Criterion · method version 1.2.0
Fiat access
What this criterion measures in each category, from method version 1.2.0.
Criterion id: fiat-access · from release method-v1.2.0
What it measures
In Exchanges and brokers
How customers get money in and out in their own currency. Evidence: the payment rails supported for deposits and withdrawals (SEPA and SEPA Instant, cards, local rails such as national instant payment schemes), the currencies supported, and the published limits and settlement times, per country where they differ.
In On-ramps
How customers pay and get paid in their own currency. Evidence: the payment methods supported (SEPA and SEPA Instant, cards, local rails such as national instant payment schemes), the currencies and countries supported, and the published limits and settlement times, per country where they differ.
How the score is built
The sub-criteria an assessor notes on the way to the score. They are not published as scores of their own.
In Exchanges and brokers
Assessors note sub-scores as whole numbers from 0 to 100.
- SEPA
- SEPA and SEPA Instant deposits and withdrawals, limits and settlement times.
- Cards
- Card purchases and payouts, their fees and limits.
- Local rails
- National payment schemes and the fiat currencies supported.
In On-ramps
Assessors note sub-scores as whole numbers from 0 to 100.
- SEPA
- SEPA and SEPA Instant payments and payouts, limits and settlement times.
- Cards
- Card payments and payouts, their fees and limits.
- Local rails
- National payment schemes and the fiat currencies supported.
Evidence and confidence
Every score of this criterion cites evidence items with their sources, and carries one of four confidence labels.
- high
- Primary sources checked at the assessment date, confirmed by a WhatTheChain test or a second independent source.
- medium
- Primary sources that could not be confirmed independently, or some older than the last scheduled review.
- low
- Only secondary sources, or sources that conflict; the rationale explains which one the value follows.
- estimate
- No direct source: derived from documented properties and comparable designs, and the rationale says how.