FBC Bank review

The account carries a monthly fee of $5. For comparison, Monzo Flex, Wise and Bitpanda list monthly fees of £0, £0 and €0. On cost alone, FBC Bank sits above the rest of the options listed here.

It is a debit card, which is the most common type in the listings here at 73.4%. Spending draws on the money in your FBC Bank account rather than a separate card balance, so there is no separate card top-up to manage.

The card runs on mastercard, so it is accepted wherever cards on that network are taken at a shop or an ATM. On the listings here, 38.9% of cards sit on it, which makes it a common choice across the site.

FBC Bank's monthly fee of $5 sits well above the median of €0 across the cards on the site. It ranks 343 out of 379 listings on this measure, so the fee sits among the costliest here.

It fits readers who bank with FBC Bank in Zimbabwe and want a single debit card tied to that balance rather than a multi-currency or crypto account. The trade-off is the monthly fee of $5, which the free alternatives here do not charge.

No. Its monthly fee is $5, while Monzo Flex charges £0, Wise £0 and Bitpanda €0. On the monthly fee line alone, FBC Bank is the costly option, and the card stays a debit rather than a crypto card.

No. This is a debit card issued by a bank rather than a crypto card, and it draws on the bank balance instead of a crypto balance. Readers shopping for a card tied to crypto accounts are better served by Bitpanda, listed here as an alternative.