Banks can do business payment innovation too: A look at U.S. Bank’s Instant Card

Millions of employees across the globe have adjusted to working remotely.

Amid the coronavirus disruption, some regions are beginning to see storefronts, businesses and factories slowly re-open. Whether employees are working remotely or starting to go back into the office, they need a way to make business purchases for things like home office supplies, PPE and cleaning essentials without having to use their personal credit cards.

In response, U.S. Bank fast-tracked the development of the U.S. Bank Instant Card, a fast, efficient and simple way for employees, contractors or consultants to make business purchases without complex expense reports or the need to be reimbursed.

This new solution allows a manager to instantly push a virtual corporate card to a mobile wallet for immediate use to make approved purchases, and they have the option to do it contactless. In essence, they created a replacement for petty cash with a quick and easy way to distribute a virtual card.

When it comes to innovation, banks are both not known for it, and certainly not in a speedy implementation fashion. But times are a changing, and the COVID-19 pandemic led U.S. Bank’s commercial payments group to figure out how they can help their 300,000 emerging middle-market customers develop a way to get petty cash in the hands of employees, contractors and other third parties quickly.

In this Spend Matters PRO article, we’ll take a look at the Instant Card and its capabilities.