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I’m delighted to launch an exclusive Head for Points sign-up bonus on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa Credit Card.

This is the biggest exclusive credit card deal we have ever offered.

Here’s the one sentence summary:

Apply now and you will receive a sign-up bonus of 29,900 Capital on Tap points (worth 29,900 Avios or £299) as a HfP reader, for an annual fee of just £99.

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You receive 9,900 points after your first transaction – offsetting the annual fee – and a further 20,000 points when you spend £5,000 within three months of sign-up.

You can apply here (and only here – don’t use the standard Capital on Tap home page).

Do you qualify for this offer?

This offer is limited to readers who have a business which is run through a limited company or LLP.

At present, sole traders and regular partnerships cannot apply unfortunately.

How to apply for the Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

This special offer is exclusive to Head for Points readers.

You MUST apply via this special link.  Applications made via the standard Capital on Tap home page will not receive the extra bonus.

The closing date is 20th May 2021.

What is special about the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card?

Apart from the huge sign-up bonus of 29,900 points (= 29,900 Avios or £299 cashback), there are four things about this card which make it stand out:

it is the ONLY Visa or Mastercard which allows a business to earn Avios

it is the only Avios-earning credit card, personal or business, which does not charge foreign exchange fees when used abroad

it is the only UK Avios partner which has virtually instantaneous transfers of points.  They reach your British Airways Executive Club account as soon as you instigate a transfer from your Capital on Tap account.

if you decide you don’t want any more Avios at any time, Capital on Tap will let you cash in your non-transferred points for 1p per point of real money

As you can see, it is an impressive package.

The annual fee for the card is just £99, which is tax deductible.  

Interest rate information:  Your interest rate is based on your business profile and can be as low as 9.9% APR.  The standard interest rate for marketing purposes is 39.9% APR.

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What is the exclusive Head for Points sign-up offer?

Between 20th April and 20th May, you will receive 29,900 Capital on Tap points (transferable into £299 of cashback or 29,900 Avios) when you sign up.

The bonus will arrive in two parts:

9,900 points will arrive soon after you have made your first transaction, which effectively covers your tax deductible £99 annual fee straight away

20,000 points will arrive when you spend £5,000 within three months of receiving the card

For clarity, you will keep the initial 9,900 points even if you fail to spend £5,000 to earn the additional 20,000 points bonus.  It is still worth applying even if you think that £5,000 of spending within three months won’t be possible.

What do I earn on my day to day spending?

Going forward, you earn 1 Capital on Tap point per £1 you spend.

These are redeemable for 1p cashback or 1 Avios per point.

As an added benefit, this is the ONLY Avios-earning credit card which does not charge foreign exchange fees when used abroad.  It is a great card to use if your business spends money outside the UK.

There is an annual fee of £99.

Who is Capital on Tap?

Whilst you may not have heard of Capital On Tap, it has provided over £2 billion of funding for over 120,000 UK businesses.  The company has recently expanded into Spain and the US.

They launched their Avios-earning Business Rewards Credit Cards in 2018 and they have been very popular with SME-owning Head for Points readers ever since.

Feedback on the company has been positive.  Head for Points has a dedicated point man who is able to help with any issues which readers may come across.

What other benefits do you get as a cardholder?

As well as a strong 1 point per £1 earning rate and the huge 29,900 points sign-up bonus, there are some other good benefits too:

20 free supplementary cards for your staff

a credit limit of up to £100,000

up to 56 days to pay before interest is incurred on card purchases when you repay in full

No FX fees and no UK ATM fees

account integrations with Sage, QuickBooks, Xero and more 

Who can apply?

To apply, you must have a UK limited company or LLP with turnover of £24,000+.

Sole traders and partnerships are not, unfortunately, able to apply at the present time.

Applicants must not have a CCJ against themselves or their business in the past 12 months.

Conclusion

If you have a limited company or LLP, you should have a serious look at Capital on Tap:

for the first year, it is a no-brainer – until 20th May, you are getting 29,900 Capital On Tap points, redeemable for £299 or 29,900 Avios, as a sign-up bonus in return for an annual fee of £99

you receive 9,900 points shortly after your first transaction, which instantly covers your annual fee for the first year

you have three months to spend the £5,000 required to receive the remaining 20,000 points

the £99 annual fee is a tax deductible expense so the net cost to you will be lower

even if you have a British Airways Accelerating Business American Express, American Express Business Platinum or American Express Business Gold, it is worth getting this card to use outside the UK and at places where Amex is not accepted

You MUST apply via this special link to qualify for the 29,900 points bonus.

