Indeed, it's a security nightmare: you try to convince people that no, actually, typing confiential information into random popup windows is a really, really bad idea, and then the Visa idiots start requiring people to do so. It's so mind-boggingly stupid that only a financial company could have come up with the idea.
There's a reason why I mostly buy online with Amex these days.

The implementation I'm getting does not require me to type my card number into the popup window. The only place I do that is on the GOG page. In the popup window I type a password I chose myself when I registered with VbV, and the popup window shows me a bit of personal information I typed in on registration, so that I know it's legit and not a phishing popup. As far as I'm concerned that's an excellent system, and does actually provide extra security with a minimum of fuss.

Could be that Visa is requiring it because of where GOG is located. Keep in mind they aren't a US company.

a code card implementation would be nice.
the way I get it is a popup requiring a password. and as movieman says, entering passwords into random popups isn't my idea of safe.
My online banking has a code card, which WOULD be a good idea, if they didn't ALSO insist on me entering my PIN code, password, sort code and almost every other bit of information known to man.... sigh.

It is likely that the folks at GoG have no control over this - their payment gateway may require it now (or they may be required by someone else [the payment gateway that is]). It is just another layer of security that helps ensure that it is you making the purchase - the main downside is if you forget your VbV password (been there, done that :/).

VbV routes the request through visa to the bank where the card is issued from for identification. So it is your bank asking that information, not visa or gog. Verified by Visa is also getting more and more popular as it is good way to identify that card is used by correct person. Naturally if you have not seen it before it might raise questions, but you just have to get used to it.

Same issue :x

I have a MasterCard and I can buy from GoG with "one button" click. I just input the usual required information and that's it, no pop-ups.
The funny part is that it even worked when I forgot to choose "MasterCard" and the selection remained on "Visa" :)

First of all, I'd like apologize for resurrecting an old thread and for the poor English. I just figured it would be smarter to post this in here rather than have a whole new thread about it.
Okay, so I bought some games and after proceeding the payment information, I was prompted to verify my purchace through my banks database. (pop-up)
After doing so I was redirected to my games page..... where it showed nothing, zit, nil. I figured it must be because of my debit card (it needs the banks validation for the amount of money I have in my account). So I checked my bank account nothing has yet been charged.
I was just wondering if any of you have had similiar problems with GoG? Did it take a while for your games to appear in the download list or were they there immediately?
And did you receive an email about your purchace because I have not, should I received one?

For me, games have always showed up instantly and I did get a confirmation e-mail from GOG about the purchase. I would contact GOG support with this issue, but be prepared to wait a few days for an answer. Between the holidays and the weekend, I'm sure they are quite backed up on support requests.