Corporate Credit Cards
An updated Corporate Credit Card policy is available to support the use of University Corporate Credit Cards.
Corporate Credit Card policy
The policy outlines the circumstances in which it would be appropriate to issue a member of staff/school with a corporate credit card. The policy also outlines the cardholder responsibilities. The policy can be found on the Finance Policies and Procedure page.
Who can apply for a Corporate Credit Card?
Corporate credit cards will only be issued to University employees who are able to demonstrate that the issue of a card will aid in the effective and efficient exercise of their official duties.
The majority of expenditure must be incurred through the normal University procurement routes, primarily purchase orders. The use of Corporate Credit Cards is only for exceptional expenditure which cannot be met by the normal procurement routes, expenses or via the Universities Travel Management Service.
How to apply for a Corporate Credit card?
Employees should complete a business case including the following information:
The applicant’s position title
Justification for issue (that adequately explains the rationale for the issue of card) and
Proposed credit limit (based on anticipated usage of the card and likely expenditure to be incurred)
Corporate Credit Card Application Form
Please refer to the guidance document below when completing an application for a Corporate Credit Card.
Guidance Document
A guidance document is available to support the end to end process for the application, maintenance and reconciliation of University Corporate Credit Cards.
Queries
If you have any queries regarding Corporate Credit Cards, please email Finance.Helpline@ed.ac.uk or use our online enquiry form.