Useful plastic money idea?
- From: Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:17:32 +0100
..--<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/31/ireland_disposable_credit_card/>
| Permanent TSB and Visa are encouraging Irish shoppers to go online with
| the launch of a new disposable credit card voucher.
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| About 67 per cent of Irish adults do not have a credit card, leaving them
| unable to book flights and tickets, buy music or shop online. However, the
| new credit card voucher from Permanent TSB is hoping to change that.
| Similar to mobile phone top-up vouchers, the new voucher has a unique
| credit card number and a set credit limit. The vouchers can be disposed of
| once they've been used, with no security risk to the customer.
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| Reports indicate that the disposable credit card, which was tested in
| Dublin in recent months, will be available to buy in ordinary shops. The
| new voucher will also be launched in the UK and Europe in the near future.
| [...]
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