diff --git a/packages/card-service/knexfile.js b/packages/card-service/knexfile.js
index 6f8e2606ed..cff04064bc 100644
--- a/packages/card-service/knexfile.js
+++ b/packages/card-service/knexfile.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {
       max: 10
     },
     migrations: {
-      tableName: 'knex_migrations'
+      tableName: 'card_service_knex_migrations'
     }
   },
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = {
       max: 10
     },
     migrations: {
-      tableName: 'knex_migrations'
+      tableName: 'card_service_knex_migrations'
     }
   },
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module.exports = {
       max: 10
     },
     migrations: {
-      tableName: 'knex_migrations'
+      tableName: 'card_service_knex_migrations'
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/card-service/migrations/20250708070327_card_payments_table.js b/packages/card-service/migrations/20250708070327_card_payments_table.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1adf8d8c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/card-service/migrations/20250708070327_card_payments_table.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * @param { import("knex").Knex } knex
+ * @returns { Promise<void> }
+ */
+exports.up = function (knex) {
+  return knex.schema.createTable('cardPayments', function (table) {
+    table.uuid('id').notNullable().primary()
+    table.uuid('requestId').notNullable()
+
+    table.timestamp('requestedAt').defaultTo(knex.fn.now())
+    table.timestamp('finalizedAt').defaultTo(knex.fn.now())
+
+    table.string('cardWalletAddress').notNullable()
+    table.string('incomingPaymentUrl').notNullable()
+
+    table.integer('statusCode').nullable()
+
+    table.uuid('outgoingPaymentId')
+    table.uuid('terminalId')
+
+    table.timestamp('createdAt').defaultTo(knex.fn.now())
+    table.timestamp('updatedAt').defaultTo(knex.fn.now())
+
+    table.index('cardWalletAddress')
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param { import("knex").Knex } knex
+ * @returns { Promise<void> }
+ */
+exports.down = function (knex) {
+  return knex.schema.dropTableIfExists('cardPayments')
+}
diff --git a/packages/card-service/package.json b/packages/card-service/package.json
index aeadc35993..39fafcbf8a 100644
--- a/packages/card-service/package.json
+++ b/packages/card-service/package.json
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@
     "knex": "^3.1.0",
     "koa": "^2.15.4",
     "objection": "^3.1.5",
-    "pino": "^8.19.0"
+    "objection-db-errors": "^1.1.2",
+    "pino": "^8.19.0",
+    "uuid": "^9.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/koa": "2.15.0",
     "@types/koa-bodyparser": "^4.3.12",
     "@types/koa__cors": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/koa__router": "^12.0.4",
+    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.8",
     "ts-node-dev": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/card-service/src/card-payment/model.ts b/packages/card-service/src/card-payment/model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..704aeb49d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/card-service/src/card-payment/model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { BaseModel } from '../shared/baseModel'
+
+export class CardPayment extends BaseModel {
+  public static get tableName(): string {
+    return 'card_payments'
+  }
+
+  public requestId!: string
+  public requestedAt!: Date | null
+  public finalizedAt!: Date | null
+  public cardWalletAddress!: string
+  public incomingPaymentUrl?: string
+  public statusCode?: number
+  public outgoingPaymentId?: string
+  public terminalId!: string
+}
diff --git a/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseModel.test.ts b/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseModel.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfb256ec25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseModel.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { BaseModel, Pagination, SortOrder } from './baseModel'
+import { getPageInfo } from './pagination'
+
+interface PageTestsOptions<Type> {
+  createModel: () => Promise<Type>
+  getPage: (pagination?: Pagination, sortOrder?: SortOrder) => Promise<Type[]>
+}
+
+export const getPageTests = <Type extends BaseModel>({
+  createModel,
+  getPage
+}: PageTestsOptions<Type>): void => {
+  describe('Common BaseModel pagination', (): void => {
+    let modelsCreated: Type[]
+
+    beforeEach(async (): Promise<void> => {
+      modelsCreated = []
+      for (let i = 0; i < 22; i++) {
+        modelsCreated.push(await createModel())
+      }
+      modelsCreated.reverse() // default sort order is DESC
+    })
+
+    test.each`
+      pagination                  | expected                               | description
+      ${undefined}                | ${{ length: 20, first: 0, last: 19 }}  | ${'Defaults to fetching first 20 items'}
+      ${{ first: 10 }}            | ${{ length: 10, first: 0, last: 9 }}   | ${'Can change forward pagination limit'}
+      ${{ after: 0 }}             | ${{ length: 20, first: 1, last: 20 }}  | ${'Can paginate forwards from a cursor'}
+      ${{ first: 10, after: 9 }}  | ${{ length: 10, first: 10, last: 19 }} | ${'Can paginate forwards from a cursor with a limit'}
