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 IIRC, the offering was withdrawn because there weren't enough takers.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". -- - Adam ----- http://www.adamfields.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]