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UTA increases security with the use of fuel cards
- Enhanced functions in the online customer portal
- Self-management of the limits
- E-mail alert when the credit limit has been reached
Kleinostheim – 7 September 2017. UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG (UTA) increases security with regard to service card use. For this purpose, the functions that customers can use exclusively in the online customer portal have had more functions added to them. As of now, the limits for using the UTA fuel card can be managed online.
The customer can change various parameters relating to service card use to suit his or her individual needs. In the online customer portal, for example, customers can decide the number of permitted transactions per day, the maximum transaction amount as well as when and in which countries the card can be used. The current usage of the credit limit is displayed graphically. When the credit limit has been reached, the UTA customer will receive an e-mail alert. All settings can be defined for both individual and multiple fuel cards at the same time.
"With these extensions, we are able to satisfy the wishes of our customers for more flexibility and individualisation," Volker Huber, CEO of UTA, stresses. "Similar to online banking, the limits can also be changed without any great effort at any time." That is why the online customer portal is available 24 hours a day.
"Flexibility with regard to self-administration is a key factor in increasing the security of the fuel card and limiting risk," Volker Huber said. Other security mechanisms include, as before, the PIN code query, the transaction control, alerts in the event of suspicious activities, and the immediate blocking of the card at the first signs of attempted fraud.
About UNION TANK Eckstein
We, UTA (UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG), are amongst the leading issuers of fuel and service cards in Europe. Using the UTA card system, commercial customers can refuel using a cashless payment system and regardless of brand at more than 54,000 points of acceptance in 40 European countries, and use other services required for en route provision. They include, among other things, toll collection, workshop services, breakdown and towing services as well as the reimbursement of VAT and the mineral oil tax. The company, founded by Heinrich Eckstein in 1963, is majority owned by Edenred SA (51%). Edenred is the world leader in transactional solutions for companies, employees and merchants. The Eckstein and van Dedem families hold 34% of UTA, while Daimler AG (15%) is another shareholder. The head office is located in Kleinostheim/Main. Approximately 400 employees generate an annual turnover of almost €2.6 billion within the UTA network. UTA recently won the prestigious Image Award of the trade journal VerkehrsRundschau in the "fuel cards" category, which is awarded every two years on the basis of an independent market study conducted by the market research institute Kleffmann.
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