JPMorgan Chase is ditching plastic for some of its credit cards. The Wall Street giant’s commercial cards team is partnering with Bay Area start-up Marqeta to launch digital-only credit cards. The new function will allow JPMorgan corporate cards to work in mobile wallets such as Apple Pay or Samsung Pay immediately …
Read More »Don’t expect your bank’s virtual cards to be the ultimate security solution
Finding out you’re a data breach victim is bad enough. But the process of canceling credit cards and checking statements for suspicious activity will likely be an even bigger headache. Capital One is the latest bank to offer a possible solution to fraud and online shopping scams: merchant-specific virtual card numbers. Virtual card …
Read More »How does work a virtual credit card?
When it comes to protecting your financial data, there’s no such thing as too safe. That’s where a virtual credit card might come into play. Virtual credit cards aren’t really cards at all — at least not in the literal sense. A virtual credit card is a randomly generated number …
Read More »Visa and MasterCard are equal companies: Looking for the best option
Visa and MasterCard are equal companies Only four years apart, both American companies have worked hard to gain their worldwide success and keep up with the latest technologies, which inspired them to create virtual prepaid cards as an addition to plastic ones. Considering MasterCard and Visa process payments …
Read More »Stay Secure Online with Virtual Credit Card Numbers
What is a Virtual Credit Card? A virtual card functions like a disposable representative of your real card. If something happens to a virtual card, you can just delete it and get a new one. The two main purposes for using virtual account numbers (VANs) are security and convenience. Instead of …
Read More »‘Virtual credit cards’ draw mixed reviews
State legislation attaches limitations to use of new technology ATLANTA — The term “virtual credit cards’’ sounds like some futuristic version of the typical plastic. But too many doctors, dentists, hospitals and other medical providers, it’s very much a part of their present day. And not always desirable. The …
Read More »List of Banks Offering Virtual Account Numbers
Some banks offer a Virtual Account Number feature which allows us to generate an unlimited amount of credit card numbers tied to a single card account. The idea is to use a temporary virtual number for any online or phone transactions where you want to create limits or protect …
Read More »Virtual credit cards defend against fraud and keep ‘free trials’ free
Virtual credit cards defend against fraud The economics around free trials is not a secret. Companies hope that customers who plan to cancel after that 30-day Hulu, LinkedIn or Amazon Prime trial ends forget, and stay on as subscribers. Some people, probably the ones who don’t hit snooze on …
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