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Visa Incentive Card
Employee Rewards

Employee Rewards

Give the reward they'll remember

What better way to demonstrate your appreciation to your team members than to let them choose the reward that's most meaningful to them? Visa Incentive cards are an innovative and effective alternative to recognizing employee performance, sales activity, health and wellness, and more. They can help you motivate employee behavior, improve satisfaction and increase loyalty and commitment. Visa Incentive cards can even help reduce costs and streamline program administration, making it easy for you to give employees the choice they want and the recognition they deserve.

How they're used

Visa Incentive cards can help your business foster employee loyalty and increase team member motivation and satisfaction. Employees find them desirable because they cover a wide variety of choices1, and Visa Incentive cards provide "trophy" and "halo" value and prestige among coworkers. They're a flexible, scalable solution for diverse types of employee reward programs, from milestone rewards to sales performance recognition. Common uses include:

  • Sales awards
  • Bonuses
  • Service awards for recognizing employee tenure
  • Performance recognition
  • Health and wellness rewards
  • Workplace safety awards
  • Gifting
  • Training completion
  • Employee referrals
  • Sales referrals
  • Commissions

Key benefits

Here's how Visa Incentive cards can help your business achieve results and build a memorable, exciting, and effective employee rewards program:

  • Offer choice and value to employees
  • Can be tailored to achieve desired results
  • Recognize excellence in a timely manner
  • Reduce operating costs for administering your program
  • Provide an opportunity to promote a custom marketing message
  • Build motivation and commitment with each card usage

Your team members will enjoy:

  • The freedom to purchase what they really want, when they want
  • Acceptance at the millions of locations where Visa debit cards are welcome
  • Convenience and immediate access to funds
  • Lasting appreciation for their personally selected reward
  • Protection through Visa's Zero Liability policy2, so they're more secure than cash or checks

Card features

Key features of Visa Incentive cards for employee rewards include:

  • Ability to be distributed outside of the United States
  • Available co-branding on the front of the card with the names/logos of up to two affinity/co-branding partners
  • Optional reloadability so they're perfect for ongoing, successive programs
  • Complete shopping protection through Visa's Zero Liability Policy2, which protects recipients from unauthorized purchases if their card is lost or stolen
  • Ability to direct spend to specific merchant category codes, such as travel-related merchants, for maximum program customization
  • Optional personalization with cardholder name, or select non-personalized cards for instant issuance

Get started today

Select a provider to start developing your custom program today. Need more information? Frequently Asked Questions are a click away.

You may also be interested in these other uses for Visa Incentive cards:

  • Rebates
    Motivate and reward consumer purchases to help drive sales, while streamlining costs.
  • Consumer promotions
    Design a memorable campaign and influence consumer behavior through exciting promotional programs, from automobile test drives to new product trials.
  • Trade incentives
    Motivate dealers, distributors, brokers, and other third parties to sell your products and services.

1Employee Rewards, Visa Research Services, March 2007
2Visa's Zero Liability policy covers U.S.–issued cards only and does not apply to ATM transactions, PIN transactions not processed by Visa, or certain commercial card transactions. Cardholder must notify issuer promptly of any unauthorized use. Consult issuer for additional details or click here.