Ways to Activate your Alpha Bank Cards

You can activate your Card in one of the following ways:

• Activation by Phone

Call 22 877 477 until 21:00 on business days and until 22:00 on Saturdays.

• Activation via Alpha Web Banking

Log in to Alpha Web Banking and select “Card Activation” under Cards.
If the Card is activated outside the Bank’s working hours, it will be ready to use on the next business day.

• Activation via ATM

Activate your Card at any of the Bank’s ATMs in Cyprus, by selecting “Card Activation”.

• Activation via a POS terminal

Make a Chip & PIN payment at any POS terminal within the European Union.
 
This method of activation is only available for Cards issued for purposes of renewal or damage and not for Cards:

•  issued for the first time (new cards) or

• whose number has changed because the initial Card was lost or stolen.

 
The Card will be activated only with the 1^st transaction at a POS terminal, whether it is a contactless or a chip (contact) transaction. In the first case (contactless), the system will recognise that the Card is deactivated and will request the Holder to enter his or her PIN.   
 
Additional Cards can be activated independently of the Main Card.