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Flexible Card Issuing Programmes Built Around Your Business

Create your own prepaid card programme with Windcave, tailored to your brand, business model and payment requirements. As a Visa licensed issuer and acquirer, Windcave brings together the technology and operational support needed from initial concept through to cardholder delivery.

More Value with Branded Card Programmes

A branded prepaid card issuing programme creates new ways to connect with customers while extending your brand beyond the point of purchase.

Build brand visibility

Build brand visibility

Put your brand directly into the customer experience with a card designed around your business.

Unlock revenue potential

Unlock revenue potential

Introduce prepaid value as an additional offering for gifting, incentives or other customer programmes.

Expand customer reach

Expand customer reach

Use gifting to introduce new customers to your brand while giving existing customers more ways to engage with your business.

Connected payments

Connected payments

Connect your card programme with Windcave terminals and online payments for a more integrated payment experience.

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Card Issuing Solutions for Different Business Needs

Windcave supports open-loop and closed-loop prepaid card programmes, with different levels of acceptance, flexibility and control.


Open Loop Cards in a Suitcase

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Open Loop

Broader acceptance and greater flexibility.

Accepted wherever Visa is accepted, online and in store, with optional limits for selected merchant environments.

Closed Loop Gift Cards

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Closed Loop

More control within your own environment.

Accepted within a defined merchant or brand environment, with a lower-cost card model.

Bring Your Card Programme to Life

Create a white-label card programme tailored to your business, supported by Windcave from design through to delivery.


Custom Card Branding

Apply your own card artwork and programme branding, with Windcave supporting the relevant design, scheme and compliance requirements.


Production and Personalisation

Turn approved designs into finished physical cards, manufactured and personalised for your programme.


Fulfilment and Distribution

Prepare and distribute finished cards according to your programme requirements.

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From Requirements to Launch


Windcave provides a guided process from initial requirements through to card delivery.

Define

Set the card model, payment flows and programme requirements.

Design

Develop card artwork and complete the required approvals.

Produce

Manufacture and personalise the physical cards.

Test

Validate card functionality and payment flows before launch.

Deliver

Prepare and distribute finished cards.

Card Issuing in Practice


debcard

debcard is a prepaid Visa gift card developed and issued by Windcave New Zealand Limited.

Available in New Zealand, debcard demonstrates Windcave's issuing capabilities through a live consumer card programme.