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Why Won't PayPal Accept My Secure Account Number?

Why Won't PayPal Accept My Secure Account Number?

By Laura Northrup August 22, 2012

Discover has a neat account security feature: the ability to generate numbers that only work with one merchant. Imagine how handy this would be in the case of a credit card number breach! Only PayPal, arguably the biggest third-party payment processor in the solar system, won’t accept one of these numbers. It could have something to do with that third-party nature…or do they hate account security? That’s what Doug thinks. [More]

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