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Old Mar 18, 2018 | 12:48 pm
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Fiordland
 
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Originally Posted by tmiw
I don't remember if my employer ever used AmEx for their corporate cards but the fact that they're Visas from Citibank now makes me think that they either got a good deal from them and/or they didn't want to deal with the extra paperwork resulting from the number of places that don't accept AmEx. (My employer is pretty big, so there are a lot of corporate cards floating around.)
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In my case most recent experience has been RBC Visa or BMO Mastercard.

I had previously worked at a company that had Dinners Club, employee feedback before the Canadian dinners cards switched to using Master Card numbers was always negative from employees. After the switch it became a non-issue. The business was looking at making the switch and it so happened that Dinners Card fixed the problem before they go around to switching.

I had worked for a large engineering firm that had AMEX for many years. Employee complaints were common, especially if you were doing a project that involved travel into a rural area are staying in a small town/city. Other business expenses for things like printing companies, catering etc. were a problem.

In Canada, AMEX has a very large corporate account. The Government of Canada. If you put all the federal government employee travel together that is a massive amount of business. In British Columbia, the province I am in, I believe the provincial government is on BMO Master card.
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