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Does anyone know of good single-use virtual credit cards. Specifically for online purchases like flights or hotels where you can limit the card to one time use or a max limit? (www.rbcroyalbank.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by NarrativeBear@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28567151

A few cards that I read about.

RBC virtual card, seems to do what I need. But it's available for business use only.

Robinhood Gold Card, only in the states.

Wise, not sure if exact limits are available.

Context: I recently purchased a hotel stay where a merchant charged my card for the advertised price on their website, the amount was then refunded. Then another merchant charged my card a higher amount (a few hundred) all in a few seconds of the original transaction.

Edit: I found Wise provides limits on their virtual cards. I have yet to test how this works and if the transaction is declined for Insufficient funds, does anyone have experience with this?

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[–] slowbyrne@lemmy.zip 4 points 22 hours ago

A bit more setup is required but I love having a Wise (formerly TransferWise) account for the virtual cards and the low fee currency conversion.