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How SMBs Prepare For A New Era Of Employee Expenses

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One of the most popular is to link a T&E solution to a corporate card product to facilitate integration of payment information; another strategy is to allow for employees to use personal payment methods and capture data after the fact to facilitate expense reimbursements.

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Corporate Travel Startup Huilianyi Raises $42M Amid Industry Turmoil

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Huilianyi was started in 2016 and is a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based system for travel expense reimbursement. Huaxing Capital subsidiary Huaxing New Economic Fund headed up the Series C+ round. A Huaxing Capital official called the company “an absolute leader in the industry,” per a translated statement.

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WeChat Tests Blockchain For Automated Employee Expense Management

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WeChat , an online messaging service operated by Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent, is looking to enhance its ability to facilitate employee expense reimbursements, and reports said the firm is exploring blockchain as part of the effort. CoinDesk reported Friday (Aug.

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T&E Firm Integrates With Uber — And Its Rival

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“With nearly 1 million people activating Business Profiles, business travel has become one of Uber’s fastest-growing segments,” said Uber for Business Lead Max Crowley in a statement at the time.

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Corporate Travel Spend Isn’t Digitizing As Fast As Some Would Like

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B2B payments may be slow to embrace disruption and innovation, but there is one category of corporate spend that may be ahead of the curve: business travel. Instead, 79 percent said they search through expense reimbursement reports to identify out-of-policy spend.