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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by brazzledazzle on Friday June 17, 2016 @02:36PM (#11924601)
I can't understand why virtual card numbers haven't been embraced across the industry. While it wouldn't solve every problem you mentioned it would make the need to update cards with services non-existent. I think it's safe to assume that a virtual card number per service would also allow them to more quickly assess where the breach occurred.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by zippergz on Friday June 17, 2016 @04:44PM (#11925432)
Bank of America still offered this last time I checked, but the stupid thing required Flash so I never bothered with it.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by tjohns on Friday June 17, 2016 @06:07PM (#11925854)
Only for BofA credit cards. For some reason they won't let you use it for their debit cards.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by lostcolony on Friday June 17, 2016 @06:13PM (#11925883)
Not to mention requiring Bank of America. No thank you.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by jdeibele on Friday June 17, 2016 @02:59PM (#11924804)
Agree. If Google and Apple can do per-app passwords for apps or websites that don't work with 2-factor authentication it seems like Visa should be able to kick out a per-merchant number for Comcast, Netflix, etc.

If the underlying credit card number is compromised, just change that and leave the virtual in place.

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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by emidln on Friday June 17, 2016 @03:14PM (#11924917)
This used to work with Paypal virtual debit cards. At some point in the last 5 years they decided to cancel the program.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by ryanmaclean on Saturday June 18, 2016 @06:30PM (#11930928)
Just a quick chime in here - our system does in fact do that, and though I can't speak with authority about others, my understanding is that they do the same.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by BlackFly on Saturday June 18, 2016 @02:15PM (#11929868)
The biggest problem with virtual card numbers at the moment is when you show up at the hotel and cannot provide the card you reserved the room with. Notwithstanding that, they are quite successful in some parts of the world.
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