Note: To see if you qualify for this program, please e-mail our office at bluCard [at] berkeley [dot] edu or call us at 510-643-8201.
This card provides the Event Planner the ability to conduct University business in coordinating all social events and ceremonies sponsored by the College/School/Divisions and authorized Business Officers. Examples of events include receptions, luncheons, dinners, and other meetings and events as appropriate. The Event Planner oversees the purchase of goods and services for events and in doing so, has authority to make purchases within the single-purchase limit of the Event Planner Card. UC Regents' Bus&Fin Bulletins 79 and 43 set forth the basic policies and procedures for the Event Planner Card program.
Program Features:
- The EPC is a Corporate liability and billed centrally
- Plastic cards are issued for Individuals
- Standard event planner card MCC template is developed
- Review and Verification process retains the 15-day clearing period
- Spend limits: $ per day and per cycle
- # of transactions: per day and per cycle
Benefits to Campus Community:
Cost Saving benefits of Event Planner Card include:
- Reduces administrative cost and paperwork
- Improves the ability to negotiate pricing with vendors through consolidated data
- Enhances cash flow by receiving a monthly single statement and making a single payment for all event expenses.
- Increases productivity by reducing time spent processing expense paperwork, allowing the event planner to focus on event itself.
Other benefits of Event Planner Card include:
- Improves control, accountability and policy compliance
- Lessens University’s exposure through Visa’s liability insurance and dispute process
- US Bank offers 24 hour customer service assistance and detail enhanced and customized reporting
To begin participating in this card program, click Getting Started.
Please note that training is a requirement prior to receipt and usage of any of the cards associated with these card programs. See Training.