Issue a virtual Altitude Card to yourself, a team member or someone outside your workspace from the Cards page. You name the card, choose who it is for and set a spending limit before it is created.
Before you start
You need to be a card admin. Being a workspace admin is not enough: if your workspace was just approved for cards, a card admin must be assigned first. See Manage card admins.
The cardholder does not need to be a member of your workspace. You can pick a workspace member or invite anyone by email, right in the issue flow. See Issue a card to someone outside your workspace.
The card spends from your card account, so deposit funds into it before the card is used. See Add and withdraw card funds.
Issue a card
Go to Cards and select Issue in the top right.
In Card name, enter what the card is for, for example a vendor or a project. The card name is a label for organizing cards. The name on the card itself is always the cardholder's legal name, added during activation.
Under Cardholder, choose a workspace member, or type an email address and select Invite to issue the card to someone outside your workspace.
Set the spending limit: enter an Amount, then choose a Frequency. See Set and edit spending limits for how each window works.
Select Issue card, in the bottom right of the panel.
What happens next
The new card appears on the Cards page. What you see next depends on setup and your workspace settings:
If you invited the cardholder by email, they receive an invitation to accept first.
If the cardholder still needs to provide their details, the card shows Pending setup, and the cardholder sees a prompt to activate it. See Activate your card.
If the cardholder needs additional review by the card-issuing partner, the card shows Pending approval until that review is complete.
Once setup and any approvals are complete, the card is Active and ready to use.
Every new card is issued as a Visa Signature Corporate card and includes Signature benefits – concierge, hotel perks, lounge access and purchase protections. Cards issued before June 24, 2026 don't upgrade automatically, so issuing a new card is how you add Signature benefits to any spend. See Access your Visa Signature Corporate benefits.
Note: Altitude Card is virtual only, so there is nothing to ship. An active card can be used online as soon as its details are available, or in stores once added to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. There is no limit to the number of cards you can issue, and a team member can hold more than one card, each with its own name and limit.