On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 10:06:20AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Citibank in India experimented with a special case of this a few years ago
> - "online credit cards" - basically, a credit card number valid for one use
> only, which would be ideal for online purchasing.
>
> IIRC, the offering was withdrawn because there weren't enough takers.
American Express still does this, although it's difficult to find and use.
They call it "Private Payments".
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