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A comment on Ask HN: Is it safe to send credit card details via email (as WireX does)?.

Re:Ask HN: Is it safe to send credit card details via email ... by jaclaz on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @12:30PM (#14350872)
The card is issued by a "licensed electronic money institution" in Gibraltar:

>© 2016 Wirex Limited (CRN 09334596) 25 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1HN, UK.

The card is issued by Wave Crest Holdings Limited, a licensed electronic money institution by the Financial Services Commission, Gibraltar.

Site:

http://www.wavecrest.gi/

More info here:

http://www.wavecrest.gi/about-2/

http://www.wavecrest.gi/platform/fraudrisk-management/

Maybe the mail was pass-through?

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Re:Ask HN: Is it safe to send credit card details via email ... by donalhunt on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @03:59PM (#14352767)
https://help.wirexapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/211943665-Is-Wir...

Wirex card is Visa.

Please mind that:

- All cards ordered prior Dec 22, 2015 are Visa (both virtual and plastic).

- All cards ordered in the period from Dec 22, 2015 to Feb 10, 2016 are MasterCard (both virtual and plastic).

- Cards ordered between Feb 10, 2016 and Apr 15, 2017 are Visa for virtual and MasterCard for plastic.

- All cards ordered after Apr 15, 2017 are Visa (both virtual and plastic).

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