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A Final Farewell

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Re: A Final Farewell

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Post by discreditable »

I received the same message. I'm a little disappointed that such a notification would be sent via email without any verification on their website, blog, or social media accounts.

If it's legit, I'm saddened. Final had a great idea in virtual cards. I hope someone can explain why they are closing down.

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Post by ubuntuftw »

This is such a shock to me! I've been a Final customer for a year or so now, and I have absolutely loved their product. I told all of my friends about it. I'm so sad to hear they're shutting down, and very curious as to why.

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Post by [deleted] »

ubuntuftw wrote: post #3

This is such a shock to me! I've been a Final customer for a year or so now, and I have absolutely loved their product. I told all of my friends about it. I'm so sad to hear they're shutting down, and very curious as to why.

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Post by lewisl9029 »

That's too bad. I loved using Final.

I know Privacy [0] is one possible alternative, but it's debit based rather than credit based like Final is, and they require linking a bank account by username and password, which AFAIK makes you entirely liable for any fraudulent activity for the account, so that's a non-starter for me. Anyone aware of any other services that provide virtual cards like these?

[0] https://privacy.com/

EDIT: just found out about Token [1], which seems similar. But the fact that it makes you enter your phone number to get a link to the app seems rather shady... I can't seem to find their app on the Play Store so I'm going to assume they're iOS only and skip it. Can anyone comment on their experience with the service?

[1] https://jointoken.com/#slide1

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Post by provost »

Had to look up their page (getfinal.com). Had I known about this product, I probably would have embraced it. Wish the team the best of luck, and hope it gets revived!

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Post by kreitje »

For a credit card company their support was amazing. I had a few issues with the 2fa SMS being delayed and they answered within a couple minutes.
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