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Why does Laso need to know if I am in the United States, Canada or I am based internationally?

Laso needs to determine whether you are in the U.S. or outside the U.S. so it can issue you the correct type of card.

Laso Finance needs to know your jurisdiction to issue you the correct card.

For users physically outside the United States, you must use the International (INTL) card. Attempting to use the United States (US) card (even with a VPN, proxy, VPS or similar) will cause businesses to reject your card. Our issuing bank may freeze your card; don't do it. You will likely be left with a card that you cannot use and you cannot recover your funds from.

In addition, the country restrictions are set by law. It is not just a Laso rule, but every entity in the payment chain such as:

  1. The card issuer.

  2. The issuing bank.

  3. The business you're buying from.

  4. The merchant processor.

  5. Card networks.

  6. Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay.

  7. PayPal, or any other payment provider you may be using;

    and more are responsible for enforcing these country/jurisdiction rules.

If you are travelling and need to switch between those options, just change your physical jurisdiction in the gray pill-shaped jurisdiction selector menu at top-right of the page. It will automatically re-route you to the correct page.

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