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I don't know if they do, but I've used a service before that provides similar functionality, a "temporary proxy credit card", which also permits one to not even provide one's real name and address to a vendor.
But it's more work to set one up than it is to do a PayPal transaction. Like, I could do it if a vendor doesn't permit for PayPal payments and I really really want what the vendor is selling, but PayPal does the big "the vendor doesn't get your credentials" security fix and avoids creating extra hurdles for a purchaser to jump through.
Some Citi cards and privacy.com let you do this. Privacy.com takes a business day or two to verify you though
Revolut literally has this as a feature, single-use cards.
Additionally at least in Europe 3Dsecure is very common. It's opt-in which makes it kinda weird, but still widely used.
My provider unfortunately doesn't, so I have to rely on PayPal as the proxy. I use USD, so I guess I won't be too affected, but it is a bummer that I can't seem to ditch them.