+      ${{ before: 20 }}           | ${{ length: 20, first: 0, last: 19 }}  | ${'Can paginate backwards from a cursor'}
+      ${{ last: 5, before: 10 }}  | ${{ length: 5, first: 5, last: 9 }}    | ${'Can paginate backwards from a cursor with a limit'}
+      ${{ after: 0, before: 19 }} | ${{ length: 20, first: 1, last: 20 }}  | ${'Providing before and after results in forward pagination'}
+    `('$description', async ({ pagination, expected }): Promise<void> => {
+      if (pagination?.after !== undefined) {
+        pagination.after = modelsCreated[pagination.after].id
+      }
+      if (pagination?.before !== undefined) {
+        pagination.before = modelsCreated[pagination.before].id
+      }
+      const models = await getPage(pagination)
+      expect(models).toHaveLength(expected.length)
+      expect(models[0].id).toEqual(modelsCreated[expected.first].id)
+      expect(models[expected.length - 1].id).toEqual(
+        modelsCreated[expected.last].id
+      )
+    })
+
+    test.each`
+      pagination        | expectedError                                 | description
+      ${{ last: 10 }}   | ${"Can't paginate backwards from the start."} | ${"Can't change backward pagination limit on it's own."}
+      ${{ first: -1 }}  | ${'Pagination index error'}                   | ${"Can't request less than 0"}
+      ${{ first: 101 }} | ${'Pagination index error'}                   | ${"Can't request more than 100"}
+    `('$description', async ({ pagination, expectedError }): Promise<void> => {
+      await expect(getPage(pagination)).rejects.toThrow(expectedError)
+    })
+
+    test.each`
+      order             | description
+      ${SortOrder.Asc}  | ${'Backwards/Forwards pagination results in same order for ASC.'}
+      ${SortOrder.Desc} | ${'Backwards/Forwards pagination results in same order for DESC.'}
+    `('$description', async ({ order }): Promise<void> => {
+      if (order === SortOrder.Asc) {
+        // model was in DESC order so needs to be reverted back to ASC
+        modelsCreated.reverse()
+      }
+      const paginationForwards = {
+        first: 10
+      }
+      const modelsForwards = await getPage(paginationForwards, order)
+      const paginationBackwards = {
+        last: 10,
+        before: modelsCreated[10].id
+      }
+      const modelsBackwards = await getPage(paginationBackwards, order)
+      expect(modelsForwards).toHaveLength(10)
+      expect(modelsBackwards).toHaveLength(10)
+      expect(modelsForwards).toEqual(modelsBackwards)
+    })
+
+    test.each`
+      pagination       | cursor  | start | end   | hasNextPage | hasPreviousPage | sortOrder
+      ${null}          | ${null} | ${0}  | ${19} | ${true}     | ${false}        | ${SortOrder.Desc}
+      ${{ first: 5 }}  | ${null} | ${0}  | ${4}  | ${true}     | ${false}        | ${SortOrder.Desc}
+      ${{ first: 22 }} | ${null} | ${0}  | ${21} | ${false}    | ${false}        | ${SortOrder.Desc}
+      ${{ first: 3 }}  | ${3}    | ${4}  | ${6}  | ${true}     | ${true}         | ${SortOrder.Desc}
+      ${{ last: 5 }}   | ${9}    | ${4}  | ${8}  | ${true}     | ${true}         | ${SortOrder.Desc}
+      ${null}          | ${null} | ${0}  | ${19} | ${true}     | ${false}        | ${SortOrder.Asc}
+      ${{ first: 5 }}  | ${null} | ${0}  | ${4}  | ${true}     | ${false}        | ${SortOrder.Asc}
+      ${{ first: 22 }} | ${null} | ${0}  | ${21} | ${false}    | ${false}        | ${SortOrder.Asc}
+      ${{ first: 3 }}  | ${3}    | ${4}  | ${6}  | ${true}     | ${true}         | ${SortOrder.Asc}
+      ${{ last: 5 }}   | ${9}    | ${4}  | ${8}  | ${true}     | ${true}         | ${SortOrder.Asc}
+    `(
+      'pagination $pagination with cursor $cursor in $sortOrder order',
+      async ({
+        pagination,
+        cursor,
+        start,
+        end,
+        hasNextPage,
+        hasPreviousPage,
+        sortOrder
+      }): Promise<void> => {
+        if (sortOrder === SortOrder.Asc) {
+          modelsCreated.reverse()
+        }
+        if (cursor) {
+          if (pagination.last) pagination.before = modelsCreated[cursor].id
+          else pagination.after = modelsCreated[cursor].id
+        }
+
+        const page = await getPage(pagination, sortOrder)
+        const pageInfo = await getPageInfo({
+          getPage: (pagination, sortOrder) => getPage(pagination, sortOrder),
+          page,
+          sortOrder
+        })
+        expect(pageInfo).toEqual({
+          startCursor: modelsCreated[start].id,
+          endCursor: modelsCreated[end].id,
+          hasNextPage,
+          hasPreviousPage
+        })
+      }
+    )
+  })
+}
+
+test.todo('test suite must contain at least one test')
diff --git a/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseModel.ts b/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseModel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b361238d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseModel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import {
+  Model,
+  ModelOptions,
+  Page,
+  Pojo,
+  QueryBuilder,
+  QueryContext
+} from 'objection'
+import { DbErrors } from 'objection-db-errors'
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
+
+export interface Pagination {
+  after?: string // Forward pagination: cursor.
