Accounting Insight

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

But no matter the size, with tracking and paying expenses, making payroll, setting budgets, preparing for the tax season, and more all falling under one department, you’re likely looking for ways to make managing financial processes easier and more transparent. What is payroll? Take expenses, for example.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

HR and payroll solutions provider Paylocity announced it has bought spend management software company Airbase for $325 million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

For purposes of this analogy, the “basement” into which bad mice are creeping is most likely your legacy payroll/expense management software and its possibly compromised connections. While technological advancements have revolutionized many aspects of operations, payroll and expense management are not [among] them.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 14, 2023

LeaseQuery , a provider of software built to empower accounting and finance teams by simplifying the complex, has acquired Stackshine, a SaaS spend management platform designed to help companies track and optimize their software spend and usage. This is an exciting opportunity to become a category leader in an emerging market.”

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 10, 2023

LeaseQuery , a provider of software built to empower accounting and finance teams by simplifying the complex, has acquired Stackshine, a SaaS spend management platform designed to help companies track and optimize their software spend and usage. This is an exciting opportunity to become a category leader in an emerging market.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Like the rest of the financial services market, payroll is participating in the anti-paper movement. The biggest impact of this shift is businesses’ decision to embrace direct deposit over paper paychecks, a trend that took off and led to nearly 94 percent of employees being paid this way, according to the American Payroll Association.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Too often, however, the reconciliation becomes an afterthought in the spend management process, and can be even more difficult for a company’s accounting department to address if paper receipts get lost. The Latest Workforce Spend Management News. Deep Dive: Teaching Spend Management in Charter Schools.

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Airbase

JANUARY 27, 2023

An automated, consolidated spend management platform helps treasury departments gain the visibility and control they need to build responsiveness for a turbulent economy. Let’s take a look at the interaction between the treasury function and spend management. How does spend management help the treasury function?

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Airbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

Spend management: The next stage of invoice automation. A spend management platform is a full AP solution that leverages automation for all non-payroll spend processing.

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Airbase

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Effective expense management helps organizations streamline processes, reduce wasted spend, adhere to budgets, and gain an accurate view of their financial health. When it comes to expense management vs spend management , generally speaking, expense management is one component of comprehensive spend management.

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Xero

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

From POS systems to inventory management to payroll, Xero connects with over 1,000 apps as well as 300 banks and financial institutions across the globe. Staying on top of payroll can be a challenge, but cloud-based HR software Talenox ensures you’ll never miss a pay date again.

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Airbase

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Effective expense management helps organizations streamline processes, reduce wasted spend, adhere to budgets, and gain an accurate view of their financial health. When it comes to expense management vs spend management , generally speaking, expense management is one component of comprehensive spend management.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, discuss Ramp , a finance platform that uses AI and other machine learning technologies to automate AP, expense management and spend management. RAMP is a spend management program now don’t hang up just because I’ve said spend management.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

And thanks to several nine-figure investment deals, BaaS, expense management, payroll and B2B eCommerce are now in the spotlight. Corporate spend management startup Divvy is now valued at $1.6 The company targets small and medium-sized businesses with payroll and human resources technologies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even more important that firms deliver payroll quickly, as employees are facing greater financial strains that may make them more eager for prompt salary disbursements. Deep Dive: How Prepaid Cards Ease Employees' Payroll Pains. Around The World Of Smarter Payments.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

At the broader level, commercial card innovators — both within the T&E arena and elsewhere — are pressing further into the spend management space, heightening the ability for businesses to control and analyze expenses as more companies tighten their belts and focus on recovery. Expensify Links Cards To Booking.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

A significant number of firms — notably small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — still use such systems, as 25 percent of smaller firms stated in 2018 that their payroll involved pen-and-paper methods. These outdated processes are frustrating and could also lead to costly mistakes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Sales are falling as consumers curb their spending, resulting in cash flow crunches that are pressuring businesses to stick to their budgets and pursue innovations. Managing Cash Flows During the Crunch. percent of SMBs with brick-and-mortar presences have delayed payroll payments to alleviate the strain on their finances, while 18.1

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Airbase

JANUARY 31, 2023

Airbase is a spend management platform that provides full visibility and control over all non-payroll spend. Would you like to see what an innovative spend management platform can do for your company? Schedule a demo today. The post How to tackle your first external audit, before it tackles you.

