Prepaid/reloadable credit or debit card 13 December 2022 at 6:06PM in Credit cards 4 replies 217 views

collins75

Could someone please provide me some up-to-date info regarding a prepaid credit or debit card for occasional use online

to prevent personal details being stolen and unauthorised purchases being made.  From what I've read they all appear

to require a smartphone or 'App', neither of which I have.

grumbler

>> Prepaid cards

Not sure whether it's possible to stop some debit cards from going into overdraft, but by definition credit cards can be neither prepaid nor reloadable.

MrFrugalFever

Personally, I’d prefer to use a credit card for online purchases as it’s the credit card companies money being spent and in the event of fraud, it becomes very much their problem.

jbrassy

collins75 said:

Could someone please provide me some up-to-date info regarding a prepaid credit or debit card for occasional use online

to prevent personal details being stolen and unauthorised purchases being made.  From what I've read they all appear

to require a smartphone or 'App', neither of which I have.

I don't think any bank or credit card provider will be able to 100% guarantee that a fraudulent transaction will be made on your card. As someone said, best option is to get a credit card. I've had fraudulent transactions on my Amex and Barclaycard credit cards and it's been minimal hassle recovering the money.

NoodleDoodleMan

As above - there is no such thing as a prepaid credit card.