Express Card: How to Become an Express Card Cardholder

• Review the cardholder responsibilities.

• Contact your Express Card Department Administrator (ECDA) to become a cardholder.
  
  • ECDA accesses ECManager and creates a new account.

Note: If you do not know who your ECDA is, contact your business officer.

• Receive an automated e-mail.
  
  • The Express Card Program Team sends an automated e-mail to the cardholder with further instructions.
• Review the e-mail for information on required cardholder training.

• Click on the link in the e-mail to Enrollment Central to access the Web-based orientation.
• Complete the orientation.
  
  • Cardholder orientation can be completed in about 40 minutes from any computer with Internet access.
• Complete the self-assessment at the end of the orientation.
  
  • A score of 80% or better is required.
• Click Exit the Course to send your results to Enrollment Central.
  
  • If you have successfully completed the orientation, the course will appear on your Enrollment Central training history. You will also receive an e-mail that verifies your completion of the orientation.

Note: Express Cards are not issued solely on the basis of passing cardholder orientation.

• Download the cardholder agreement.
• Sign and date the agreement.
• Acquire signatures from your:
  • Supervisor
  • Department business officer

• Submit the completed agreement to your Express Card Department Administrator (ECDA).
  
  • ECDA forwards completed agreement to ECPT Mail Code 0955.

Note: You must complete Steps 1–6 in order to receive an Express Card.

• You will receive your card from your ECDA in approximately two weeks.

• Contact U.S. Bank by phoning the number that appears on the sticker located on the front of your card.
• Follow the prompts to activate your card.
• When prompted for your Social Security number, provide your UCSD employee ID number.

• Sign the back of your card on the space provided.