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Ask HN: virtual credit card number service?
The linode "incident" HN thread has a couple examples[1] of banks using virtual CC numbers you can use for one transaction only: BofA and CityBank
Does any one know about other services like this?
1- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5553723
- consta 14y agoI have been using entropay [1] as a virtual credit card for quite some time. It isn't restricted to one-time-only transactions though. 1 - https://www.entropay.com/ https://www.entropay.com/
- showsover 14y agoI use vikingcard [0]. You can get a real or a virtual card. https://vikingcard.com/en/ https://vikingcard.com/en/
- ttsda 14y agoIn Portugal there is MBNet (https://www.mbnet.pt/ https://www.mbnet.pt/), it is activated in ATMs, and will be bonded to whatever debit card you use to register. If you have a VISA debit card, it will create virtual VISA credit cards, and if you have a MasterCard debit card, it will create virtual MasterCard credit cards. It has an option of creating a virtual CC for only one transaction, with a value limit, and another option of creating a virtual CC that can be used several times, with a limit of up to 12 months, and a value limit as well.
- caw 14y agoWhen I had my CitiBank credit card, there were actually 2 options for virtual credit card numbers. One time use and max dollar use. The max dollar version could get charged repeatedly (e.g. Netflix or other subscriptions), until they hit your cap, at which point they were invalid. I got rid of that card because they wanted to implement an annual fee, and I wasn't even getting good rewards, so I dumped it. That was at least 4 years ago though.
- jbtule 14y agoMore specifically, the BoA and CitiBank virtual CC numbers can be used for one Merchant only (the first one charged, rather than one transaction) and you set the max dollar limit and expiration for both options. The 2nd option for reoccurring, just helps you do the math for reoccurring so you have the right total and expiration.
- _vn5r 14y agohttps://www.netspend.com/ https://www.netspend.com/ They send you a debit card you can refill, and allows you to create many virtual cards.
- stock_toaster 14y agodiscover card apparently does (never owned one though)
- chriogenix 14y agoCiticards does this. I don't pay an annual fee for my card so it might be worth taking a look at