Static CVV numbers are so last decade

[alexs (Alex Sherwood)]

@richyb

give each merchant a unique card number

Tom’s a fan of this concept too

Idea to solve the problem of changing card number on loads of subscriptions

Yes, great idea - I’ve also had this problem before. A 16 digit card number (PAN) is actually just a pointer to an account. So you can have multiple PANs all pointing at the same account. You can even have PANs without a plastic card attached. So the solution is to let you generate a virtual card just used for online subscriptions. I believe the expiry date can even be set to decades in future. You could even generate a new virtual card for every new subscription service - letting you can easi…

I work for a card issuer who enables business customers (so high volumes) to create & use a different card for every transaction they make so numbering capacity actually isn’t an issue, it’s very doable.