Can GPC and VISA Purchasing Cards be used with our e-commerce order system?
Yes. The GPC is already an integral part of the UK Government’s e-procurement agenda. If you consider how you purchase or sell over the Internet for consumers, card payment is a default setting as it is the most effective and efficient method of concluding an online transaction. The same applies in business transactions. Whether you are buying or selling goods and services over the Internet, GPC and VISA Purchasing provide the potential for a complete electronic end-to-end process. You can gain more information from the case studies section that reinforce the fact that the GPC is seen as the most efficient and cost-effective tool for e-procurement. A common mistake in the past has been to see GPC and VISA Purchasing as something separate to e-procurement. In reality, and there are many examples, GPC and VISA Purchasing are already an integral component for e-procurement systems. As far back as 1998, a Federal Government report in the USA referred to their equivalent of GPC as providing
