Is Avici Card Safe?

Avici Card scores 67/100 on our safety check. Each factor below links to its source.

Safety score

67/100

Good

Keep only what you plan to spend on the card. Stablecoins remove price risk while funds wait. Spreading funds across two providers limits the damage if one freezes.

Licensing15/25

Holds a licence or registration outside the tier-one list (Issuer Third National (Nimbus LLC dba Third National) is a licensed money transmitter in Puerto Rico, NMLS #2612780, licence TM-0207). Source

Custody10/10

You hold the keys until the moment you spend. Source

Fund segregation20/20

The issuer states that customer funds are held separately from company funds. Source

Proof of reserves0/10

No proof of reserves is published. Source

Incident history12/20

2026-08-28: An attacker exploited an outdated Rain card-collateral contract and drained about $500,859 from the card balances of 1,685 Avici users (about $1.1 million across several programs). Self-custodial wallets were not affected. Avici and Rain committed to refund every user in full and Rain upgraded the affected deployments. Avici filed an FBI IC3 report. Source

Terms and fee transparency5/10

Some fees are only shown in the app. Source

Card network5/5

Runs on Visa. Source

Sources

  1. Avici Card: fees · checked September 29, 2026
  2. Avici Card: availability · checked September 29, 2026
  3. Avici Card: cashback · checked September 29, 2026
  4. Avici Card: safety · checked September 29, 2026