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Card-by-card write-ups from our team, features, fees, lounge access and who each card actually suits. For the numbers after every cap and exclusion, head to the card pages.
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How-To GuidesCorporate card welcome kits: what to check before activating
The corporate card welcome kit usually arrives as an unremarkable envelope — card, a booklet, some forms — and most people do the same thing with it: tear it open, activate the card, set a PIN, and start spending. That i
How-To GuidesUsing a personal card for company expenses: the reimbursement playbook
Ideally, company money travels on company instruments. In reality, personal cards pay for company expenses all the time: the startup that has not issued corporate cards yet, the new joiner waiting for theirs, the categor
How-To GuidesGST invoices on card spends: getting the paperwork right
Here is a quiet way Indian companies lose money every single month: employees pay for hotels, flights, software, and client dinners on corporate cards, the bills get reimbursed, and nobody collects a proper GST invoice.
How-To GuidesEmployee card limits: how limits get set, raised, and revoked
Every corporate card has a number on it that matters more than the card number: the spending limit. It decides what you can book, whether your hotel check-in goes smoothly, and how much rope the company is giving you. Ye
How-To GuidesPer-diem vs actuals: how companies settle employee travel spends
Every company that sends employees on the road has to answer the same question: when someone travels for work, how do we settle what they spent? In India, the answer almost always comes down to two systems — per-diem or
How-To GuidesVirtual cards for vendor payments: controls that stop misuse
The classic way companies pay vendors by card is also the leakiest: one physical corporate card number, shared across the team, reusable forever, visible to everyone who ever handled it. If that number escapes — and numb
How-To GuidesExpense management software and corporate cards: the reconciliation flow
The stack of paper bills used to be the defining office ritual of every Indian finance team. Someone would return from a trip, dump a folder of crumpled receipts on the accounts desk, and the reconciliation would take we
How-To GuidesCorporate credit cards in India: how they actually work
Walk into any Indian office and you will find two kinds of credit cards in employees' wallets: the personal one they chose for themselves, and the corporate one the company handed them. They look almost identical — same
Buying GuidesArrival transfers: prepaid cabs, counters, and card-payment smartness
You have landed. The trip is nearly done — except for the last, most scam-prone leg: getting from the terminal to your actual destination. Indian airports offer prepaid cab counters, app-based pickup zones, and a gauntle
Buying GuidesIn-flight Wi-Fi and shopping: paying with cards at 35,000 feet
Connectivity and commerce have followed us into the cabin. Onboard Wi-Fi is now common on long-haul flights touching India, and in-flight shopping — duty-free catalogues, buy-on-board meals on low-cost carriers, and seat
Buying GuidesAirport co-working spaces and quiet zones for business travellers
The business traveller's airport dilemma is familiar: the lounge is too noisy for a call, the gate area has no power outlets, and the food court table wobbles. Indian airports have responded with co-working spaces, quiet
Buying GuidesFast-track security and immigration: skipping queues with cards
The longest queue at an Indian airport is rarely check-in. It is security on a Monday morning, or immigration on a Friday night international arrival. Fast-track lanes exist for both, and credit cards can open them — but