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Virtual card numbers are not a new thing. For example, some Citibank cards allow you to create separate virtual numbers for different merchants. However, it loo

Virtual card numbers are not a new thing. For example, some Citibank cards allow you to create separate virtual numbers for different merchants. However, it looks like Final makes the process much easier.

Animats 10y ago
Even Bank of America offers that, although it's really tough to find and requires Flash. They call it ShopSafe.[1] [1] https://www.bankofamerica.com/privacy/accounts-cards/shopsafe.go https://www.bankofamerica.com/privacy/accounts-cards/shopsaf...
- ars 10y ago
  That flash interface has not changed in 16 years, except that a few years ago they added a requirement to enter the three digit code from the back if card. So that's pretty impressive that they can still support and maintain code that old.
  - jjnoakes 10y ago
    16 years is impressive? What would you call a 33 year old multi million line codebase still being babysat in production today?
    - ars 10y ago
      It's not the age. It's that they didn't touch it for a decade, and then still had the ability to make changes to it when they needed to.
      - jjnoakes 10y ago
        How do you know they didn't touch it for a decade?
        ars 10y ago
        Because I've used it that long, and it did not change in the slightest except for the change I mentioned.
        jjnoakes 10y ago
        Just because the user interface or functionality didn't change doesn't imply the internals didn't change to keep it maintained and running though, right?
arfrank 10y ago
Virtual cards are just about 20 years old, we're starting there, but already working on a lot more pieces to what it takes to be a truly digital credit card.