⢠More than $10 million in annual sales or operating budget ... - Visa
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• <strong>M<strong>or</strong>e</strong> <strong>than</strong> <strong>$10</strong> <strong>million</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>annual</strong> <strong>sales</strong> <strong>or</strong> operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>budget</strong><br />
• <strong>M<strong>or</strong>e</strong> <strong>than</strong> 50 employees<br />
• Purchases of day-to-day bus<strong>in</strong>ess expenses (i.e. office supplies, courier,<br />
computer equipment)<br />
• A need f<strong>or</strong> streaml<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the purchas<strong>in</strong>g process<br />
Lower<strong>in</strong>g operat<strong>in</strong>g expenses is an ongo<strong>in</strong>g management challenge. The VISA<br />
Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program helps companies manage the purchas<strong>in</strong>g process m<strong>or</strong>e<br />
efficiently to meet this challenge head-on. This not only helps to lower costs, but also<br />
speeds up the delivery of goods and services and frees up time f<strong>or</strong> m<strong>or</strong>e strategic<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess pri<strong>or</strong>ities<br />
By automat<strong>in</strong>g and simplify<strong>in</strong>g time-consum<strong>in</strong>g, paper-based procurement processes,<br />
the VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program reduces the need f<strong>or</strong> requisitions, purchase <strong>or</strong>ders,<br />
<strong>in</strong>voices and cheques.<br />
The numbers speak f<strong>or</strong> themselves. A study of medium- to large-sized Canadian<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses shows that it takes an average of 5.3 days and $55 to complete a s<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
purchase <strong>or</strong>der. With the average company process<strong>in</strong>g 4,835 purchase <strong>or</strong>ders a year,<br />
the costs add up. 1 By simplify<strong>in</strong>g and speed<strong>in</strong>g-up the process, the VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Card Program can lower <strong>in</strong>ternal transaction costs by as much as 76%. 2<br />
Detailed transaction and spend<strong>in</strong>g data, customized rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g features and data<br />
track<strong>in</strong>g tools give managers m<strong>or</strong>e detailed purchas<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>f<strong>or</strong>mation and the ability to<br />
monit<strong>or</strong> vend<strong>or</strong> purchas<strong>in</strong>g activities and <strong>in</strong>dividual cardholder purchases over time.<br />
This allows you to f<strong>in</strong>e-tune your <strong>in</strong>ternal purchas<strong>in</strong>g process and negotiate better deals<br />
with external suppliers.<br />
Beyond the sav<strong>in</strong>gs that flow from a streaml<strong>in</strong>ed procurement cycle, VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
gives you the tools to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> control of employee spend<strong>in</strong>g. Variable transaction<br />
auth<strong>or</strong>ization limits and Merchant Categ<strong>or</strong>y Code block<strong>in</strong>g allow management to<br />
establish spend<strong>in</strong>g guidel<strong>in</strong>es and approve merchant types <strong>in</strong> advance to ensure<br />
greater control of the process. Detailed transaction and spend<strong>in</strong>g data give you a<br />
1 “How Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Buys”, <strong>Visa</strong> Canada Association, 2004.<br />
2 ”2003 Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Benchmark Survey Results",R. Palmer & M.Gupta.<br />
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clearer picture of <strong>in</strong>dividual cardholder and overall company spend<strong>in</strong>g and vend<strong>or</strong><br />
costs. This will help to identify maverick spend<strong>in</strong>g and cost over-runs to ensure<br />
compliance with company spend<strong>in</strong>g policy, <strong>budget</strong>s and limits.<br />
The VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program offers outstand<strong>in</strong>g features that comb<strong>in</strong>e to give<br />
managers and adm<strong>in</strong>istrat<strong>or</strong>s m<strong>or</strong>e assurance and control, and cardholders m<strong>or</strong>e<br />
