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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 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/askto

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A few cards that I read about.

RBC virtual card, seems to do what I need.

Robinhood Gold Card, only in the states.

Wize, not sure if limits are available.

Context: I recently purchased a hotel stay where a merchant charged my card, refunded the amount, and them charged my card a higher amount, all in a few seconds.

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.

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[–] avidamoeba 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Not exactly what you want but thought worth mentioning - Cash Passport. It's available at Canada Post locations. You can also buy single-use credit cards there. I think both require ID however so they're not suitable for anonymous purchases.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Nice, I did not know about this. Looks very similar to Wise with a multi-currency card.