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> Do you have any source to this claim? Paypal, for one, makes no attempt to hide this: https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-My-Account/using-prepaid-visa

> Do you have any source to this claim? Paypal, for one, makes no attempt to hide this: https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-My-Account/using-prepaid-visa-card/td-p/462071 https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-My-Account/using-p... While Paypal will accept it if you provide a Visa-verified billing address, not all will, and that would defeat the point of anonymity anyway. Visa and AmEx also forbid international payments on prepaid cards, and most merchants nowadays require a verified billing address. (This wasn't the case as recently as 2009). Remember that a prepaid card is not a credit card - there's no risk of you not paying, because they [Visa] already have your money and yet merchants refuse to take it. It's completely ridiculous.

wmf 14y ago
This sounds more like a problem with the issuing banks. Is there any way for a merchant to know that a card is prepaid? If not, how would they know not to check the billing address? (Semi-related: Do prepaid cards count as debit for purposes of the regulation on swipe fees?)
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  > This sounds more like a problem with the issuing banks. It's a problem with both parties, since both are known to refuse to process them. > Is there any way for a merchant to know that a card is prepaid? Yes > Is there any way for a merchant to know that a card is prepaid? No
  - chimeracoder 14y ago
    Copy and pasted wrong - just noticed. The 'no' is supposed to be in response to the debit card fees question.