How you activate your Prepaid Card ultimately depends on your card’s provider; which for us, it is the UBA bank.
Luckily, the UBA has made it possible to activate at the ATM point immediately after you get the card from the Bank, and also, you can validate the card activation online.
Most interestingly, the activation process takes less than 2 minutes.
Why is the UBA Prepaid Card Popular & for PayPal Transactions?
The UBA Prepaid Card – either Naira or USD remains two of the best-prepaid cards out there in Nigeria for digital entrepreneurs.
Apart from working with PayPal, you can use it to fund your digital ad platforms like Facebook and Google Ads, pay online subscription fees, do online shopping, and so on.
(I personally use the card for Facebook ads and PayPal funds withdrawals).
By the way, I hope you know that it is a standalone card that does not require it to be linked to any bank account, right?
Also, the Prepared Afri Prepaid Cards by UBA are free of charge. That’s not all.
Before we consider how to activate the Prepaid Cards, it’s worth noting that you can link both Naira and USD Prepaid cards to PayPal to enable withdrawal. More on this as we go on.
What are Prepaid Cards?
Prepaid Cards are bank cards that allow you to spend whatever amount of money is loaded on the card.
The unique thing with them is that when once your funded balance is used up, you can reload the card again using internet banking, at an ATM, a transfer from another prepaid cardholder, or loading over the counter in the banking hall.
Is the UBA Prepaid Card different?
No, not at all. It works the same as you spend whatever amount you load it with.
How to get the UBA Prepaid Card Before Activation
Before the activation process, you need to decide on the Prepared Card variant to request. That is, you can either request the Naira or USD-denominated Visa card.
To get the card:
#1. Walk into any UBA Branch and request the card (Dollar Prepaid Card).
#2. Fill out the Request Form and provide your bank details.
Details include your name, BVN, and home address, other requirements are 1 Passport photo, ID card, and Nepa bill.
#3. Get the card issued by the customer support personnel.
The card takes about 30 mins to 1 hour to get it. That’s all.
The UBA Naira vs USD Dollar Prepaid Card
Kindly note that the Naira Prepaid Card, while having the ability to be linked to PayPal, when you withdraw from PayPal, your funds enter your Nigerian bank account directly after processing it at the local bank exchange rate of about ₦418-₦420/$.
Processing time can take from 1-2 days or more.
However, if you go for the USD Prepaid Denominated Card, when linked to PayPal and funds are withdrawn, you get a higher and better exchange rate as compared to the former – at over ₦650/$.
You get funded instantly in Naira by fnfSwap.
For the fnfSwap clients, the best UBA Afri Prepaid Card we’ve been using is the USD denominated.
Therefore, when you go to the bank, request the UBA Dollar Prepaid Card.
Having seen what prepaid cards are, let’s now see the 2 best ways and steps to activating your UBA Visa Prepared Card.
UBA Prepaid Card Activation Process for Naira & USD
1. Confirm the Name on the Card.
After you receive your Prepaid Card from customer service, be sure to checkmate that your name is spelled correctly on the front of the card.
In case your card does not have your name inscribed, you can ignore it and move on to the next step.
2. Sign the back of the Prepared Card
Now turn the back of your card, check where you have the signature panel, and sign using your Biro pen.
3. Detach the Card to reveal the Pins
Check the A4 paper attached to your card, and gently detach the card wax to reveal the pins.
When you do this, you will discover 2 pins. #1. ATM pin and #2. Web Portal Passcode.
The ATM pin will be used in step 5 while the Web Portal Passcode is for your card online account activation.
4. Load Money
Based on the Prepaid Card you got, if the Naira variant, fund the Card over the counter with the preferred amount.
And if the USD Prepaid Card, buy Dollar – hard currency from the BDC/Aboki/Mallam and go to the bank for funding.
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5. Change the Pin
After loading the card, activate it by changing your PIN on any UBA ATM in the country where your card was issued.
- At the ATM, select change PIN – immediately after slotting in the card.
- Enter the ATM Pin on the A4 Paper as default when asked.
- Enter a new 4 digits pin you prefer.
Note: you are not using this pin online. Just for ATM transactions (like checking the balance and all other miscellaneous).
That’s all on the full UBA prepaid card activation steps.
P.S: I always advice you hang around at the bank and change the Pin at the ATM point before going home.
How to Activate & Validate your UBA Prepaid Card Online
Follow the steps below to activate and validate your UBA Afri Prepaid Card online.
Step 1. Go to UBA Card Portal at ubagroup.com/prepaid-cards
Step 2. Scroll down and click on the “activate card” button.
Step 3. Enter the first 6 digits of your Prepaid Card.
Step 4. Click on “Check” to activate and validate your card.
If the card is activated already, you will be redirected to the UBA portal card login page below.
The next step now would be to link the card to PayPal if that was the purpose of funding, and if the purpose was to spend it online for Digital ads, subscriptions, and more, then go ahead with it.
How to Withdraw from UBA Dollar Prepaid Card Online/Offline
Conclusion
With access to mobile banking, the UBA prepaid card gives the flexibility of loading, withdrawing, and spending funds at your disposal.
You can activate the Naira UBA Prepared card the same way you would activate the Dollar variant — by online validation or at the ATM.
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FAQS
What is the best amount to fund your UBA Prepaid Card for Activation?
From experience, I recommend you fund the card with $10. Why? To avoid cancelled or failed transactions. Here are the reasons.
#1. The bank will take $3.15 for the activation/validation.
#2. PayPal linking is about $2.
The total would be about $6 or more, but I recommend $10 since whatever remains is still yours, and you can add up and withdraw.
Can I Withdraw Immediately from PayPal After Card Activation?
From experience, PayPal bots are very strict, therefore, I recommend you allow the card linking to settle for 24-48 hrs before you move the funds out of PayPal, or else, their annoying bot might flag the process as suspicious.
That it all.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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How do you mean, please?
Very informative blog, but you didn’t talk about the “Username” and the “Passcode” on Step 4 of ‘How to Activate & Validate your UBA Prepaid Card Online’ section. Where to get the “Username” and the “Passcode”.
Oh, will check that out Jagri, and update. Nonetheless, Username is what you choose to name it, and the Passcode is your preferred Password.
Can I use any PayPal account e.g Lesotho, American. Or I have to use a Nigerian PayPal account in order to link it to the card
Lesotho is perfect for the job, David.
Great, hopefully I will get my answers
What are you questions, please?
Mr Offiong I’m impressed and congrats you for your devotion your work and the knowledge you shared it’s never a waste, I’m not banking with UBA for now, but soon I’ll starting banking with UBA. Keeping on in your good deeds I pray for more higher promotion, more knowledge, creativity and reward in your work. Thanks Sir 👍
Thank you, Mr. Nzekwe, I appreciate your kind words. Kind regards.
Does the uba Naira prepaid work with PayPal top?
No, not anymore.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge God bless can you please tell me how much is required to get a dollar prepaid card? Thanks as you respond in advance
The card is FREE. See details here >> https://isuawealthyplace.com/uba-dollar-prepaid-card/