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It must have taken a tremendous amount of work to get the payment gateways to work this way. How did you guys do it?

Thanks, @prbuckley, it was a painful two years of working very closely with one of the largest processors in the US, FIS, their core banking software actually powers thousands of banks, so we essentially, built a virtualization layer on top of their older systems. We intend to open these APIs down the road for others to build upon...stay tuned :) (I am a founder here)

We've been experimenting with a service that allows us to issue virtual fixed-limit cards. In other words, when we setup the card we deposit a certain amount into that card. Those funds are taken out of our bank account.

Once that money is used-up the card is no-longer usable and a new one has to be issued. This is a pain.

We've been looking for a solution that would allow us to create and issue virtual check cards linked to a central bank account. In this scenario the cards would still have spending limits but can be refreshed/renewed as needed. An API would be fantastic.

Can your platform do this?

Yes, We built this and much, much more. You can contact us at https:/getdash.io and we can discuss more.

Excellent! Thanks.

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