How to activate Cash App Card on your device: A simple guide 2022

Cash App is a massively used app and a bank alternative. Like other banks, Cash App issues Cash Card, a visa debit card to its users. Cash App card or Cash card is  a prepaid card that is connected to Cash App balance and not with the bank linked to Cash App. You can use a Cash App card like a debit card. For instance, you can pay utility bills and can withdraw money from the ATMs. This card is like a visa card and accepted anywhere a visa card is accepted.  As we know Cash App is a widely used application exclusively in the US and UK. 

Now a days, no one likes to pay with Cash and this is the reason why people prefer a debit card or a payment app that not only saves wallet space but also keeps you worry free. 

What is a Cash App Card and which bank issues this card?

Cash App Card is a prepaid debit card provided by Cash App to its verified users. You can use it anywhere a Visa is accepted like stores and online shops. Cash App partners with two banks: Sutton bank and Lincoln Savings bank. Here Sutton Bank is the issuer of Cash App cards. Cash App card is a prepaid debit card connected to Cash App balance and not to any of your bank accounts. The users can activate Cash Cards from the app itself on a mobile device or computer. 

Keep reading and continue to know how to activate the Cash App card. 

How to Activate Cash App Card 

You have two ways to activate your Cash App Card: either on a phone or your computer. 

You can opt for any one of these two ways depending on what you are most comfortable with. 

Activate Cash Card on your phone

There are two ways to activate a Cash Card on your phone. You may activate it either by using QR code which you receive with the card or by using card information. 

Here activating a Cash Card using the QR code is the most popular method as it does not need access to a Cash Card. WIth this method, you make the process simpler and can activate your card in seconds. Here are the steps, you need to follow:

1. Firstly, launch the Cash App on your phone.
2. Then, find the Cash Card icon in the left corner of the home screen and tap on it. 
3. Now, you get a drop down menu and click on “Activate Cash Card” there. 
4. Allow the Cash App to access your phone camera. By granting permission, you enable the camera to scan the QR code. 
5. Now, align the camera on the QR code to scan it. 
6. Lastly, you are ready to go by scanning the QR code successfully. 

Here you should note that the QR code scanning only works on your phone. You can either scan the QR code or just enter the card information on the phone app, but you can’t have a QR scanning feature on computers. So, if you want to proceed with the QR code, you can only do it on your phone app. 

Further, you can also activate a Cash Card using card information printed on both sides of your card. Here are the steps you follow:

1. Open the Cash App either on an Android or iOS phone device.
2. Find the Cash Card icon on the home screen and select the “Activate Cash Card” option to get a drop-down menu immediately. 
3. Now, click on “Missing QR Code”, one of the drop-down menu options. This will take you to the Card activation page. 
4. Here you tap on “Use CVV instead” and you are ready to proceed without a QR Code. 
5. Lastly, enter all the details required to activate a Cash Card. This card information includes name, CVV, expiry date, and other necessary information. 

Activate Cash Card on your Computer

The users can transfer money from the computer app but they can’t activate their card on the computer app. As this feature is only available on the mobile Cash app. In this way, keeping a Cash App on your phone is necessary at least for activating a Cash Card and to closing a Cash App account. 

You can activate a Cash App Card without a phone via the Cash App website. The steps to activate on the official website.

1. Firstly, login to cash.app (official website of Cash App).
2. Next, tap on the balance tab you see on the left-hand side. 
3. Then, tap on the “Activate” option.
4. Follow the prompts.

After activating a Cash Card, you can use it for different purposes. You can add it to Apple Pay and Google Pay and you can also redesign your card. 

How to add your active Cash Card to Apple Pay

A Cash Card is a Visa debit card that takes out money off your Cash App balance. Luckily you can use your Cash App Card to Apple Pay to pay using your phone. Follow the steps given below:

1. Open the Cash App and tap the Cash App Card tab you see there. 
2. Tap your Cash Card photo
3. Now, choose the “Add to Apple Pay” option.
4. Tap “Next”. 
5. Read and accept T&C. 
6. Then, set it as a default card in the wallet or you can skip the step. 
7. Finally tap the “done” tab. 

Alternatively, you can also use an Apple wallet to add a Cash App Card to Apple Pay. 

• Firstly, open the Apple wallet app.
• Now tap “+”
• Scan the card you add
• Follow the instructions you see there
• From the Cash App you confirm the card addition. 

How to add Cash Card to Google Pay

If you are using an Android phone, you can add your Cash Card to Google Pay by following the steps below:

1. Open the Cash App and tap the Cash App Card tab you see there. 
2. Tap your Cash Card photo
3. Now, choose the “Add to Google Pay” option.
4. Tap “Next”. 
5. Read and accept T&C. 
6. Then, set it as a default card in the wallet or you can skip the step. 
7. Finally tap the “done” tab. 

Also, you can add a Cash Card from Google Play app. 

Finally, you can do a lot of things with your Cash Card. you can use it online, in-store, ATM withdrawal or for making any transactions. Further, the users can control it from the app, and can report a lost or stolen card. Also, they can lock it temporarily.