How do I use my virtual card to buy gas?

You cannot buy gas with your virtual credit card. Virtual credit cards cannot be used for in-person purchases. They are just an option offered by several issuers for better protection against fraud when shopping online or over the phone.

What gas stations use NFC?

Tap-to-pay with NFC is still relatively new for gas stations, but this method is already being surpassed….Here are a few of the most popular U.S. gas station chains that support app payments:

• BP (Android, iPhone)
• Chevron (Android, iPhone, iPad)
• Exxon Mobile (Android, iPhone)
• Shell (Android, iPhone)

Should gas prices be priced by 9/10ths of a cent?

You see, pricing gas by the 9/10ths of a cent works a lot like when other stores sell items for prices ending with “.99″. Shoppers place much greater emphasis on the first number in a price and tend to ignore the least significant digits.

Why don’t they round up gas prices?

As to why they don’t round up, the answer lies in marketing. As silly as it seems when you stop and think about it for a second, that fraction of a penny does make a measurable difference in consumer behavior. You see, pricing gas by the 9/10ths of a cent works a lot like when other stores sell items for prices ending with “.99″.

How much does a full cent affect a gallon of gas?

Rounding up or down by a full cent (which would be about an 18 cent swing per gallon in today’s money) also greatly affected the bottom-line of the particular fuel station. Today, federal gas taxes continue to add up to fractions of a penny.

When did fuel prices start being priced by a penny?

The practice of pricing fuel with a fraction of a penny is thought to have started around the 1930s. While we can’t be sure who was the first to price fuel this way, it seems to have become relatively commonplace across the United States all the sudden around the same time. So what happened? In short- taxes and the Great Depression.