July 20, 2009

Travel office reminder: American Express switches to electronic statements for corporate card

American Express has changed to electronic delivery of monthly statements for all holders of a Purdue American Express Corporate card account.

American Express, not Purdue University, initiated the new delivery system. It is not optional. Cardholders already enrolled for paperless statements will see no difference.

To access statements online, cardholders must visit the American Express Web site to enroll and register their account in Manage Your Card Account (MYCA). Cardholders will receive a monthly “Statement Ready” e-mail one or two days after the statement closing date advising that the statement is available to view online.

Cardholders who prefer not to click the link in the American Express e-mail may log in from the American Express Web site’s home page.

With e-statements -- the secure online account management tool from American Express -- cardholders will be able to access statements earlier and initiate charge and payment inquiries from anywhere via the Internet.

Articles informing Purdue’s American Express Corporate cardholders of the change ran in Purdue Today on April 24 and Business @ Purdue News on April 23 and June 4. In addition, instructions on how to access statements online were included with cardholders’ April and May paper statements.