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Posted on May 30, 2026May 30, 2026

Virtual Payment “Cards”

Something I’ve just become aware of – the ability to create and use on-off payment details for online retail purchases. This is a facility that’s appearing with the new payment cards – Revolut, Monzo and payment/transfer systems – Wyse. In essence you can setup your account to use payment details just once from your account and then they will be removed from your card, thus enabling you to protect the source of your payment.

Here’s a short presentation of what you can do, using Revolut as an example …

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