flexibility. Ultimately, it all adds up to a m<strong>or</strong>e effective way of do<strong>in</strong>g bus<strong>in</strong>ess.<br />
VISA cards are <strong>in</strong>ternationally recognized, accepted and respected. In fact, VISA<br />
cardholders are welcomed at over 600,000 merchant locations <strong>in</strong> Canada and over 20<br />
<strong>million</strong> locations <strong>in</strong> m<strong>or</strong>e <strong>than</strong> 150 countries. This level of acceptance gives VISA<br />
Purchas<strong>in</strong>g cardholders the flexibility to select the vend<strong>or</strong>s of their choice - both<br />
nationally and <strong>in</strong>ternationally.<br />
Whether it’s f<strong>or</strong> computer <strong>or</strong> office equipment, office supplies, cater<strong>in</strong>g, courier services<br />
<strong>or</strong> most other bus<strong>in</strong>ess expenses, the VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program gives<br />
cardholders the flexibility to quickly and directly make purchases <strong>in</strong> person, over the<br />
phone, on the Internet, <strong>or</strong> by mail.<br />
Customized rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g, management and data track<strong>in</strong>g tools improve your control of the<br />
entire purchas<strong>in</strong>g process. Automated and customized VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card<br />
transaction data flows from each card Issuer, empower<strong>in</strong>g managers to monit<strong>or</strong>,<br />
analyze and rep<strong>or</strong>t on expenditures, negotiate with suppliers and ensure purchas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
policy compliance. In addition, high-level rep<strong>or</strong>ts give Seni<strong>or</strong> Management a broad<br />
overview of spend<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong> the Card Program, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g merchant statistics and<br />
exception rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g that identifies spend<strong>in</strong>g outside of c<strong>or</strong>p<strong>or</strong>ate policies.<br />
VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card clients enjoy access to VISA Enhanced Data Services which<br />
delivers m<strong>or</strong>e detailed l<strong>in</strong>e-item <strong>in</strong>f<strong>or</strong>mation on their card purchases. This helps<br />
maximize the efficiency of purchas<strong>in</strong>g and tax rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g while m<strong>in</strong>imiz<strong>in</strong>g adm<strong>in</strong>istration.<br />
The benefits of VISA Enhanced Data Services are substantial. With m<strong>or</strong>e detailed<br />
<strong>in</strong>f<strong>or</strong>mation on the nature and source of purchases, companies enjoy greater leverage<br />
when negotiat<strong>in</strong>g with suppliers.This can result <strong>in</strong> m<strong>or</strong>e cost-effective negotiations<br />
w<strong>or</strong>th 5 to 10% <strong>in</strong> pric<strong>in</strong>g reductions. 3<br />
3 <strong>Visa</strong> International Enhanced Data Study, Deloitte Consult<strong>in</strong>g, 2002.<br />
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VISA Enhanced Data is only available from enrolled suppliers. If necessary, your VISA-<br />
Issu<strong>in</strong>g F<strong>in</strong>ancial Institution will w<strong>or</strong>k with you to help get your key suppliers enrolled <strong>in</strong><br />
the program.<br />
From <strong>in</strong>itial consultation to complete program implementation, VISA- Issu<strong>in</strong>g F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Institutions offer a range of supp<strong>or</strong>t services <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g implementation assistance, 24-<br />
hour customer service and professional account management.<br />
Card Issuers will ensure adm<strong>in</strong>istrat<strong>or</strong>s are fully tra<strong>in</strong>ed on the various program and<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration tools and rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g functions, and will w<strong>or</strong>k closely with adm<strong>in</strong>istrat<strong>or</strong>s to<br />
help educate cardholders us<strong>in</strong>g different tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g aids <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g user guides.<br />
Once a program is up and runn<strong>in</strong>g, ongo<strong>in</strong>g account management supp<strong>or</strong>t from the<br />
