Service fees

iOS/Android mobile wallet (v4.0.0 and later), new web wallet (beta), and individual type accounts

Fund your account
You can deposit funds from banks, credit/debit cards, and private wallets on seven cryptocurrency networks. All deposits are free.

Pay anyone, virtually anywhere
You can send cryptos, national currencies or precious metals instantly and free of charge worldwide. Remit funds to friends and family abroad in the currency they need, or pay bills in anything from Bitcoin to USD. Using auto convert, you can even post Bitcoin and exchange it into GBP, USD or 25 other national currencies. So you get to send the currency you want and your friends get to receive the currency they need.

Trading fees
We charge zero-commissions for buying and selling currencies and other assets. We’ve chosen this model because it’s easy to understand and all-inclusive. The price you see before you trade, is the price you pay when you trade. Unlike some platforms, our prices are locked in pre-trade. This means we don’t add an undisclosed spread during the transaction reducing the amount you receive. Commission-free does not mean that Uphold is free: we charge for certain activities and add a small spread into the price of the asset being bought at Preview stage: it’s typically 0.8-1.2% in the price you pay to buy bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the United States. If you live outside the U.S., you'll pay a little more. We are significantly cheaper than our competitors in the crypto retail space and encourage you to compare our pricing.

On Metals, we charge a spread of 3% on top of the bid-ask from our metals suppliers.

CAUTION: PLEASE CHECK THE RATES CAREFULLY ON THE PREVIEW SCREEN BEFORE YOU TRADE. ON LOW LIQUIDITY CRYPTOS AND METALS, THE UNDERLYING SPREADS ON A TRANSACTION CAN WIDEN SIGNIFICANTLY DURING TIMES OF HIGH MARKET VOLATILITY. THIS IS NOT A SOURCE OF EXTRA PROFIT FOR UPHOLD, BUT AN ADDITIONAL COST OF DOING BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO PASS ON TO YOU. WE REGULARLY ADD NEW EXCHANGE CONNECTIONS AND OVER TIME OUR PRICING ON NEW LOW-LIQUIDITY ASSETS WILL IMPROVE.

PLEASE EXERCISE PARTICULAR CAUTION ON THE FOLLOWING CRYPTOS:
- CRED (LBA)
- Ziliqa (ZIL)
- Orchid (OXT)
- Universal Protocol Toke (UPT)
- Chainlink (LINK)

BE AWARE THAT SPREADS FOR METALS HAVE WIDENED SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC REFLECTING HEIGHTENED DEMAND.

Withdrawals
You can withdraw your funds at any time to banks in almost 40 countries, or to private wallets on seven crypto networks. We do not charge withdrawal fees unless you are using the SWIFT network in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia and Romania. In these countries there is a 20 US Dollar or equivalent fee per withdrawal. We do charge standard network fees for withdrawals to crypto networks because we bear a cost.

Web wallet

Open an account and hold funds
FREE. It is free to open an account and hold value with Uphold. Uphold accounts are free to members who maintain active accounts.

Fund your account
FREE when funded by a bank account, using bitcoin, or from another Uphold account. If using a Debit/Credit Card or China Union Pay to fund your account, a fee of 3.99% applies.

Send and receive money
FREE between Uphold members. All member-to-member transfers are completely FREE of all fees, costs or limitations regardless of the amounts transferred, currency or frequency.

Convert and buy
We charge an exchange fee when a member buy/converts between different currencies. This is based upon a percentage of the transaction value (see the full list of fees below). You may also notice a slight difference between the buy and sell price quote for the same currency pair at Uphold. This is because we include in the quote a Price Protection Fee. This small difference (usually less than 0.75% above or below the market rate) allows us to give you an instant and guaranteed quote no matter the market conditions or other factors that may affect our ability to settle your trade.

Withdraw funds from Uphold
To move funds off platform via crypto the fee is $2.99. To move funds off platform via bank transfer the fee is $3.99 3rd party costs may apply, such as bank wire costs in some geographies or blockchain network fees.