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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

From a mobile app to beefed-up rewards, the latest solutions are embracing the shift of spend to the card. Expense management and accounts payable (AP) automation solution provider Emburse is rolling out new card solutions designed to help organizations manage their travel spend.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Commercial cards continue to explore more use cases to optimize spend for businesses, from accounts payable (AP) to employee travel and expense management. Event managers are responsible for managing team members’ expenses, reconciling transactions and keeping receipts, she said.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A summer lull in B2B venture capital appears to have given way to an impressive start to the fall season. This week, two massive deals landed with B2B payments innovators at Fundbox and Tipalti, but they were far from the only players to have secured new funding. said this week.

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MARCH 10, 2020

In B2B FinTech, spend management is a greenfield opportunity as innovators explore how to help corporates understand the nuances of how money flows out of the enterprise. Historically, said Airbase CEO Thejo Kote, finance and accounting teams have been forced to work around the friction of a fragmented spend ecosystem.

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MAY 15, 2018

Corporate expense management firm Chrome River is collaborating with India-based travel company Yatra , the companies announced on Monday (May 14). Rich added, “In addition to the need for increased control and visibility into spend, companies are looking for expense reporting solutions, which work across any mobile platform. .”

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MAY 13, 2016

Corporate spend management firm Coupa has wrapped up its Inspire 2016 conference, with no shortage of announcements for the company. Earlier this week, the firm revealed an integration with corporate travel booking platform Sabre, streamlining the expense management process following business trip planning.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Corporate expense management company Certify is stepping into the procure-to-pay arena with the launch of Certify Purchasing, announced Thursday (Jan. ” Its entrance into the procurement space follows Certify’s September acquisition of Captio , an expense management solution based in Europe.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Corporate expense management company Expensify is rolling out a commercial card product to augment its solution. Previously, the company also rolled out software to provide spend management solutions for self-employed and freelance professionals in support of cash flow management and tax filing.

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JULY 28, 2017

WEX is lending its B2B payments capabilities to the enterprise software services of Apptricity. An announcement by the companies Thursday (July 26) revealed news that Apptricity is integrating WEX’s corporate payment solutions into its own offering of automated supply chain, travel and expense (T&E) and spend management solutions. “We

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AUGUST 30, 2018

A corporate travel and expense management solutions provider has struck a partnership with ERP software company VAI, according to an announcement on Wednesday (Aug. VAI will now link corporate customers to SAP Concur solutions, including Concur Expense, Concur Invoice and Concur Travel. million deal.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Plus, said Jandrell, these firms increasingly require the capability to manage processes before and after purchases are made. Historically, that has meant disparate, siloed platforms for expense management, contract management, accounts payable automation and more.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Expense management and reporting technology firm AppZen announced a $50 million fundraise Monday (Sept. AppZen secured the Series C funding from hedge fund firm Coatue Management, with Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners also participating in the funding round, VentureBeat reported.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Usually, the auditing workflow involves looking at expense reports filed by employees, with a focus on identifying potentially erroneous or even fraudulent transactions. At most, a manual approach to spend management can attempt to uncover potential patterns: an employee that is continually breaching internal spend policy, for instance.

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MAY 18, 2016

While corporate travel is the second-largest controllable expense category for a corporation, noncompliant travel procurement and rogue spend can derail spend management in the space. The virtual card has recently gained traction in the corporate travel spend arena.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

That not only limits spend visibility, explained Anthony Rotoli, CEO of procurement and spend management technology provider ESM Solutions , but can expose higher education organizations like universities to risks, including fraud. “Procurement was always, ‘let’s get rid of paper,'” he said.

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JUNE 20, 2016

Mobile tools not only enable professionals to work beyond the nine-to-five world, but these capabilities provide real-time insight into corporate spend. Managers can identify and assess suspicious transactions almost immediately. In accounts payable, commercial card transactions may not account for much — yet.

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JULY 21, 2017

Small business accounting and cash management took home the gold this week, with two startups raising a collective $93 million in funding. But the streak of B2B FinTech investments continues for startups of several industries, including cybersecurity, alternative finance and more. Expense Management. Cybersecurity.

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JULY 25, 2018

A CFO’s job doesn’t become more complex as a company grows simply because the business is spending more money. Sterling Snow, vice president of marketing at corporate spend management company Divvy , recently told PYMNTS that businesses (at least, the ones he works with) are hardly using checks at all.

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JULY 16, 2020

Commercial card innovation continues to make big waves in the accounts payable (AP) department, as corporates and card issuers alike explore new ways to drive business spend on cards beyond business trips or ad-hoc purchases. American Express commercial cards have been a staple for many corporates over the years.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

With innovations introducing virtual card technology and data analytics into the fold, the commercial card space is positioning itself to address some of the emerging challenges of business payments in accounts payable and beyond. Payroll company ADP recently estimated that as much as 80 percent of U.S.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

This year, B2B payments technology made strides toward speed, transparency and efficiency as service providers took advantage of a massive market opportunity: corporates’ payment demands are growing more sophisticated, yet they continue to rely on checks and legacy tools. Below, PYMNTS explores the biggest B2B payments stories of 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Corporate expense management solution provider Divvy is expanding its product offering with the introduction of Bill Pay, announced Thursday (Sept. Bill Pay, paired with the rest of the Divvy platform, offers financial leaders a single source for all their spend and expense management needs.”.

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APRIL 6, 2018

On the surface, investors were quite varied this week when it came to backing B2B startups. With more than $95 million in financing placed, startups across eProcurement, cybersecurity, logistics, alternative finance, blockchain and supply chain management secured support. PYMNTS breaks down the deals below. eProcurement. Logistics.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Expense management solutions provider Coupa is rolling out a suite of B2B payment solutions collectively known as Coupa Pay, and the firm is working with Barclaycard to boost adoption of electronic B2B payments. Two press releases issued Wednesday (Nov. “It inherently offers a twofold advantage.

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JUNE 24, 2016

While there may be a flurry of solutions for the enterprise to manage spend across a variety of business operations — accounts payable, travel and expense management or procurement — rarely do these solutions meet the spend management needs for all three areas.

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APRIL 10, 2018

According to Eric Christopher, CEO of spend management company Zylo , only 40 percent of SaaS spend can be tracked by a company’s IT department, largely as a result of rogue SaaS procurement and unmanaged purchases. Rogue procurement isn’t limited to SaaS spend, however. A Sea of Data.

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APRIL 11, 2018

Analyzing the dollars and cents associated with business trips is now a fundamental part of an organization’s travel and expense (T&E) strategy to ensure that it can squeeze every penny in added revenues and profits out of each trip. It’s not an easy feat, however. Accessing Data.

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