the bank announced. The contract with the Western States Contracting Alliance-National Association of State Procurement Officials Cooperative Purchasing Organization was also expanded to include fleet cards, in addition to the purchasing, travel and one card products already available. The contract allows states, cities and public educational entities to issue one payment per month to cover all purchases on each card type. Travel and procurement managers also can monitor transactions online "almost immediately," while suppliers receive "immediate payment," according to U.S. Bank. WSCA-NASPO holds the first-ever
negotiated multistate airfare program, developed in 2013 with Southwest Airlines.