Kiva credit card

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After some research it seems like you can sign up as long as you are a business professional.

Is this "business professional" as in "I work for a company or agency and sometimes have business expenses like traveling?"     If so, does it make a difference if those expenses are later reimbursed by your employer?

[ErickB]

Hi all
An unofficial answer to some of the points raised.
Business professional can refer to a massage therapist, a consultant, a guy with a catering business that he runs a few weekends a year, etc. It doesn't refer to an employee of a company. Also, a business credit card can be used for any purchase. Like any MasterCard, Visa, Amex, you can charge dinner, skydiving lessons, whatever...nobody will come knocking on the door. It's 'intended' to be used for business purposes so that you can keep personal and business expenses separate. A business credit card issuing bank has to legally market a business credit card to 'business owners,' but individuals without legally incorporated businesses can certainly apply and be approved for business credit cards. As I said, this is all 'unofficial' information, but accurate nonetheless. 
And the card does, in fact, match every grant up to $200/month.

[Susan1]

Hello all,

I wanted to report to you that some weeks back I applied for and received my Kiva business card, and
yesterday funded a loan using the card.  It will be a few weeks before the statement comes in, but
I expect that it will reflect a matching donation to Kiva of $25, the amount of the loan.

Either way, I will report back. 

Best regards,

Susan

[Darren B4B]

Thanks for checking out the KivaB4B Card.  I work at Advanta on the Innovation Team which is responsible for the KivaB4B Initiative.  We're very excited about bringing more business professionals into the fold to support entrepreneurs through Kiva.  I know that this community is filled with Kiva fans so I welcome any input you have about the KivaB4B program.  Feel free to email me at dsudman@advanta.com.

[saabnet]

As most know, I went for the Advanta Kiva credit card and am using it to get my up to 8 matched loans per month  ! However, I recently bought a Kiva gift certificate and I was wondering to myself, as I used my Advanta Kiva card to pay for it, does this count too? Well, I got a speedy answer back from Erick that, yes, it sure does. You don't get a matching gift certificate, obviously, but Advanta counts this as a loan/grant purchase and matches it with a loan.

Just through I'd include this data here for future reference.

-Scott