---|---|
| Pay for business expenses, software subscriptions, etc | Business cards issued with your Airwallex account business name listed against the card. See Create a card. |
| Pay for individual expenses such as employee travel expenses (airfare, hotels) or meals, entertainment, insurance policy holders, etc. | Individual cards issued with the individual's name listed against the card. See Create individual cards. |
| Create virtual /physical/ digital (Google Pay, Apple Pay) cards | Virtual cards are supported by both business and individual cards, physical/digital (Google Pay, Apple Pay) only supported via individual cards |
| Retrieve sensitive card details | You can retrieve sensitive card details of your business cards, and also manage the card (edit, cancel or freeze). To retrieve sensitive card details of individual cards, you must be PCI compliant or alternatively serve up card details via PAN delegation (does not require PCI compliance); you can also manage individual cards (edit, cancel or freeze). Individual cardholders are able to view card details (via PAN delegation) and also manage their cards (cancel, freeze, etc) |
| Set up card controls to limit the expenses on the cards | Authorization controls to set up transaction limits, transaction count, MCCs, time period, currencies, etc |
| Approve or decline transaction authorizations in real time from your own system | Enable your account for Remote authorization to authorize or decline transactions using your own business rules. |
| Offer whitelabeled cards | Develop and monetise your own cards proposition using Airwallex's issuing platform. See Whitelabel cards. |