2011 Canadian Incentive Trends Survey

Berkeley Payment Solutions recently released the results of the 2011 Canadian Incentive Trends Survey, proprietary research that measures the views and practices of Canadian companies with respect to their corporate incentive programs. The survey, now in its second year, secured a great response rate of 429 Canadian executives—which allowed us to work from a highly reliable sample and uncover a lot of useful insight about how organizations are using incentives. The findings have been well-received by a vast business audience and have been showcased in a number of Canadian and U.S. media publications.

2011 Canadian Incentive Trends Survey Summary includes:

• Survey highlights

• Detailed charts

• Relevant & actionable insights

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So, what is a prepaid corporate incentive card anyway?

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Using prepaid Visa cards as an incentive tool has become increasingly popular in the U.S. and U.K. over the past five years, and we're now seeing this trend take hold in Canada in a noticeable way. Yet we have found that there are still some misconceptions about what exactly prepaid corporate incentive cards are and how they work. We'll try to clear up those misconceptions here.

Message from the CEO

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Over the past five years, we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the popularity of prepaid corporate incentive cards in the U.S. and the U.K., as more and more companies have chosen prepaid incentive cards over traditional rewards programs. And now, this trend is beginning to take hold among Canadian businesses.

Corporate Incentive Programs Create Competitive Advantage

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In May 2010, we conducted a survey on Canadian corporate incentive trends. We surveyed companies of all sizes across various sectors, and asked them their thoughts on corporate incentive programs. What we found was that today's executives view the development and implementation of corporate incentive programs as very important, and they're allocating budgets to reflect this.