card issuer helps a client to make any necessary adjustments to ensure the program<br />
fully meets the client’s expectations. <strong>Visa</strong> and its Issuers also offer a collection of Best<br />
Practices rep<strong>or</strong>ts <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
• Guidel<strong>in</strong>es to assist with manag<strong>in</strong>g Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card-related commodity tax<br />
compliance.<br />
• Tools to benchmark a company’s procurement and payment processes aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
Best Practices, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g improvement recommendations.<br />
Cardholders enjoy 24-hour toll-free access to global customer assistance services,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g lost/stolen card rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g, cardholder <strong>in</strong>quiries and emergency card<br />
replacement with<strong>in</strong> 24 hours anywhere <strong>in</strong> N<strong>or</strong>th America.<br />
The VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program empowers program adm<strong>in</strong>istrat<strong>or</strong>s to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><br />
control of company spend<strong>in</strong>g without hav<strong>in</strong>g to manually approve each transaction.<br />
On a cardholder by cardholder basis, daily <strong>or</strong> monthly transaction auth<strong>or</strong>ization limits<br />
and pre-set spend<strong>in</strong>g limits can be set.<br />
Card use can be limited to specific merchant categ<strong>or</strong>ies, and companies may choose to<br />
block certa<strong>in</strong> merchant types all together. F<strong>or</strong> example, many programs allow<br />
restrictions to prevent card use at cas<strong>in</strong>os and jewellers.<br />
Transaction auth<strong>or</strong>ization controls are established when the card is requested, and the<br />
card is delivered with the controls already <strong>in</strong> place. The program adm<strong>in</strong>istrat<strong>or</strong> can<br />
easily change the restrictions as required to reflect changes <strong>in</strong> c<strong>or</strong>p<strong>or</strong>ate policy <strong>or</strong><br />
cardholder’s responsibility.<br />
While employee misuse is rare, C<strong>or</strong>p<strong>or</strong>ate Liability Insurance (CLI) provides a waiver of<br />
a Company's liability f<strong>or</strong> unauth<strong>or</strong>ized charges up to $50,000 per enrolled VISA<br />
Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card f<strong>or</strong> unauth<strong>or</strong>ized charges made by employee cardholders.<br />
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VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card clients can <strong>in</strong>tegrate their VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card transaction<br />
data <strong>in</strong>to their exist<strong>in</strong>g systems without a costly <strong>in</strong>tegration <strong>in</strong>vestment. VISA-Issu<strong>in</strong>g<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial Institutions are able to <strong>in</strong>tegrate transaction data <strong>in</strong>to the lead<strong>in</strong>g ERP<br />
systems allow<strong>in</strong>g clients to make the best use of their transaction data.<br />
The VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program gives companies the choice of three bill<strong>in</strong>g<br />
options:<br />
• Centralized company bill<strong>in</strong>g and payment<br />
• Individual cardholder bill<strong>in</strong>g with centralized company payment provides<br />
cardholders with a list of all related transactions f<strong>or</strong> verification purposes<br />
• Individual cardholder bill<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>in</strong>dividual payment<br />
Depend<strong>in</strong>g on a company’s expense rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g practices cardholders may <strong>or</strong> may not<br />
require a monthly statement. By hav<strong>in</strong>g a choice of three different options companies<br />
can chose the solution that w<strong>or</strong>ks best with<strong>in</strong> their <strong>or</strong>ganization.<br />
Card charges can be assigned to specific expense accounts, posted to a general<br />
ledger and consolidated on one <strong>or</strong> m<strong>or</strong>e statements. The accounts payable department<br />
pays f<strong>or</strong> all purchases with one cheque <strong>in</strong>stead of issu<strong>in</strong>g multiple cheques to multiple<br />
