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Subject:
Visa equivalent to AmEx private Payments exists?
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: spurious-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
29 Jan 2004 00:39 PST
Expires: 28 Feb 2004 00:39 PST Question ID: 301339 |
Do any of the major credit cards generally accepted by internet vendors (I guess Visa, Diners) offer a service equivalent to American Express' "Private Payments" service where you can get a one-time card number that can't be rebilled or otherwise used fraudulently? |
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Re: Visa equivalent to AmEx private Payments exists?
Answered By: alexander-ga on 29 Jan 2004 23:13 PST Rated: |
In addition to American Express' Private Payments service, Discover offers a program called "Discover Deskshop" which can generate single-use card numbers: http://www2.discovercard.com/deskshop/main.shtml Unlike American Express and Discover, which issue their own credit cards, Visa and Mastercard cards are issued by participating banks, not the Visa or Mastercard associations. Citibank is the only Visa/Mastercard issuer I could locate that offers a single-use card number program, called "Virtual Account Numbers": http://www.citibank.com/us/cards/tour/cb/shp_van.htm This page at Bankrate.com has a quick overview of these three programs: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20021011b.asp Search terms: "citibank virtual account numbers" |
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Re: Visa equivalent to AmEx private Payments exists?
From: newenglander-ga on 25 Oct 2004 07:05 PDT |
MBNA also offers a similar feature for their cards, it is called ShopSafe and can be accessed from http://www.mbnanetaccess.com, if you have an account with them. Both MBNA and Citibank allows you to set an expiration date and a credit limit. MBNA, Citibank and Discover permit only one merchant to use the generated card number. Sometimes this causes problems when initial payment is done by one merchant, but a subsequent payment is processed with a slightly different spelling of merchant's name. Discover does not allow you to set a limit or expiration date, instead the generated card number is linked to your original card, which may be more convenient for recurrent payments. For all three companies a single use card number can be generated off their web sites, or you can install small applications to your desktop. |
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