This program allows departments to pay for qualifying student and other third-party (non-employee) travel, gifts, prizes and awards using a prepaid Visa card.
This program may be used for various purposes for students and other non-employees, anyone with a current paid appointment is not eligible:
Meal Allowances (per diems) for students, guests and candidates.
A new way to help our students when traveling.
Feature | Details |
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Anonymous: | Name not printed on card, but personal information is collected to register |
Type of Card: | Physical, plastic card |
Reloadable with Additional Funds: | Yes |
Replaceable if Lost: | Yes |
Technology Required to Activate: | Email address, access to the Internet, or phone |
Information Required to Register: | First name, last name, physical mailing address (can be campus address) |
SSN Required*: | No |
Taxable Income Reporting Form Required*: | No |
Release of Funds: | Instant |
Cash Access: | Yes (ATM fees apply) |
Where to Use: | ATM, anywhere Visa Credit or Debit cards are accepted (in-person and online) |
Initial Cost per Card: | No cost |
Cost of Replacement Card: | No cost |
Inactivity Fee: | $2.00 per month after 365 days of no activity |
Monthly Maintenace Fee: | Does not apply |
State and Research Funding (Sponsored (with approval) and Non-Sponsored) can be used for this program.
The following information must be provided through the application process:
To apply provide the below requested information to the card programs team.
Please note that any payments totaling over $600 in a calender year for U.S Citizens and any payments to Non-Resident Aliens (NRA) are taxable. Please upload the nessary tax forms (W-9 or W-8) into the UB Secure Tax Forms Box.
After submitting the form, the information will be reviewed by Financial Management staff and the following steps will take place:
There are mutiple reports avaliable to assist with the reconcilation process within the application:
For sponsored awards: PIs are required to provide monthly reconciliation documents to the Sponsored Project Services (SPS) Award Analyst.
For non-sponsored awards: PIs are required to provide monthly reconciliation documents to the Non-Sponsored Group.
These reconciliations are completed centrally on a monthly basis and provided to departments as requested.
Will be completed centrally and provided to departments as requested.
Any funds unspent can be returned to the account which funded the card upon request.
Valerie Dennis
Asset Management, Card Programs and eProcurement
Financial Management
Phone: 716-645-2604
Email: vlb5@buffalo.edu
Kevin Ragland
Procurement Card Administration, Financial Management
Phone: 716-645-1346