How to link a card to a qiwi wallet: instructions and possible errors

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Many people are familiar with Qiwi payment system. It allows you to easily make various electronic payments. Using the Qiwi system, you can top up your mobile phone balance, repay loans, pay fines, utilities, etc. Money transfers are also available in it. For maximum convenience, it is recommended to link a card to the Qiwi electronic wallet. How to do it? Let's look into this matter.

Benefit from card linking

First, let's see why you should link your card to your e-wallet. For example, you often pay online for purchases and services. On different sites you enter your plastic card details. It is not safe. Attackers can steal this information and use it. You risk losing the funds stored on the card.

Think about how to link a card to a Qiwi wallet. By following this procedure, you will exclude the possibility of theft of card data and money from the account. After linking, you will no longer need to indicate the card number, its expiration date, cvc code to pay for goods and services on websites. You will only enter the details of the electronic wallet.

If you wish, you can issue a virtual Qiwi card, which has a total balance with an electronic wallet. This procedure will only take you a couple of minutes. A virtual card can also protect you from fraudsters, because when paying, you will enter the data of a virtual card, not a plastic one. After making the necessary purchases, you can close the existing virtual card and issue a new one.

Suitable for card binding

To successfully link a Sberbank card (like any other bank) to your Qiwi wallet, read the current terms and conditions. So, you can link cards belonging to the MIR, MasterCard, VISA payment systems to your wallet. Be sure to pay attention to the phone number that you used when registering with the Qiwi payment system. You will be able to link a Russian bank card if your wallet is registered to a Russian number.

Your card balance must be positive for successful linking. Make sure in advance that the account has an amount of at least 20 rubles. The fact is that to confirm the binding, the bank blocks a random amount of up to 20 rubles. In the future, this amount is returned to the card.

Instructions for linking a card

If you don't know how to link a card to Qiwiwallet, go to the interface of the payment system using your login (phone number) and password. Take a look at the top menu. It includes the fields “Payments”, “Transfers”, “Wallet replenishment”, “Bank cards”, “Withdrawal”, “More…”. You need a section related to bank cards. Click on it.

A page will open in front of you. The first thing that will catch your eye is the buttons for creating a virtual card and issuing a special plastic card from Qiwi. On the right side, in a small frame, it is proposed to link cards of other banks. Click on the "Link card" link. Fill in all the opened fields - card number, expiration date, cvc code. Next, click the button to confirm the binding. After a while, a notification about the successful completion of the procedure will appear on the screen.

Linking errors

In some cases, the binding procedure may end with an error message. This happens in 2 cases:

• the person made a mistake when entering card details;
• card does not meet the requirements set in the payment system.

How to link a card to a Qiwi wallet without any problems? Enter your details carefully. Remember that the card must have a ruble account. Also often errors occur due to insufficient balance. The bank cannot debit a small amount from the card for verification, and because of this, the linking procedure is interrupted.

The question of how to link a bank card to a Qiwi wallet is often perplexing. But as you can seeit's not that hard to do. Give this procedure only 5 minutes of free time. After linking, you will be able to comfortably use your e-wallet and make purchases and pay for services safely on the Internet.