Orbiscom was an electronic payments company based in

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, Ireland. Orbiscom developed

Controlled Payment Number A controlled payment number, disposable credit card or virtual credit card is an alias for a credit card number, with a limited number of transactions, and an expiration date between two and twelve months from the issue date. This "alias" number ...

technology to generate transaction-unique numbers for credit cards, preventing fraud by masking the original card number. The company was founded in 1999 by Graham O'Donnell and Ian Flitcroft. In 2009, Orbiscom was acquired by Mastercard for €72.4 million and became a wholly owned subsidiary still trading under the Orbiscom name.

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