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Prepaid Visa benefits card
As of 15.03.2025 get the benefits you are entitled to from the Public Employment Service (DYPA) or the Hellenic Organisation of Welfare Benefits and Social Solidarity (OPEKA).
Easy to issue and load
Just using your IBAN
Simply confirm/register your account with Alpha Bank on the dedicated gov.gr platform.
Direct loading at no cost
The card is loaded free of charge by the entity you receive the benefit from.
Shopping and cash withdrawals
Shop online or in-store, and withdraw up to 50% of the amount paid into your card.
Discover the features
Find out the features of the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa benefits card.
What are the fees
Free issuing, reissuing and loading
€0 to:
- Issue
- Reissue due to loss or damage
- Renew
- Load the entire benefit amount
For withdrawals
- €0 to withdraw cash from Alpha Bank ATMs
- €0.75 to withdraw cash from ΑΤΜs of other financial institutions within the European Union. There is no charge if there are ATMs only from 1 financial institution in the municipal unit where the withdrawal is taking place.
For transactions in foreign currency
Up to 2.5% fees for transactions in foreign currency.
The fees for transactions in foreign currency are converted into euro with the value that Visa sets on the day they are processed.
How to load the card
Your card is loaded only by DYPA or OPEKA with the benefit amount you are entitled to. The card is loaded directly and at no extra charge.
Unload your card whenever you want free of charge:
- Through myAlpha Mobile from a mobile or through myAlpha Web from a computer, by transferring the available amount to another account you hold.
- At any ATM, in Greece or abroad with the Visa logo, by withdrawing up to 50% of the amount paid into your card.
How to get control of your card
Detailed card activity and balance updates
To monitor your prepaid card activity and balance:
- Find your card on your e-Banking (myAlpha Web from your computer or myAlpha Mobile from your mobile).
- Ask for a balance check at an Alpha Bank ATM.
Secure transactions
- Confirm your online transactions with push notification or the 6-digit code you receive with Viber/SMS on your mobile.
- Block your card temporarily if you’re not sure whether you’ve lost it.
- Receive Alpha alerts with Viber / text message or email in real time for every card transaction. For Alpha alerts you pay €1 a month.
Cancel card
If you want to cancel your card, you need to visit a branch near you.
In this case, the card is unloaded, but only up to 50% of the benefit you have received.
How to receive your card
Provided you’ve registered an Alpha Bank IBAN on gov.gr, we issue and send the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa benefits card at the address you’ve registered with DYPA or OPEKA and confirmed through the platform.
When you receive the card, it is deactivated. Together with the card, we send you instructions on how to receive your PIN.
See step-by-step instructions on how to activate your card.
Once you activate the Prepaid Visa benefits card, you accept the terms of the agreement and its annex.
What benefits you get
The payment of benefits through the Prepaid Visa starts on 15.03.2025.
For parents
- Birth allowance
- Child allowance (Α21) – as of 30.05.2025
- Special maternity protection allowance
- Supplementary maternity allowance
- Parental leave allowance
- Fostering allowance
For unemployed
- Unemployment benefit
- Long-term unemployment benefit
- Extraordinary financial aid for the long-tern unemployed (DYPA)
- Unemployment benefit for self-employed and independently employed persons (former ΕΤΑΑ, EΟΑΕΕ, former ETAP-MME)
- Special supplementary unemployment subsidy for dockers
For professionals
- Reimbursement of expenses for an exclusive nurse
- Tour guide subsidy
- Forest worker subsidy
- Termination of slaughterhouse operations
- Special slaughterhouse worker subsidy
- Special seasonal benefits
- Employment allowance
Other benefits
- Financial aid for vulnerable social groups
- Guaranteed minimum income
What benefits you get
Find out what other options you have with the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa benefits card.
Get the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa
Find out how to get the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa benefits card.
1. Log into the platform
Once you receive an email informing you that your details have been auto-filled, log into the dedicated gov.gr platform using your Taxisnet credentials.
2. Confirm your details
Confirm that the following details are correct:
- Your IBAN with Alpha Bank.
- Your home or postal address where you want to receive your card.
If you want to change any details, fill in the fields from the start.
You need to confirm or register your details within 5 days after you receive the email from DYPA or OPEKA. Otherwise, the application will be submitted with the auto-filled details.
3. Receive the card
You receive the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa benefits card at the address you confirmed or filled in on the platform.
To use it, you need to get the PIN and activate it.
Get the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa
Once you receive the email, log into the gov.gr platform to confirm your details or change the auto-filled details.
Any questions?
Find the answers you need about the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa benefits card.
I want to receive my benefits through Alpha Bank. What should I do?
On the gov.gr platform, register the IBAN of the account you hold with Alpha Bank.
If you don’t hold an account, find out how to open an Alpha Bank account only with your mobile.
What benefits/allowances do I get through the Alpha Bank Prepaid Visa benefits card?
You can get all the OPEKA and DYPA benefits specified in article 152 of Law 5078/2023.
For parents
- Birth allowance (ΟPEKA)
- Child allowance – Α21 (ΟPΕΚΑ)
- Special maternity protection allowance (DYPA)
- Supplementary maternity allowance (DYPA)
- Parental leave allowance (DYPA)
- Fostering allowance (ΟPEKA)
For unemployed
- Regular unemployment benefit (DYPA)
- Long-term unemployment benefit (DYPA)
- Unemployment benefit for self-employed and independently employed persons (ETAA, OAEE, ETAP-MME) (DYPA)
- Special supplementary unemployment subsidy for dockers (DYPA)
For professionals
- On-call nurse subsidy (DYPA)
- Tour guide subsidy (DYPA)
- Forest worker subsidy (DYPA)
- Termination of slaughterhouse operations (DYPA)
- Special slaughterhouse worker subsidy (DYPA)
- Special seasonal benefits (DYPA)
- Employment allowance (DYPA)
Other benefits
- Special vulnerable group allowance (DYPA)
- Guaranteed minimum income (ΟPΕΚΑ)
I get 2+ benefits in different bank accounts. What should I do?
You’ll receive an email asking you to fill in a single IBAN on the platform. Otherwise, you will not get the benefit you are entitled to.
Don’t hold an account with Alpha Bank?
Open your first account without visiting a branch and get e-Banking credentials online.