Comment by xhrpost

Off topic but still relevant, but doesn't it seem a bit primitive that companies have to store you CC# for recurring payments? The one number that uniquely identifies your account and everyone you want to re-use it has to keep a copy. Couldn't the credit card company issue some unique ID to each vendor for recurrent payments? Ex. the vendor issues your CC# to the CC Company for charge and recurring process. The CC Co. responds by replying back with authorization and an ID unique to that vendor that says "Use this number for charging this customer again, but it will only work coming from you, so if you lose it, it can't be used elsewhere". The vendor then discards your real CC number.