I went looking through different virtual card providers for something that’d let me make a purchase I originally intended to use a prepaid for, yet they wouldn’t accept it. This led me to looking into Virtual Card providers as they’d work more consistently.

Problematically, Privacy.com seems overkill on what all it demands as far as KYC standards go, and some suggest IronVest as an alternative because it demands less. Yet, their privacy policy explicitly states they can share your information with advertising partners.

I haven’t encountered many providers, but seeing this trend, I wanna raise the question: Is there any virtual Card provider that really cares for privacy, and the privacy-minded?

  • ed_halocard@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    I paused halocard for now, since it does look like it’s paid. That makes me hesitate, but also gives me confidence (that its business model isn’t glorping up all my data).

    @[email protected] That’s the primary reason we only allow paid customers. Subscription revenue is our business model, selling your transaction history is not.

    We started Halocard with cheaper plans but attracted the wrong types of users – trial farmers, refund abusers and KYC mules.

    My team is focussed on building a product that is simple, transparent and privacy-preserving. We also care about having amazing customer service and having revenue allows us to remain independent and deliver on that promise.

    If you’d like to try us again, let me know.

    We value honest feedback and if something sucks, I’ll make sure we fix it.