vend<strong>or</strong>s.<br />
<strong>Visa</strong> is the w<strong>or</strong>ld’s lead<strong>in</strong>g payment solutions <strong>or</strong>ganization and a maj<strong>or</strong> payment card<br />
provider <strong>in</strong> Canada. <strong>Visa</strong> Canada is a privately held Membership association owned by<br />
Member F<strong>in</strong>ancial Institutions who issue the various VISA Cards. While <strong>Visa</strong> Canada<br />
and its Members w<strong>or</strong>k collectively to promote card usage and growth, the <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial Institutions are competitive <strong>in</strong> the acquisition and servic<strong>in</strong>g of clients <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
cardholder accounts and <strong>in</strong> the development of new products and services.<br />
F<strong>or</strong> m<strong>or</strong>e <strong>in</strong>f<strong>or</strong>mation on implement<strong>in</strong>g a VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program <strong>in</strong> your<br />
company, please visit any of the follow<strong>in</strong>g VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card F<strong>in</strong>ancial Institutions:<br />
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www.bankofamerica.com<br />
Bank of America<br />
Stacey Guzeldere<br />
Vice President<br />
Tel: (312) 828-7293<br />
stacey.h.guzeldere@bankofamerica.com<br />
• Bank of America's Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Cards provide efficiencies and the marketproven<br />
solution to reduce the high costs of manag<strong>in</strong>g bus<strong>in</strong>ess expenses.<br />
• Our proprietary Web-based electronic expense rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g and card management<br />
solution provides secure rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g to help manage and automatically <strong>in</strong>tegrate<br />
expense data.<br />
• Auth<strong>or</strong>ization controls, bill<strong>in</strong>g options and payment options are flexible and are<br />
chosen by the client to best meet and supp<strong>or</strong>t bus<strong>in</strong>ess and c<strong>or</strong>p<strong>or</strong>ate policies.<br />
• Liability <strong>in</strong>surance covers card misuse up to $50,000 per employee.<br />
• Multi-language customer service is available 24/7 and handles standard<br />
<strong>in</strong>quiries as well as emergency cash and card replacement.<br />
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www.cibc.com<br />
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce<br />
Commercial Card Services<br />
Tel: (416) 785-8076<br />
Toll Free: 1-800-652-3888<br />
The CIBC VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program is designed to replace the traditional<br />
purchas<strong>in</strong>g process f<strong>or</strong> such th<strong>in</strong>gs as office supplies, computer software, clean<strong>in</strong>g<br />
services, <strong>or</strong> any other non-asset item.<br />
As a client of the CIBC VISA Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Card Program, you'll simplify the whole<br />
process of expense management - sav<strong>in</strong>g you countless hours of reconcil<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
monit<strong>or</strong><strong>in</strong>g expenses.<br />
Here's just a glimpse of the time and money-sav<strong>in</strong>g benefits you'll enjoy - all offered at<br />
no extra charge:<br />
• On-l<strong>in</strong>e consolidated management expense rep<strong>or</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>in</strong>creases control<br />
while reduc<strong>in</strong>g paperw<strong>or</strong>k.<br />
• Control on <strong>in</strong>dividual cardholder limits and spend<strong>in</strong>g behavi<strong>or</strong>.<br />
• Merchant block<strong>in</strong>g capability by cardholder.<br />
• C<strong>or</strong>p<strong>or</strong>ate Liability Waiver Insurance, up to $50,000 <strong>in</strong> coverage f<strong>or</strong> each card.<br />
• W<strong>or</strong>ldwide merchant acceptance of VISA.<br />
• And much m<strong>or</strong>e...<br />
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www.desjard<strong>in</strong>s.com/purchas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>Visa</strong> Desjard<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Yan Cote<br />
Account Manager, Commercial Card Solutions<br />
Tel: 450-582-8122<br />
Toll Free: 1-800-947-1652<br />
yan.cote@scd.desjard<strong>in</strong>s.com<br />
