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OKX Card triples cashback on non-SGD spending in Singapore

OKX Singapore is paying triple the standard non-VIP cashback rate on OKX Card purchases settled in currencies other than the Singapore dollar. The offer runs for one month, requires opting in before spending, and is open only to customers OKX SG has verified as Accredited Investors.

The standard rate for regular users is 2%, so tripling it produces 6% on eligible foreign-currency spending. Whether that turns into more money depends on the cap.

The monthly cap decides what the rate is worth

Every cashback tier carries a monthly cap: $50 for regular users, rising to $400 at VIP 1, $600 at VIP 2, $800 at VIP 3 and $1,000 at VIP 4 and above. Those caps are what convert a percentage into an amount.

At the standard 2%, a $50 monthly ceiling is reached at $2,500 of eligible spending. At 6%, the same ceiling arrives at roughly $833. If the cap does not move during the campaign, the multiplier does not raise how much a regular cardholder can earn in a month — it only lets them reach the same $50 three times faster.

That distinction decides who the offer is for. Someone whose foreign-currency spending in the month lands under $833 earns strictly more than they would have. Someone planning a trip with several thousand dollars of overseas spending hits the ceiling early and earns the same $50 they would have earned anyway, just sooner. OKX has not published whether the cap is lifted for the campaign, and that single figure separates those two outcomes.

The multiplier is anchored to the non-VIP rate

The boost is calculated on the regular, non-VIP rate, which puts the base at 2% and the boosted rate at 6% regardless of the cardholder's own tier.

For VIP 3 and above, that is worth checking before opting in. The standing rate at VIP 4 and above is already 10% with a $1,000 monthly cap. A 6% campaign rate carrying a regular-tier ceiling would be a downgrade on both numbers. OKX has not published how the boost interacts with existing tiers, so higher-tier cardholders are the group with the most reason to confirm the terms in the app rather than assume the campaign stacks in their favour.

Retail customers in Singapore are excluded entirely

Card cashback on OKX Singapore requires verification as an Accredited Investor under section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act 2001, and customers must have opted in to be treated as one. Retail investors are not eligible for the cashback programme at all, campaign or otherwise. This is a gate on the reward, not on the card.

Two mechanics apply underneath it. The card has to be funded with USDG to qualify, and cashback is earned only on USDG purchases, credited back in USDG to the OKX Pay account within about 24 hours of settlement. Anyone funding with a different stablecoin is outside the programme regardless of tier or campaign.

Opt-in has to come before the spending

The campaign requires an explicit opt-in on the campaign page inside the OKX app, and the opt-in has to happen before the spending, not after. The start and end dates and the cap treatment are shown there rather than on a public page, which makes the app the only place to settle the two questions that determine the value: whether the $50 ceiling moves, and when the window closes.

Currency handling is worth separating from the promotion. OKX charges no transaction or FX fee, but a market-based spread applies whenever a conversion is required — that spread sits outside the cashback maths and does not disappear during a campaign. Current tracked terms are on the OKX Card page.

Sources: OKX Card cashback program, OKX Card Singapore