Card Lifecycle

Below are details of the card lifecycle and descriptions for all statuses a card could be in:

Action	Card Status	Status Meaning	How?
Physical card has been requested	CREATED	Note: Applicable to Physical Cards only Card has been successfully requested & processed.	Create a new physical card
Virtual card has been created OR Physical card has been activated	ACTIVE	Note: All Virtual Cards are immediately Active. Card can be used for new authorisations	Create a new card Active physical card
Card has been blocked	BLOCKED	If you wish to temporarily block the card to prevent any new authorisations against that card, you can block it. Please note that blocking the card does not prevent already approved authorisations from settling.	Block an existing card
Card has been unblocked	ACTIVE	When the card is unblocked, it can be used for new authorisations again	Unblock an existing card
Card has been blocked by issuer	SUSPENDED	The card has been temporarily restricted from making any new authorisations following a decision from issuer e.g. in the event of suspicious card activity. The card can only be set to Active again by the card issuer.
Card Expired	EXPIRED	Card has Expired. This is a final card status and would not change.	Cards expire automatically at the end of the specified expiry month which is provided at the time of card creation
Card has been Cancelled	CANCELLED	Card has been Cancelled. This is a final card status and would not change. Cancelling a card is similar to Blocking, with the main difference being that card cancellation is irreversible action.	Cancel an existing card

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In general, all virtual cards will start as active whereas physical cards start as created and become active only after successful activation. All cards will either eventually automatically expire or will get manually cancelled, whichever comes first