+  before?: string // Backward pagination: cursor.
+  first?: number // Forward pagination: limit.
+  last?: number // Backward pagination: limit.
+}
+
+export interface PageInfo {
+  startCursor?: string
+  endCursor?: string
+  hasNextPage: boolean
+  hasPreviousPage: boolean
+}
+
+export enum SortOrder {
+  Asc = 'ASC',
+  Desc = 'DESC'
+}
+
+class PaginationQueryBuilder<M extends Model, R = M[]> extends QueryBuilder<
+  M,
+  R
+> {
+  ArrayQueryBuilderType!: PaginationQueryBuilder<M, M[]>
+  SingleQueryBuilderType!: PaginationQueryBuilder<M, M>
+  MaybeSingleQueryBuilderType!: PaginationQueryBuilder<M, M | undefined>
+  NumberQueryBuilderType!: PaginationQueryBuilder<M, number>
+  PageQueryBuilderType!: PaginationQueryBuilder<M, Page<M>>
+
+  /** TODO: Base64 encode/decode the cursors
+   * Buffer.from("Hello World").toString('base64')
+   * Buffer.from("SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=", 'base64').toString('ascii')
+   */
+
+  /** getPage
+   * The pagination algorithm is based on the Relay connection specification.
+   * Please read the spec before changing things:
+   * https://relay.dev/graphql/connections.htm
+   * @param pagination Pagination - cursors and limits.
+   * @param sortOrder SortOrder - Asc/Desc sort order.
+   * @returns Model[] An array of Models that form a page.
+   */
+  getPage(
+    pagination?: Pagination,
+    sortOrder: SortOrder = SortOrder.Desc
+  ): this {
+    const tableName = this.modelClass().tableName
+    if (
+      typeof pagination?.before === 'undefined' &&
+      typeof pagination?.last === 'number'
+    )
+      throw new Error("Can't paginate backwards from the start.")
