Oink to provide safe youth payments for Discover Network merchants

Oink, the teen payment technology also known as Virtual Piggy, is announcing today that it will provide payments for teen-friendly merchant Discover Network, the fourth-largest credit card company.

Oink is providing an alternative to gift cards for teens, who aren’t old enough to have credit cards. Oink lets teens make secure online purchases over any platform without having to turn over identity information to the merchant. In that sense, it complies with laws such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act that protect kids who use online services such as games. COPPA prevents the collection of personally identifiable information for anyone under 13, making it difficult to verify transactions.