A travel perk your cardholders will actually use
Offer travel eSIM as a cardholder benefit.
- SOC 2 Type II
- GDPR & VAPT-aligned
- Under 2 weeks to launch
Roaming has always been the awkward edge of a card program — cardholders pay foreign transaction fees on one hand and then hunt for a local SIM the moment they land. A branded travel eSIM closes that gap: it's a perk cardholders actually use on every trip, not a one-time signup bonus that gets forgotten, and it gives issuers a recurring touchpoint tied to travel spend rather than a static line on a benefits PDF. Because activation is a digital eSIM rather than a physical card, there's no reissue cycle, no mailing address to verify, and no waiting period between approving the perk and a cardholder actually using it — someone can activate it from their banking app minutes before boarding.
For a card issuer, most travel benefits are either expensive to administer (lounge access, insurance underwriting) or invisible until a cardholder needs them (trip insurance, emergency assistance). A connectivity perk sits in a different category: cardholders encounter the need — no signal at arrival — on essentially every international trip, which makes it one of the few benefits an issuer can point to as actually redeemed rather than merely offered. Because it's digital-first, it also avoids the two things that usually slow a card benefit rollout: card reissue logistics and a waiting period between approval and use.
What banks and card issuers get
Fully white-label — cardholders see your brand, never Zetexa's, from app to activation email
Tiered plans by card level (platinum, gold, standard) so the perk scales with your product line
Lifetime-validity eSIM — a durable cardholder asset, not a one-trip freebie that expires unused
Wallet-based billing: fund allocations per card tier and only pay for data actually redeemed
Instant eSIM activation — no physical card reissue, no waiting for a SIM in the mail
Usage dashboards for your ops and marketing teams to track redemption by segment
SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and VAPT-aligned infrastructure suitable for regulated financial institutions
Access to 300+ mobile networks and 450+ MNOs/MVNOs through a single integration
Built on infrastructure already serving 2,000+ B2B partners, with 1,800+ flexible plan SKUs
How banks launch a connectivity perk
Typical integration runs under two weeks — most of that is deciding the model, not building it.
- 1
Choose the model — a bundled free perk on premium cards, or a paid upgrade cardholders purchase in-app
- 2
Set data allowances and destination coverage per card tier
- 3
Launch via API, SDK, or a hosted storefront — no card reissue or physical logistics required
- 4
Track activation and usage from the dashboard, and adjust tiers or allowances as the program matures
Zetexa vs. a typical roaming partnership
| Capability | Zetexa | Typical Roaming Partnership |
|---|---|---|
| Cardholder branding | Fully white-label, your app and name | Co-branded at best |
| Activation | Instant eSIM, no card reissue | Physical SIM mailed to cardholder |
| Billing model | Wallet-based, pay only for usage | Flat monthly fee regardless of redemption |
| Coverage | 200+ countries, 300+ networks, 450+ MNOs/MVNOs on one integration | Limited to partner's own roaming network |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, VAPT-aligned; FCC, CRTC; licensed in the UK, USA, Canada and UAE | Varies by partner, often single-jurisdiction |
Compliance for regulated institutions
For a regulated institution, the infrastructure runs SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and VAPT-aligned, with FCC (USA) and CRTC (Canada) coverage, and telecom licences in the UK, USA, Canada and the UAE — the same compliance bar a bank's own risk and compliance team would expect from any vendor touching cardholder-facing infrastructure. This runs on the same infrastructure layer already carrying live traffic for 2,000+ B2B partners across banking, travel, and telecom, rather than a bespoke integration built and tested for the first time on your card program.
B2B partners
Questions partners ask us
No. The eSIM activates digitally through your app or a branded activation link — no card reissue or physical SIM logistics involved.
Yes — plans can be tiered by card level (platinum, gold, standard, etc.), with data allowances and destination coverage set per tier.
Billing is wallet-based — you fund allocations per card tier and are only charged for data your cardholders actually redeem, not a flat fee regardless of usage.
Zetexa's infrastructure is SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and VAPT-aligned, with additional compliance covering FCC (USA) and CRTC (Canada), and telecom licences in the UK, USA, Canada and the UAE — built for regulated financial institutions.
Yes — the program is fully white-label. Cardholders see your brand throughout, from the app to the activation email; Zetexa never appears in the experience.
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