Tuesday, at the pump. The card taps, the PIN is checked, and the receipt arrives as a text. That night the dips and the drawer close in the same book. A fleet can run postpaid. A driver can top up by M-Pesa.
Every rule, every limit and every litre — set centrally, enforced at the pump, visible in the back office.
Each card carries a secure NFC smart chip — practically impossible to duplicate, resistant to electromagnetic interference and everyday wear. The plastic in your customer's wallet is as trustworthy as the cash it replaces.
Dual-PIN authorization — a card PIN and a cardholder PIN — with optional one-time SMS codes for high-value fuelings. Wrong-PIN attempt limits and automatic lock-outs shut down guessing games before they start.
Restrict a card to diesel only, or lubricants, or any product set you choose. Cap litres per transaction, per day or per week; limit transaction counts; even define which days and hours a card may fuel. Company fuel stops leaking on weekends.
Prepaid cards load by M-Pesa, cash or cheque with remote top-ups in seconds. Corporate fleets run on postpaid credit accounts with statements emailed monthly and debtor ageing tracked to the day.
NFC tap-and-go at the pump, itemized billing per product, and an instant SMS e-receipt to the cardholder's phone. No paper to lose, no dispute without a record.
Station-wide analytics, full transaction histories and audit trails, fleet consumption reports per vehicle and per driver, and debtor ageing for credit accounts — live, from anywhere.
Vortex Fuel Card is a complete fuel-station management platform. Tanks, pumps, deliveries, attendants and the end-of-day live in the same system as the cards — so the litres in the ground, the litres through the nozzle and the shillings in the drawer finally agree with each other, every single night.
Night close · Nairobi
The dips
DeliveryDiesel, into tank 2
DipsLogged. Water clear.
NozzleMatches the sales
DrawerThe shift is closed
Tank 1Order before it runs dry
Litres in the ground, litres through the nozzle, shillings in the drawer. The same night.
Diesel stays on a diesel card. Three missed PINs and it locks. The receipt arrives as a text. A top-up from the office is on the card before the next fill. Your brand and a point balance can ride on the same card.
Tuesday · the pump
The tap
DieselPIN accepted
ReceiptA text, itemized
SuperThis card is diesel only
Top-upM-Pesa, from the office
PINThree misses, then a lock
The rule sits on the card. The pump follows it.
Fleet fuel is where budgets go to die: siphoning, top-up favours, receipts that never match the tank. Vortex Fuel Card closes the gap — each vehicle's card carries its own limits, every fueling reports in real time, and month-end is a statement, not an argument.
Wednesday · 11 am
The fleet
DepotInside the weekly limit
CapOne truck is full this week
RouteThis run is drinking more
StatementItemized, and sent
Sunday nightRefused. Out of hours.
The driver is still on the road. The fill is already on the statement.
Purpose-built Android terminals rated IP67 against dust, rain and fuel-splash, with all-day batteries and bright 6-inch screens — built for the forecourt, not the boardroom.
Terminals connect over WiFi or mobile data and keep the queue moving — transactions confirm in seconds, receipts go out by SMS.
Attendants tap, the system decides. PINs, limits and product rules are enforced by the platform — there is nothing at the pump to argue with or override.
A phased rollout, run by the team that builds the platform.
Your card artwork goes to print — full-colour, double-sided, your brand — while we configure stations, products, pricing and card rules in the back office.
Terminals installed, staff trained, a first batch of cards issued. We run a live pilot at one station and tune the rules on real traffic.
Station by station, the network comes online — with a dedicated account manager, 24/7 helpdesk and on-site support as you scale.
Tap-and-go NFC fuel cards plus complete fuel-station management — cards, pumps, tanks, deliveries, attendant shift cash-up and back-office analytics.
They are unclonable smart cards with dual-PIN authorization and optional SMS one-time codes, plus product, litre, day and time limits you control.
Both — prepaid cards loaded via M-Pesa, cash or cheque with remote top-ups, or postpaid corporate fleet accounts with itemized monthly e-statements.
Typically 8 to 10 weeks — design and setup, a pilot station, then rollout across the network.
Bring your station count and your card volumes — we'll walk you through the platform live, from a tap at the pump to the month-end statement, and design your first card with you.
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