Tangerine review

The monthly fee is CAD 0 on the chequing account, so the card carries no recurring account charge. That puts Tangerine level with Monzo Flex at £0 and Wise at £0, both also free monthly.

It is a debit card, which means purchases draw on the money in your chequing account. It runs on the visa network. Debit is also the most common type here, at 74.7%.

The card is debit, so the money involved is chequing account balance rather than a crypto holding, and it runs on the visa network, the most common in this category at 57.4%. That makes it an everyday spending card.

This is a debit card for spending from a chequing account, not a card linked to a crypto balance. Bitpanda is the alternative for that shape, and its monthly fee is €0.

All three carry a monthly fee of CAD 0, £0 and £0 respectively, so the monthly cost is level. Tangerine ranks on monthly fee at 1 out of 379 brands compared here.

It suits anyone in Canada with a chequing account who wants everyday spending on a debit card at a CAD 0 monthly fee. It fits readers who value the free monthly cost more than crypto-specific card features.

The card is issued for a chequing account, so it is built around a single market rather than multi-currency spending. Wise suits readers who need several currencies, and Monzo Flex is the other free monthly fee option here.

Debit cards account for 74.7% of cards in this category, with prepaid at 19.3% and virtual at 6%. Tangerine's debit card sits in the largest group, without the crypto balance features of Bitpanda.