[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":27},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-listing-en-US":3},{"title":4,"description":5,"ogDescription":6,"h1":7,"lead":8,"more":9,"dateLabels":10,"cards":14},"Blog — MothCard","Why cards get declined, what third-party payment costs you, and how to judge a card platform before you deposit. Written by the team that issues the cards.","Why cards get declined, what third-party payment costs you, and how to judge a card platform before you deposit.","Payments, declines, and who to trust with your balance","Written by the team that issues the cards. Articles are in English.","Read article",{"why-virtual-cards-get-declined-on-ai-subscriptions":11,"risks-of-letting-someone-else-pay-for-your-subscription":12,"is-a-no-kyc-crypto-card-actually-safe":13},"15 July 2026","19 August 2026","22 September 2026",[15,19,23],{"slug":16,"title":17,"summary":18},"why-virtual-cards-get-declined-on-ai-subscriptions","Why your virtual card gets declined on AI subscriptions","Your balance is fine and the card is active, but the AI checkout refuses it anyway. The cause is usually the region your card was issued in — and how to tell that apart from the four other things that cause declines.",{"slug":20,"title":21,"summary":22},"risks-of-letting-someone-else-pay-for-your-subscription","What you're actually trading away when someone else pays for your subscription","Paying someone to put the subscription on their card looks cheaper. What it actually costs is account ownership, any route to recourse, and a real chance the account gets actioned.",{"slug":24,"title":25,"summary":26},"is-a-no-kyc-crypto-card-actually-safe","Is a \"no KYC\" crypto card actually safe?","Skipping the identity check feels like the platform is on your side. Here is the mechanism that makes every card on such a platform stop working on the same day — and five questions worth asking before you deposit.",1791539127459]