Author

Andrew L.

Founder and editor of cardsbench

I'm Andrew. I run cardsbench and write its guides, best lists and alternatives pages.

Every number on the site comes from the card issuer's own pages: fee schedules, terms, country lists and help center articles. The pipeline pulls each value out together with the sentence it came from, and I read that sentence against the source before the value shows as verified. When the issuer's page says nothing, the site says "Not verified" instead of guessing.

I started cardsbench because crypto card comparisons go stale fast. Fees, the countries you can apply from and even whether a card still exists change from one month to the next, and most lists do not keep up. I also run adbench.io, which reviews crypto ad networks with the same rule: official sources only.

What I check before a fact goes live

Fees and limits, from the issuer's fee schedule or terms, in the card's own currency.
Which countries can apply, from the issuer's own list, never from a third-party site.
Whether the card is live, paused or discontinued, from the issuer's announcements.
Rewards and the conditions attached to them, such as staking, tiers and monthly caps.

Independence

No issuer pays for a place in a ranking or a list. Where an issuer runs an affiliate program, the card is named in the affiliate disclosure, and the deal never changes the order.

Written by Andrew

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