The Technology Advantages Of Fleet Cards
Taking advantage of the latest technology to help improve fuel efficiency and reduce the time spent in tracking and monitoring in a small or large fleet makes good business sense. Options that are now built into fleet cards can provide you with these types of options as part of the standard card service. Understanding just what options are available to help you understand fuel consumption, efficiencies of different vehicles and different drivers is now all available at the click of a mouse. Most of the major companies offering fleet cards use Smartchip technology, which is different than traditional fuel cards or credit cards. These traditional types of cards use a magnetic strip on the back of the card to encode information for processing the transaction. However, these magnetic strips provided little in the way of security if the card was stolen. The magnetic strip also was not useful in limiting the use of the card for specific purchases. It could limit to the retailer, but not to