Nowadays more and more people prefer to use their credit cards when shopping on the Internet. But there are some who still fear because of the identity theft risk. To make online transactions safer major U.S. banks and credit card companies offer so called temporary or virtual credit cards to their cardholders.
Temporary credit cards are one time use and short term credit card numbers linked to regular credit cards. Purchases made with temporary credit cards will still be shown on monthly credit card statements as regular purchases or separately.
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