For most drivers, paying for fuel and other on-the-road purchases still depends on having a physical fleet card on hand. When a driver forgets their card, leaves it behind, or needs to key in additional information before the transaction can be completed, a routine purchase becomes a source of friction and delay. Carrying physical cards can also introduce security concerns if lost or stolen. Plus if mobile-based unlock is not enabled, these cards are subject to skimming fraud. Organizations need a faster, more secure way to keep drivers moving while maintaining the visibility they rely on.
That’s why we’re excited to announce that Motive Cards are now available in Apple Pay and Google Wallet. Drivers can add their physical Motive Card to their digital wallet, ensuring they are never blocked at the pump even if they don’t have the card with them. Additionally, Virtual Cards can be issued directly to fleet managers and back-office employees, who can save them to their own digital wallets and tap-to-pay without ever needing to carry a physical card.
Maximize flexibility for drivers while maintaining spend controls
With their Motive Card now available in their digital wallet, drivers and back-office teams can tap-to-pay at compatible terminals and use digital wallets for eligible in-app and online purchases. This is all while maintaining rigorous spend and fraud controls. Wallet transactions follow the same Motive Card policies as physical card swipes, including MCC controls, spend limits, entity and group scoping, and fraud rules. They also appear in the Motive Fleet Dashboard, statements, and analytics, where they are tagged as wallet spend for easy visibility and reporting.
A better way to keep work moving
For operations teams, the value is immediate. Drivers can pay faster with tap-to-pay. Teams spend less time dealing with card issues, manual workarounds, and reimbursement follow-up. For finance leaders, more spend stays on Motive Card instead of leaking to personal cards or other providers, improving visibility and helping maintain policy compliance.
Motive Card puts a secure, controlled payment method in driver hands, so they can stay productive and keep spend visible in one place. Tap-to-pay via digital wallet is available for all eligible transactions made with US-issued Motive Cards, whether assigned to either drivers or back-office team members.
And this is just the beginning.
Instant card issuance
Drivers lose cards. Cards get stolen or left behind. And when that happens, operations can grind to a halt. For managers, this is not a small inconvenience. It can mean a missed stop, a delayed route, a reimbursement headache, and one more avoidable fire drill for the back office. Replacing a physical card can take days, and the job can’t wait. The same problem shows up during driver onboarding. When a new driver is added, teams often have to wait several days for a physical card to arrive before that driver can start using Motive Card
Coming later in Q3, Motive will roll out Instant Card Issuance allowing managers to instantly issue Motive Card to digital wallets. Rather than manually placing physical card orders for new drivers or back-office employees, managers will be able to create Automations to carry out this task as part of onboarding. In the same workflow, a digital version of the new card can be pushed to the driver to add to their digital wallet. Similarly, for lost or stolen cards, managers can create an Automation to replace the misplaced physical card, while simultaneously pushing the new one to the driver’s digital wallet so they can keep spending.
It’s a meaningful step toward reducing downtime, accelerating onboarding and helping more fleet spend start and stay on Motive Card from day one.
Maximize savings with Motive Spend Management
These new capabilities are just one feature of Motive Spend Management, the integrated spend solution that connects fleet and spend data to simplify expense management and maximize savings. With the Motive Card, you get fuel discounts at over 38,000+ savings partners nationwide, transparent and integrated spend reporting, and AI-powered fraud protection and spend controls to help prevent fraud and unauthorized spend — all in one platform.
Explore Spend Management to learn more, or talk to your Motive representative about the Motive Card.
