At 21:04 2004-06-06 -0400, Adam Fields wrote:
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 IIRC, the offering was withdrawn because there weren't enough takers.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".
Actually, they just discontinued it too, as of end of may.
Greg.
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