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Aside: Are you aware of any APIs for the creation of one-time credit/debit cards?
by rory096 14y ago
Aside: Are you aware of any APIs for the creation of one-time credit/debit cards?
- JoshTriplett 14y agoI don't know of any, no; you'd probably want to partner with a friendly local bank for that. Offering such an API seems like a great unfilled business idea; I can easily think of half a dozen great businesses to build around that API, and a couple of really obvious business models to charge for it.
- rory096 14y agoInteresting. My initial thoughts were around a business built on that (better solving the problem I'm trying to address), but just an API could be huge. Looking around the internet, I've found a couple related things: Google Wallet creates a "Virtual OneTime Card" underwritten by The Bancorp Bank for each transaction. https://developers.google.com/commerce/wallet/online/faq https://developers.google.com/commerce/wallet/online/faq Citibank lets you log into your account and create a "virtual account number." http://blog.credit.com/2011/06/worried-about-online-security-use-a-temporary-credit-card-number/ http://blog.credit.com/2011/06/worried-about-online-security... This (brief) thread in a MasterCard forum, referencing closed APIs. https://developer.mastercard.com/portal/display/forums/One-time+credit+cards https://developer.mastercard.com/portal/display/forums/One-t...