Virtual Account Numbers
Elliotte Rusty Harold has a bit on Citibank's virtual account numbers. This is a great service I've been using at MBNA for several years now.
One thing he doesn't mention is that in addition to making a "one-time-use" credit card number, you can specify a maximum credit line and an expiration date.
Here's what it looks like on MBNA when you choose the credit limit and expiration date. This way you know that not only can only one person charge the card, but that they can't exceed the amount you actually bought.
They do have some bits in the terms of service about how they have the right to extend the credit limit by a small amount to account for sales tax and shipping charges, but you can be sure that they'll refuse a charge that is significantly higher than you specify.Good stuff.
tags: virtual account numbers, credit cards
posted by Doug Simpkinson @ 11:43 AM
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2 Comments:
CitiBank does this for some accounts (not all). And it's great, I set a limit and I can buy from a vendor and not worry if someone steals my card from them.
Even if your card provider doesn't hold you libel, you still have to change over all the accounts that you have set for automatic payment, this helps on so many levels....
Thanks for providing such a useful information. Hope to get some more information in future also.
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Konnect24
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