# Card.issued

URL: /business/events/Card.issued · Id: `event:Card.issued`

> Emitted each time a Card is issued.

[Card.issue](/business/nouns/card/issue) emits `Card.issued` when it completes on a [Card](/business/nouns/card).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Card.issue](/business/nouns/card/issue) |
| Noun | [Card](/business/nouns/card) |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Card.issue](/business/nouns/card/issue) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Card.issued`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.card` | [Card](/business/nouns/card) | Yes | The active Card, with its last four digits and limits. |
| `data.card.form` | `string` | Yes | `singleUse` pays one Task and closes; `merchant` pays one merchant until the Mandate ends; `physical` is for a Human only. |
| `data.card.status` | `string` | Yes | Follows its Mandate: frozen while the Mandate is paused, closed once it is revoked or a single-use Card has paid. |
| `data.card.merchants` | `string[]` | No | The merchants or merchant categories it may pay, compiled from the Mandate. |
| `data.card.limit` | [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) | Yes | The amount per charge and per period; every interval is set, so the rail’s default never decides. |
| `data.card.task` | [Task](/business/nouns/task) | No | For a `singleUse` Card: the Task it pays for, which also holds the receipt. |
| `data.card.last4` | `string` | No | The last four digits; the full number never leaves the rail. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Card.issued",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "card": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/cards/card_1",
      "$type": "Card",
      "form": "singleUse",
      "status": "active",
      "merchants": [
        "advertising"
      ],
      "limit": "limit_1",
      "task": "task_1",
      "last4": "4242"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```