The closing date is 20th May 2021.

If you have any questions, please post them in the comments below.  If we don’t know the answers we will feed them back to Capital on Tap and get back to you.

Disclaimer: Head for Points is a journalistic website. Nothing here should be construed as financial advice, and it is your own responsibility to ensure that any product is right for your circumstances. Recommendations are based primarily on the ability to earn miles and points and do not consider interest rates, service levels or any impact on your credit history.  By recommending credit cards on this site, I am – technically – acting as a credit broker.  Robert Burgess, trading as Head for Points, is regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a credit broker.

Comments (92)

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  • Fola says:

    May be I am just unlucky..

  • Simon says:

    When you put it like that, it’s a no brainer. I have just signed up via your link Rob.

  • Asim says:

    Could you get some clarity on using with Curve from your CoT contact. I used it a few times and got the following email:

    We wanted to remind you that the Capital on Tap facility is designed for predominately business purposes.

    We do not support payments to other credit companies via curve or other platforms.

    Please note, continued use of the CoT facility for this may result in us withdrawing access to further funding.

    These checks form part of our ongoing monitoring in line with our Financial Conduct Authority license.”

    Had only used for withdrawing cash with CoT underlying

    • Chas says:

      They are really strict on shutting down any MS or cash like transactions, so I wouldn’t use it for anything like that at all. I used it behind Curve for feeding the Seagulls and had my card blocked (after the transaction successfully went through), and had a very stern warning from their customer services not to use it for paying off other cards again, otherwise I would find my account closed down. By withdrawing cash I suspect they think you’re using it for MS too. However, it’s fine for paying HMRC (behind Curve)

      • QwertyKnowsBest says:

        Not sure what ‘MS’ is? Anyone used COT behind Curve paying NS&I?

        • CarpalTravel says:

          Manufactured Spending.

          • QwertyKnowsBest says:

            Thanks CarPalTravel. NS&I would not be MS for me, but large sums.

          • Char Char says:

            If you are paying NS&I then surely its not business use which they will probably flag up as well

        • Sean says:

          I am also confushed is “feeding the Seagulls” code as well? If not why was Chas paying to do it?!

    • The Urbanite says:

      Capital on Tap provide ample clarity in their support portal about restricted transactions, most of which are cash-like. Curve is not a way to avoid these restrictions as the merchant information is passed through to Captial on Tap. If you want to do those transactions anyway then you will get those emails.

      If you want rewards on cash withdrawals or other MS then Capital on Tap isn’t the card to do it on – most other rewards cards have some tolerance for it.

    • Fola says:

      My suspicion is they are not comfortable with Curve any longer whether it is MS, cash withdrawal or normal business transactions. As long as the transaction goes through Curve.As it has been mentioned by others, they’re monitoring every spend, if one does not have a huge HMRC bill which cost you Curve subscription, I don’t think COT card is worth any more as part from the sign-on bonus.

      I have not done any of those transactions yet they are querying my business spend and they have refused to replace my Curve cards. I have given them my invoice and bank statements, yet my account is still blocked

  • Dr C says:

    Last time I tried I got a decline and after hearing the stories of them monitoring every transactions I think I will leave it

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:

    All done. Thanks.

  • sayling says:

    Isn’t there a 1.5% fee for using Curve to pay HMRC? Does this hurt using CoT as the underlying card?

  • Super Secret Stuff says:

    Any word if a start up ltd company would qualify for this?

    • Rob says:

      You need to be generating £2k per month of turnover, even if you haven’t hit a full year of £24k.

  • QwertyKnowsBest says:

    Be aware with COT that you may be able to charge back and you don’t have section 75 protector. Below from COT website.

    Business credit cards come with different levels of protection

    Business credit cards do not come with the usual section 75 protection that you get with personal credit cards – meaning that the Financial Services Compensation Scheme will not cover you for up to £30,000 worth of transactions for faulty, defective or broken items or purchases.

    However, some card providers can offer you compensation for fraudulent use of your card and misuse by employees. 

    • QwertyKnowsBest says:

      Doh, no edit function. I should have wrote – Be aware with COT that you may NOT be able to charge back

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