The VISA Desjard<strong>in</strong>s Purch@s<strong>in</strong>g Card is m<strong>or</strong>e <strong>than</strong> just a credit card. It is a<br />
complete expenditure management system that helps you optimise your company's<br />
purchas<strong>in</strong>g process f<strong>or</strong> recurr<strong>in</strong>g and operational purchases. This gives you m<strong>or</strong>e time<br />
f<strong>or</strong> strategic purchases that have an impact on the profitability of your bus<strong>in</strong>ess.<br />
Centralized bill<strong>in</strong>g<br />
To simplify your purchas<strong>in</strong>g process, VISA Desjard<strong>in</strong>s sends only one monthly account<br />
statement, that consolidates all of the purchases made by cardholders throughout the<br />
month.<br />
Cardholders may receive a separate copy of the statement so they can verify the<br />
transactions on their account.<br />
One-time payment<br />
The Purch@s<strong>in</strong>g Card reduces the number of cheques you write to suppliers. Your<br />
company only makes one payment f<strong>or</strong> all the purchases made dur<strong>in</strong>g the month.<br />
Controlled use<br />
You determ<strong>in</strong>e the latitude that cardholders have:<br />
• daily and monthly purchas<strong>in</strong>g limits<br />
• maximum transaction amount<br />
• limited number of transactions per day<br />
• certa<strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>esses can be blocked<br />
• specific retailers can be blocked<br />
Simplify your purchas<strong>in</strong>g process with the VISA Desjard<strong>in</strong>s Purch@s<strong>in</strong>g Card!<br />
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www.royalbank.com<br />
Royal Bank of Canada<br />
Youmna Abdou<br />
Head, Bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>Visa</strong> Cards<br />
Tel: (416) 974-7549<br />
youmna.abdou@rbc.com<br />
Royal Bank of Canada has established a jo<strong>in</strong>t market<strong>in</strong>g agreement with U.S. Bank<br />
Canada to provide commercial cards to our customers.<br />
www.scotiabank.com<br />
Scotiabank<br />
Cameron McPhail<br />
Direct<strong>or</strong> - Enterprise Solutions<br />
Tel: (416) 866-6936<br />
cameron.mcphail@scotiabank.com<br />
Manage both travel and procurement transactions with s<strong>in</strong>gular ease us<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Scotiabank Commercial Card.<br />
A Commercial Card Program is recommended f<strong>or</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>esses with:<br />
• Sales over $20 <strong>million</strong> per year and spend<strong>in</strong>g of at least $3-$5 <strong>million</strong> per year<br />
charged to company credit cards<br />
• Decentralized buy<strong>in</strong>g auth<strong>or</strong>ity<br />
• A large number of suppliers<br />
• Geographically dispersed operations<br />
• Significant travel and enterta<strong>in</strong>ment expenditures<br />
With the Commercial Card Program <strong>in</strong> place bus<strong>in</strong>esses can:<br />
• Monit<strong>or</strong> cardholder spend<strong>in</strong>g by automatically compar<strong>in</strong>g purchas<strong>in</strong>g activity to<br />
established bus<strong>in</strong>ess rules<br />
• Implement spend<strong>in</strong>g controls down to the cardholder level and track companywide<br />
spend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Monit<strong>or</strong> travel policies by generat<strong>in</strong>g customized rep<strong>or</strong>ts<br />
The Commercial Card Program is flexible, scalable and can be fully customized and<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegrated with exist<strong>in</strong>g and future bus<strong>in</strong>ess processes.<br />
Also, as a Commercial Card client company, a Scotiabank Program Manager will be<br />
assigned to manage your account from <strong>in</strong>itial consultation through program<br />
implementation, ensur<strong>in</strong>g it cont<strong>in</strong>ues to meet your company's evolv<strong>in</strong>g needs. Our<br />
consultative approach and extensive experience with <strong>in</strong>dustry 'best practices' ensures<br />
your program will meet its fullest potential and your exact<strong>in</strong>g specifications.<br />
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www.usbankcanada.com<br />
U.S. Bank Canada<br />
Kev<strong>in</strong> Jephcott<br />
Vice President - Sales, Relationship Management<br />
& Market<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Tel: (416) 306-3507<br />
kev<strong>in</strong>.jephcott@usbank.com<br />
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