Employee Spend news and trends

Carahsoft, Coupa Partner on Spend Management for the Public Sector
B2B Payments // September 24, 2021

Carahsoft Technology Corp. will be partnering with spend management company Coupa to boost the availability of spend management tech in the public sector, according to a press release Thursday (Sept. 23). “With a significant opportunity in the public sector, building the right strategic partnerships to...

B2B FinTech Funders Target Employee Spend, Payroll Tools
B2B Payments // April 23, 2021

Another busy week brought fresh funding to the B2B FinTech arena, with expense management solution providers standing out from the crowd. But as more firms aim to control how employees spend money, it was a technology startup that focused on how professionals pay those employees...

Cards Take The Lead In Employee Spend Management
B2B Payments // April 21, 2021

This week’s examination of commercial card innovation is all about managing employee spend. Visa dug deeper into the corporate T&E space with a new partnership, while CLC Lodging released its own virtual card solution as businesses seek technology that supports convenient issuance of cards to...

Spend Management Boosts The Commercial Card Value Prop
B2B Payments // April 01, 2021

Card issuers and FinTechs continue to explore ways to add value to corporate card products to drive up adoption. This week’s Commercial Card Innovation Tracker finds employee spend and expense management a key focus of added functionality. Mastercard, Emburse Team Up For Financial Institution Solutions...

Interviews & Exclusives
Visa, Conferma Pay, Make Corporate ‘On The Go’ Card Spend Tap And Pay

May 06, 2020
The stage is set for contactless payments in commerce, for plastic to remain in the wallet, and for consumers to embrace digital wallets. As workforces become more decentralized, as far-flung employees still have to pay suppliers and vendors — and perhaps even travel (someday) — the stage may be set, too, for technology to help […]

Quick Reads
Tracking Employee Spend Down To The Penny

October 28, 2015
Corporate expense and business travel management firm Penny, which gears its solution to small and medium-sized businesses, wants to help corporations manage employee spending on a broader scale and has enlisted MasterCard to do so. Reports on Monday (Oct. 26) said Penny is rolling out the Penny Inc prepaid MasterCard, a prepaid card program that […]