 The company captures the rebates associated with p-card transactions and sidesteps the work processing check payments involve.Although these cards currently are not in widespread use, their popularity is growing,”

Susan Avery (2005) states that according to the Aberdeen Group purchasing card benchmark report, best practice purchasing card programs “do not confine” purchasing to the traditional spending of low-dollar, high-transaction goods and services.These purchases include off-contract, non-traditional, non-purchase order, ad hoc, and incidental purchasing.