-- North Americans have achieved the highest level of maturity with P- card programs; 75% of enterprises in this region have had a program in place for at least 3 years, and 50% have had one for more than 6 years. -- Concerning P-card programs, a major priority for 80% of enterprises in the Asia-Pacific is to ensure auditable procedures, controls and fraud protection. -- Latin American enterprises are aggressively pushing for card program compliance: 60% of enterprises in this region are auditing every corporate card expense. -- The majority of European enterprises (56%) believe that increasing the number of employees provided with a corporate card will drive growth in a corporate payment card program.This study is made available to the public through the underwriting of: VISA, and ACTE. To learn more about practices and strategies employed around payment cards in the various regions, download a complimentary copy of the "Global Commercial Payment Cards" report, please visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=3945 About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions. As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen's analytical and independent view of the "customer optimization" process of Harte-Hanks (Information - Opportunity - Insight - Engagement - Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http://www.harte-hanks.com.
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