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Which aqua accounts accept US citizens

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aqua offers a credit card to a US person, with strings.

If you already have an account with aqua, a second one there is usually the easier application, because aqua has already checked who you are. Each account below carries its verdict, the evidence behind it and the date it was checked.

At a glance

Account Verdict Last checked
Credit cards With strings
With strings

US persons: no minimum UK address history published, but it is a card to build a file with

Credit comes from NewDay and the published criteria are unusually short: 18 or over with a permanent UK address, a UK bank account, no bankruptcy in eighteen months and no county court judgment in twelve. No minimum address history appears in that list, which makes aqua one of the more reachable cards on arrival, but at nearly 3% on foreign spending it is a card to build a file with rather than to spend on abroad.

NewDay · also the lender behind the John Lewis Partnership Card

Account Terms The catch
aqua Classic (opens in a new tab)
Representative APR
39.9% APR representative
Card fee
Free
Abroad
2.95%
Rate as of
Opening limits of £250 to £1,500 that can grow. Cash costs 5%, minimum £4. Closed to anyone holding an aqua card or who has taken a Marbles, Opus or Fluid card in the past year.

Source: aqua Classic card page, 2026-08-17 (opens in a new tab) Last checked aqua's own page (opens in a new tab)

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Confirm your own position with a cross-border specialist. Acceptance policies and tax rules change, and your facts may differ from the general case. Rates and terms here are the provider's published figures rather than an offer, and the provider decides each application on its own criteria. Use this as a map, not a ruling. Last checked .