[bovermyer]

Are you sure this is as uncommon as you suggest?

[oytis]

I have seen it only once so far when one minor German publisher asked me to send the same details per snail-mail. Luckily they also had other options.

I can't really know how common it is in UK, never been there, but I would definitely be surprised.

[jkaplowitz]

Can confirm it's normal enough in both Canada and the US, though the security code is only sometimes requested. I don't have knowledge either way about this question for the UK.

[Angostura]

It's incredibly normal in the UK. You can pay for your delivery pizza that way, or your car insurance or whatever.