MONTREAL --CST Canada Co. has signed an agreement with WEX Inc., a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, to accept the WEX Universal Fleet Card at all of CST's sites in Canada.
CST Canada operates approximately 800 fuel stations in Canada, from the Maritimes to Ontario. The sites are expected to go live and accept the WEX card in early 2016.
Based in Montreal, CST Canada includes the cardlock, home heating and motorist sales sectors in Canada. Operating nearly 800 stations and 84 cardlocks (Pipeline Commercial), in addition to delivering home heating oil to about 140,000 customers, CST Canada Co. is a major player in the economy of eastern Canada.
“We’re excited about our new relationship with CST and the Ultramar brand they operate in Canada,” said Brian Fournier, vice president for merchant and channel partners at WEX. “This relationship greatly expands our presence in Canada and allows us to better serve our North American customers. We are looking forward to these sites going live in early 2016.”
South Portland, Maine-based WEX is a leading provider of corporate payment solutions. From its roots in fleet card payments beginning in 1983, WEX has expanded the scope of its business into a multi-channel provider of corporate payment solutions representing nine million vehicles and offering payment security and control across a spectrum of business sectors.
San Antonio-based CST Brands Inc. is one of the largest independent retailers of convenience-store merchandise and motor fuels in North America. The company has nearly 1,900 locations in the southwestern United States and eastern Canada offering a broad array of convenience-store merchandise, beverages, snacks and fresh food. In Canada, CST is the exclusive provider of Ultramar fuels and its Dépanneur du Coin and Corner Store sell signature Transit Café coffee and pastries. The network also includes about 80 Pipeline Commercial access card sites for truck drivers.
In the United States, CST Corner Stores sell fuel and signature products such as Fresh Choices baked and packaged goods, UForce energy and sport drinks, Cibolo Mountain coffee, FC bottled sodas and Flavors2Go fountain drinks.
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