Creative financing is no longer a phrase heard only in large corporate boardrooms. In today&39;s world of unrelenting gas prices, finding creative new ways to save money is essential. Businesses across the country that rely on fleets know this all too well, and are looking to solutions such as CSI&39;s Universal Fleet Fuel Card to offer the much needed relief.
"Fuel has always been a major budget item for fleet businesses," said Keith Stone, CSI President. "Today, it too often dwarfs most every expense except payroll."
With gas prices continuing to rise, the CSI Universal Fleet Fuel Card provides discounts at tens of thousands stations, but that&39;s just the beginning. "Today&39;s business climate is overwhelming," noted Stone. "Discounts are a good first move, but to make a credible impact on the bottom line, so much more must be done."
That so much more is what CSI uses to differentiate themselves from the rest of the fuel credit card companies.
First, the CSI Universal Fleet Fuel Card is accepted at almost all fuel locations in the United States, Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean. With the price of fuel so volatile, being able to take advantage of the lowest price station on any given day is critical.
Finding the lowest price is also critical, and CSI uses a number of sources to bring that information to their cardholders including Smart Buy and CSI Gas Prices, two of the best online fuel price locators.
Perhaps the greatest cost savings comes with the card controls the CSI Universal Fleet Fuel Card offers. Cards are assigned to either a driver or a vehicle and are limited to purchasing either fuel only, or available for fuel and maintenance. The fleet manager may also request different prompts before a purchase is approved.
Other controls a fleet manager may choose to employ include setting a limit on the number of transactions per day, the time of day or day of week a transaction may occur, as well as limiting the dollar amounts spent either by day, week or month. With CSI, all of these card controls are managed and updated online in real time.
Of course practicing good fuel card management is only as good as it is trackable. Every CSI Universal Fleet Fuel Card can be monitored and tracked, as well as reports run and analyzed, all online and in real time. "We want our cardholders to be able to see the results of their good work immediately. And if card privileges are being abused, tracking transactions will make that apparent, and immediate action can be taken," said Stone.
To learn more about the CSI Universal Fleet Fuel Card, visit http://www.csi-gascard.com.
About CSI Enterprises, Inc
CSI Enterprises Inc. provides a specific line of controlled financial payment products including business fleet fueling/maintenance payment cards, a corporate virtual payment MasterCard and card solutions for corporate purchasing, travel and entertainment spending. Today CSI and its products operate in all fifty states including Canada, Mexico and Caribbean with operating subsidiaries involved in municipal tax reclamation, venture capital and real estate development activities nationwide. Since 1988, CSI Enterprises Inc. was the first and largest U.S. organization to have a successful corporate asset management and payment network throughout the U.S. and Latin America.
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