Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by humanistbot on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:29PM
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Literally every single "weird" or novel feature in this article is also offered by mainstream banks. Those banks are way less likely to collapse and leave their clients out of luck (remember most startups fail). The "weird" features mentioned in the article include: secured credit cards (or charge cards) for those with little to no credit, 'elite' metal cards with bundled subscriptions to Priority Pass and TSA Pre (which you can buy cheaper directly), split repayment, and virtual / one-off account numbers. Yawn.
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Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by onlyrealcuzzo on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:38PM
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> and virtual / one-off account numbers
Which major card issues offer this?
This is a feature I've wanted for a long time - but AFAIK - none of my cards have it.
Citi and Capital One have done this for a decade now
https://www.cardbenefits.citi.com/Products/Virtual-Account-N...
https://www.capitalone.com/digital/eno/virtual-card-numbers/
Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by mritchie712 on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:51PM
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MBNA (acquired by bank of america) was doing this in 2001 [0]
0 - https://www.banktech.com/core-systems/mbna-offers-single-use...
Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by criddell on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:52PM
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I think Apple's credit card does something close to this:
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/04/01/apple-card-virtual-...
Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by 62951413 on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:10PM
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Citi has done a terrible thing to their offering. Years ago, you could set the total value and its expiration date for a virtual card number. Nowadays you can set only the _daily_ maximum. Which makes them useless.
Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by neon_electro on Monday August 08, 2022 @05:36PM
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One Finance (via an FDIC-insured partner bank) offers a physical debit card, a "virtual" card behind that, and the option to create "pockets" that you fill with money, and you can generate additional "virtual cards" or account numbers for each pocket to enable transactions directly from the pockets.
Been really satisfied with the product since Simple died. https://www.one.app/
My citi double cash card has it.
Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by turkishmonky on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:45PM
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Citibank and Capital One offer them on some cards, iirc
Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by gamblor956 on Monday August 08, 2022 @05:55PM
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Bank of America used to offer these after acquiring MBNA, but stopped a few years ago in favor of better fraud protections.
Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by toomuchtodo on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:42PM
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CapitalOne, it’s specific to certain credit cards they offer. Bank of America used to, unsure if they still do.
Capital One makes you download a browser extension for some reason which I refuse to do. There is no other way to use them, not online not in the app. It's the craziest thing I've seen.
Re:Fintech is making credit cards weirder
by TheLoafOfBread on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:48PM
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Erste Bank have it too. At least for Debit cards