Corporate
Purchasing
Card
A flexible supplier
payment solution
with enhanced control.
The American Express® Corporate Purchasing Card is designed to help your company streamline its purchasing processes with suppliers, control spend, save on costs and improve cash flow.
An overview of the benefits
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Convenience
Assign a product to specific employees or departments to help your company purchase what it needs when it needs it and reconcile purchases in @ Work.
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Control
Customise purchasing controls per employee, department or industry to reduce the risk of unauthorised spend, encourage compliance and control cash flow.
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Value
Make the most of your working capital by extending your cash flow by up to 44 days1 beyond the purchase date.
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Insights
Get added visibility over spending patterns and identify cost reduction opportunities with access to detailed transactional data via @ Work.
The benefits in detail
Explore the tabs below for more information on the benefits offered by a Corporate Purchasing Card.
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Streamline purchasing
- Simplify your supplier payment process by consolidating all purchases into one easy payment.
- Assign a product to specific employees or departments to help your company purchase what it needs when it needs it.
- Automate reconciliation via @ Work – a complimentary online Account management tool for Programme Administrators.
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Maximise control
- Set maximum spend limits per transaction or per month, or set variable spend limits to ensure unforeseen charges don’t prevent your employees from completing a transaction.
- Set a preferred supplier list to ensure compliance.
- Enhance supplier relationships through faster payment times and increase your ability to negotiate purchasing procedures and discounts.
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Improve cash flow
- Take advantage of our billing cycles to extend days payable outstanding (DPO) by up to 44 days1 and make the most of your working capital.
- Consolidate your supplier payments and enjoy reduced purchasing costs.
- Identify opportunities for cost reduction by analysing purchase data via @ Work.
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Increase visibility
- Access a detailed, holistic view of all transactions via @ Work.
- Use patterns in purchasing data to develop efficiencies and improve strategic commodity management.
- Simplify reporting with access to highly accurate point-of-sale data.
Your choice of Card
With a Corporate Purchasing Card, you’ll have a choice between:
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A physical Card
issued per employee.
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A virtual Account number
issued to a department, individual or locked down to a preferred supplier.
Want to know more and apply?
Simply call 0800 769 521 or request a call back from a specialist member of our team.
- Extend days payable outstanding (DPO) by up to 44 days: Depending upon when you make a purchase, when your statement is issued and whether or not you are carrying forward a balance on your Account from your previous statement period.