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>> Final lets you give a unique credit card number to every merchant, or a disposable one-time use number for one-off purchases.

> This is something I have been asking for since forever! People on here claimed it was "impossible" because of how credit cards work, I guess not...

My Bank of America Visa had a "temporary number generator" feature that I used when buying from sites that I thought were sketchy. I haven't used the card in some time so don't know if it still exists.



> My Bank of America Visa had a "temporary number generator" feature ... don't know if it still exists.

It exists still, but you have to login to the site to use it, and the card generator is written in Flash.

Aside from that, it's very good. It ties the number to the merchant and you can set a limit and expiration date.

I use it for a lot of recurring subscriptions, and "sketchy sites" purchases.




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