Questions tagged [virtual-credit-card]
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How do you empty an online virtual debit card?
I have an online virtual debit card which was provided from a company as a refund.
To all intents and purposes, this is indistinguishable from a physical card but I've yet to find anywhere online where I can use for part payment so how to you spend…
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I Lost $1000+ on EntroPay - How should I best pursue getting my money back?
I wanted to buy a laptop from Lenovo shop, but it turned out they were not accepting my card, so I went on to the EntroPay. This website, as it mentions, provides Virtual Credit Cards for online shopping from any shopping portal. I believed that…
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How do websites ban prepaid cards?
A small number of websites prevent customers from checking out using a prepaid card.
How do websites manage this when there are so many prepaid cards out there?
Are there any prepaid cards known for making it through such a ban?
Many people…
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Are banks discontinuing single-use virtual credit card numbers (like BofA's ShopSafe)?
I found this old question / answer that refer to the same problem: I used to generate a new virtual credit card number with BofA's ShopSafe service, set the credit limit / expiration date and I could be sure that the merchant couldn't charge more /…
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how do i get an out-of-state billing address for a credit card?
When I buy virtual items online that do not need to be shipped, sales tax is often calculated by the merchant automatically based on my credit card billing address. My billing address is in California, but I travel a lot, so this can be annoying - I…
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How do I know my Citi credit card account number for setting up a Virtual Account Number?
I have a credit card from Citibank, and I want to create an Online Account¹ (a virtual credit card number) but it asks me for my "Credit Card Account Number". Upon entering my credit card number (without dashes) it fails with the error "Your entries…
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Is there any site you can find out about the 'bonus features' of credit cards?
I'm doing fairly well financially, and pay my credit cards off monthly, so to me they are less useful for financing and more useful as a matter of convenience. As such, I'd like to know more about the convenience angle, which often aren't disclosed…
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Which banks / companies offer virtual or instant credit card services in the UK?
I'm looking to make a small number of hotel and guest-house reservations, and thought that generated credit card numbers with defined limits would be a good idea.
Which companies provide such services in the UK, either as an additional service to a…
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How do credit card issuers have enough numbers for virtual CCs?
Virtual / disposable / temporary / alias (all common names) credit cards frequently issue new numbers.
How is the cc company able to give out so many numbers? (Especially to a person who uses it very often.)
Do they ever run out? Each time should be…
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Could my credit ratings have been hurt even if I use a virtual credit card?
I had subscribed to NY Times during an introductory offer with a Virtual Shopsafe credit card. I didn't increase the limit on my credit card and after the first month, my subscription became delinquent.
Despite this NY Times continued to deliver the…
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What are the available credit card companies that offer virtual credit card number generation?
What credit card companies offer virtual credit card number generation for one-time purchases for extra security over the Internet?
I heard that PayPal offers this for their debut card, but am not sure it is still offered.
I also heard that Citibank…
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Virtual (one-time) card number expiration period
Bank of America, Citi and Discover card provide one-time card number or virtual card number that can be used online in order to buy something while not using one's own real credit card number.
I wonder how one can set up his own 'expiration period'…
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As an European citizen, how can I shop in websites that require a US credit card (a card with a US billing address)
Recently I started exploring a product (called "Google Domains" but that's not really relevant to the question). The point is, this product is currently open to "US residents only" and a few other countries but is not yet open to my country (a EU…
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Anonymous CC: Does "Entropay" really not hand my personal data over to a company - are there alternatives?
these days our anonymity gets less and less and today I remembered that I actually had a virtual credit card, that I might use to shop more anonymous, from Entroypay.
Now Entropay states:
"Financial information and personal data are not listed nor…
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Can I send money from my VCC to PayPal?
I don't have a bank account due to several (personal) reasons, and I can't open one, but in some way (with help of my mobile service provider) I can have as many Virtual Credit Cards as I want. Those credit cards last 24 hours and can be used once.…