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Going Concern

MAY 12, 2023

There are only so many minutes in the day—and every minute we spend managing this digital debt is a minute not spent on the creative work that leads to innovation. I suspect few business leaders would admit they’re looking forward to AI reducing payroll obligations. So that’s encouraging if it can be trusted.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

HR and payroll software solutions provider Paylocity has struck a deal to acquire spend management platform Airbase for $325 million, the companies said in a media release on Sept. The deal is being funded by borrowings under Paylocity’s revolving credit facility. Canada, India, and the Philippines.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The company announced in February that it would acquire the expense management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm that already underpins Visa’s IntelliLink Spend Management platform, designed for commercial and small business (SMB) customers. Billtrust, Flywire Join Forces For X-Border.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

This Deep Dive examines potential workforce spend management use cases for companies and gig workers alike. Workforce spend management solutions could provide them a better option for taking on gig work-related debt, and help employers manage funds spent. Making Reimbursements Less Of A Production. million workers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Backers placed the spotlight on everything from B2B eCommerce, to supply chain optimization, to Banking-as-a-Service, but human resources and payroll landed in the top spot in this week's VC roundup. Procurement Partners. Fairmarkit.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

EaseCentral’s new tools include an employee-facing mobile app, as well as an integration with ADP for streamlined payroll. and Italy, bringing its employee spend management tools into new regions. and Italy, bringing its employee spend management tools into new regions. Corporate Accounting.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Botkeeper is able to streamline accounting processes through its automation technology as well as integration capabilities with banks, payroll platforms and other sources of financial data to support businesses’ spend management, reconciliation, bill payment and other accounting tasks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With more than $89 million raised, B2B FinTechs this week impressed venture capitalists (VCs) with a range of services, including small business accounting, financing, spend management and payroll. based Tribal Credit is targeting small businesses in emerging markets, enabling them to access alternative financing.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The B2B FinTech space saw its fair share of venture capital, too, with investors targeting spend management, alternative small business lending, workforce management and enterprise crypto services — plus, some news of a few more investment rounds likely on the horizon.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Two forces are currently at work that may stand to reshape the way small businesses (SMBs) manage their cash. On one hand, finds the latest report from spend management firm Center, companies are eager to take a new approach to how they budget and handle costs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Payroll company ADP recently estimated that as much as 80 percent of U.S. While the trend is reflective of companies’ broader expectations for growth and larger budgets, it’s also likely to place even greater pressure on employee spend management efforts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

While the conversation may be dominated by corporates’ ongoing use of paper checks, one would be hard-pressed to find a company that uses only paper checks for everything — payroll, AP and so on. But it’s not the only thing businesses are trying to get rid of when it comes to company spend.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

These companies are now using workforce spend management tools like corporate cards and reconciliation services to ensure both deadlines and client expectations are met. In addition to earmarking production-related costs, the workforce spend management solutions Sparkhouse utilizes help the company save on bookkeeping expenses.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

If your firm is already providing some CAS offerings, such as expense management, payroll or accounts payable, the transition to a full CAS practice might be even easier. Your practice is probably working on some of these processes internally already, so the switch to providing it as a service is not a large jump.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

Reports said the corporate spend management company will acquire Trade Extensions, a company that operates in the eSourcing and strategic sourcing space, for $45 million — $41 million in cash and $4 million in stock issued to employees, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

Corporate spend management platform Coupa is expanding availability of virtual commercial card payments as a result of a partnership with BNP Paribas , according to a press release from the financial institution. “Open finance will allow faster payroll, simpler expense management and streamlined invoicing and budgeting.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

In India, where investors have shied away from alternative nonbank financial companies as of late, one small business (SMB) lender managed to secure an impressive funding round. Other investment targets included a Chinese B2B eCommerce platform with a niche focus, an InsurTech startup targeting gig workers and corporate spend management firm.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

This Deep Dive examines potential workforce spend management use cases for companies and gig workers alike. Workforce spend management solutions could provide them a better option for taking on gig-work-related debt, and help employers manage funds spent. Making Reimbursements Less Of A Production. million workers.

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