[otoburb]

>Some of the better products out there exist for customers outside of the US.

Would appreciate if you could give some examples for non-US customers, at least for another point of comparison.

[bobcostas55]

In Sweden I can do this...you launch a desktop or phone app, tell it what limit you want on the card and when you want it to expire, and it gives you a number w/ CVC code that you can use instantly.

[negrit]

Same in France. The US is just behind.

[JetSpiegel]

Portugal has MBnet, with a web interface and an Android app, as I recall. It works as advertised.

[icebraining]

I can attest. It supports both "one shot" cards as well as multi-use (with a time limit, up to one year), both with a limit on how much they can be charged.

That said, I don't think it has an Android app, just a mobile website. The app that shows in Google Play is just a shortcut to the website (built by an unaffiliated developer).

And of course, it doesn't even any of the notification stuff, it's just a gateway to your regular bank account. Nor does it have physical cards.

[JetSpiegel]

Yeah, I mistook it for the Caixadirecta app, it's a different thing.

MBnet is made by SIBS, the same entity that controls all the ATM.

[dcustodio]

yes, MBnet is awesome. but sometimes some sites don't accept it (when they test the card doing some transactions first), I wonder if Final will have the same issues.

[lm2s]

That used to happen but I haven't experienced that in a while. Even before the introduction of multi usage virtual cards.

[riffraff]

intesa/sanpaolo/bci/cib/whatever (has a ton of brands in europe) has virtual cards with time-based expiration (at most 12 months) or single use.

I am reasonably sure ING and unicredit did that too some years ago.