+
+    const first = pagination?.first || 20
+    if (first < 0 || first > 100) throw new Error('Pagination index error')
+    const last = pagination?.last || 20
+    if (last < 0 || last > 100) throw new Error('Pagination index error')
+    /**
+     * Forward pagination
+     */
+    if (typeof pagination?.after === 'string') {
+      const comparisonOperator = sortOrder === SortOrder.Asc ? '>' : '<'
+      return this.whereRaw(
+        `("${tableName}"."createdAt", "${tableName}"."id") ${comparisonOperator} (select "${tableName}"."createdAt" :: TIMESTAMP, "${tableName}"."id" from ?? where "${tableName}"."id" = ?)`,
+        [this.modelClass().tableName, pagination.after]
+      )
+        .orderBy([
+          { column: 'createdAt', order: sortOrder },
+          { column: 'id', order: sortOrder }
+        ])
+        .limit(first)
+    }
+    /**
+     * Backward pagination
+     */
+    if (typeof pagination?.before === 'string') {
+      const comparisonOperator = sortOrder === SortOrder.Asc ? '<' : '>'
+      const order = sortOrder === SortOrder.Asc ? SortOrder.Desc : SortOrder.Asc
+      return this.whereRaw(
+        `("${tableName}"."createdAt", "${tableName}"."id") ${comparisonOperator} (select "${tableName}"."createdAt" :: TIMESTAMP, "${tableName}"."id" from ?? where "${tableName}"."id" = ?)`,
+        [this.modelClass().tableName, pagination.before]
+      )
+        .orderBy([
+          { column: 'createdAt', order },
+          { column: 'id', order }
+        ])
+        .limit(last)
+        .runAfter((models) => {
+          if (Array.isArray(models)) {
+            return models.reverse()
+          }
+        })
+    }
+
+    return this.orderBy([
+      { column: 'createdAt', order: sortOrder },
+      { column: 'id', order: sortOrder }
+    ]).limit(first)
+  }
+}
+
+export class PaginationModel extends DbErrors(Model) {
+  QueryBuilderType!: PaginationQueryBuilder<this>
+  static QueryBuilder = PaginationQueryBuilder
+}
+
+export abstract class BaseModel extends PaginationModel {
+  public static get modelPaths(): string[] {
+    return [__dirname]
+  }
+
+  public id!: string
+  public createdAt!: Date
+  public updatedAt!: Date
+
+  public $beforeInsert(context: QueryContext): void {
+    super.$beforeInsert(context)
+    this.id = this.id || uuid()
+  }
+
+  public $beforeUpdate(_opts: ModelOptions, _queryContext: QueryContext): void {
+    this.updatedAt = new Date()
+  }
+
+  $formatJson(json: Pojo): Pojo {
+    json = super.$formatJson(json)
+    return {
+      ...json,
+      createdAt: json.createdAt.toISOString(),
+      updatedAt: json.updatedAt.toISOString()
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseService.ts b/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3254a736e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/card-service/src/shared/baseService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { TransactionOrKnex } from 'objection'
+
+import { Logger } from 'pino'
+
+export interface BaseService {
+  logger: Logger
+  knex?: TransactionOrKnex
+}
diff --git a/packages/card-service/src/shared/filters.ts b/packages/card-service/src/shared/filters.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcfeb6c0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/card-service/src/shared/filters.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export interface FilterString {
+  in?: string[]
+}
diff --git a/packages/card-service/src/shared/pagination.ts b/packages/card-service/src/shared/pagination.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06a4bfc4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/card-service/src/shared/pagination.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { BaseModel, PageInfo, Pagination, SortOrder } from './baseModel'
+
+type GetPageInfoArgs<T extends BaseModel> = {
+  getPage: (pagination: Pagination, sortOrder?: SortOrder) => Promise<T[]>
+  page: T[]
+  sortOrder?: SortOrder
+}
+
+export async function getPageInfo<T extends BaseModel>({
+  getPage,
+  page,
+  sortOrder
+}: GetPageInfoArgs<T>): Promise<PageInfo> {
+  if (page.length == 0)
+    return {
+      hasPreviousPage: false,
+      hasNextPage: false
+    }
+  const firstId = page[0].id
+  const lastId = page[page.length - 1].id
+
+  let hasNextPage, hasPreviousPage
+
+  try {
+    hasNextPage = await getPage(
+      {
+        after: lastId,
+        first: 1
+      },
+      sortOrder
+    )
+  } catch (e) {
+    hasNextPage = []
+  }
+  try {
+    hasPreviousPage = await getPage(
+      {
+        before: firstId,
+        last: 1
+      },
+      sortOrder
+    )
+  } catch (e) {
+    hasPreviousPage = []
+  }
+
+  return {
+    endCursor: lastId,
+    hasNextPage: hasNextPage.length == 1,
+    hasPreviousPage: hasPreviousPage.length == 1,
+    startCursor: firstId
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 7f59dd4c5d..f037705333 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -565,9 +565,15 @@ importers:
       objection:
         specifier: ^3.1.5
         version: 3.1.5(knex@3.1.0)
+      objection-db-errors:
+        specifier: ^1.1.2
+        version: 1.1.2(objection@3.1.5)
       pino:
         specifier: ^8.19.0
         version: 8.19.0
+      uuid:
+        specifier: ^9.0.1
+        version: 9.0.1
     devDependencies:
       '@types/koa':
         specifier: 2.15.0
@@ -581,6 +587,9 @@ importers:
       '@types/koa__router':
         specifier: ^12.0.4
         version: 12.0.4
+      '@types/uuid':
+        specifier: ^9.0.8
+        version: 9.0.8
       ts-node-dev:
         specifier: ^2.0.0
         version: 2.0.0(@swc/core@1.11.29)(@types/node@20.14.15)(typescript@5.8.3)