Re:Dash: A company card for every employee
by tarr11 on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @02:40PM
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I would think that's a feature for the company, not a bug, since the company should receive those reward points.
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We actually use the interchange revenue that would be going towards rewards points to pay for the costs of building/running the product. There may be enough left over to do a rewards program in the future, but for now the product is the points. :)
Re:Dash: A company card for every employee
by abalone on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @04:22PM
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Really, off of debit transactions? I thought interchange is only 0.05% + $0.21, which doesn't seem like enough to power rewards ever. These days I thought it's only credit cards that can support rewards (closer to 2% interchange).
It's issued under a Durbin exempt, commercial, prepaid BIN.
Re:Dash: A company card for every employee
by abalone on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @07:37PM
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Interesting! But wait a second... how does this work with prepaid cards? Do companies need to preload funds onto the cards before employees can spend them?
E.g for an employee to spend up to $5,000 on a trip, would the company have to preload $5K onto the card? Or alternatively would employees have to get approval for each expense in advance of spending it?
I believe the company sets up a balance with Dash and all the debit cards tap that balance. So it's pre-funded but not per card.
Re:Dash: A company card for every employee
by bmohlenhoff on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @02:53PM
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Probably true, but it's pretty nice being able to accumulate hotel points/airline miles/car rental credits/etc while on the company dime.