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That's a built-in thing; Visa, MasterCard, Amex all have updater services that ensure trusted merchants get the replacement card seamlessly. This leads to annoy
by ceejayoz 7mo ago
That's a built-in thing; Visa, MasterCard, Amex all have updater services that ensure trusted merchants get the replacement card seamlessly. This leads to annoying edge cases like yours.
https://stripe.com/resources/more/what-is-a-card-account-updater-what-businesses-need-to-know https://stripe.com/resources/more/what-is-a-card-account-upd...
You can sometimes ask your bank to issue a card and not ping the updater service, but tier one support tends… not to know about it at all.
- rubyfan 7mo agoBoA issued me a new card after a fraudulent charge, the next year on the same date the same fraudulent charge showed up (annual billing cycle). This happened for more than three years because after they issued a new card they updated the service that billed the fraud with the new number.