ATB Financial · Mastercard
Business card
$65 for a rate starting at prime plus 2%, the lowest published starting point in the segment. The fee doubles once your credit limit passes $50,000.
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What we like, and what we don’t
Worth having
- A rate as low as prime plus 2%, the cheapest starting point of any card here
- Rental car collision damage waiver for up to 31 days
- Purchase assurance and extended warranty included
- Materially cheaper than any fixed rate credit union card if you carry a balance
Watch out for
- The annual fee doubles to $130 once your credit limit exceeds $50,000
- That is a fee scaling with your limit rather than your usage
- "As low as prime plus 2%" is a personalised rate and ATB does not publish the range
- It earns no rewards at all
- Alberta only, with a 2.9% foreign transaction fee
What this card earns
- What we value a point at
- Not published by the issuer
The earning fine print
No rewards programme.
Fees and interest rates
- Annual fee
- $65
- Employee card
- $35
- Employee cards included
- None
- Foreign transaction fee
- 2.9%
- Purchase APR
- Not published by the issuer
Who can get this card
- Not available in
- BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, YT, NT, NU
- Existing account required
- Yes
- Personal guarantee required
- No you are personally liable for the balance
Insurance and benefits
- Rental car damage waiver
- Included
- Purchase protection
- Included
- Extended warranty
- Included
What the benefits really mean
Prime + 2% is the lowest published starting rate in this entire segment. Materially cheaper than any fixed-rate credit union card if you carry a balance. Insurance: car rental collision damage waiver up to 31 days; car rental accidental death & dismemberment up to $150,000; common carrier accidental death & dismemberment up to $200,000; hotel/motel burglary up to $1,000; purchase assurance 90 days and extended warranty doubling the manufacturer's warranty up to 1 year; travel assistance services. NO travel medical insurance. Minimum payment 3% monthly. Qualification documentation differs by business stage: new businesses supply personal and financial information; established businesses supply financial statements plus ownership details. PROVINCE: Alberta only. In-branch application. Annual fee: $65 for credit limits up to $50,000; $130 for limits over $50,000. Free employee cards: 0. Every supplemental card is $35 per year. The issuer publishes a formula rather than a purchase rate: "Custom rate as low as Prime + 2%". We leave the rate field empty rather than publish arithmetic the issuer never published. The annual fee DOUBLES to $130 once your credit limit exceeds $50,000. A fee that scales with your limit rather than your usage. 'As low as Prime + 2%' is a personalised rate; the rate you are actually offered is not published and ATB's rate table does not list this card. Variable prime-linked rate, so the cost rises with Bank of Canada moves. No rewards at all. Every employee card costs $35. 2.9% foreign currency conversion fee. Alberta only; in-branch application.
Our verdict
Prime plus 2% is the lowest published starting rate for business borrowing on a card in this whole comparison. For an Alberta business that genuinely revolves a balance, that is worth far more than any rewards card, and $65 is a small price for it.
Two things about the pricing. The rate is personalised and ATB publishes only the starting point, so what you are actually offered is the whole question and you do not learn it in advance. And the fee doubles to $130 the moment your credit limit passes $50,000, which means growing your limit costs you money whether or not you use it. Ask about both before applying.
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Where this came from. atb.com/business/accounts-and-services/credit-cards/alberta-businesscard/ ; atb.com/business/accounts-and-services/credit-cards/ (fetched 18 Aug 2026). We take every figure from the issuer’s own pages, never from another comparison site, and we leave a field blank rather than guess at it.