Payables News Weekly: Basware Discount and Visa in Russia
Welcome to the last Payables News Weekly of February. This past week was a banner time for the accounts payable world; Basware released its latest offering in the Basware Financing…
Payables News Weekly: Visa and MasterCard in Crimea, and Business Travel Booms in China
The northeastern United States is on its third week of snow storms big enough to shutter schools for successive days. This week, for example, Massachusetts—where Ardent Partners is located—has enjoyed…
Payables News Weekly: EU Commercial Cards and Bitcoin in China
We’re two days away from Christmas, but that doesn’t mean the speed of business slows down. The accounts payable world last week enjoyed several new developments, as you’ll see below.…
Payables News Weekly: Concur Acquisition Closes, MasterCard Takes on Bitcoin, and More
The worldwide economic situation became more interesting last week. The United States enjoyed a barn-burner of a jobs report on Friday morning—312,000 jobs were created in November, while the unemployment…
Payables News Weekly: Europe Simplifies Bank Accounts, Africa Looks for Factoring, and More
Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day in the U.K and Canada, and Armistice Day in France and other nations—the day when we honor the signing of the…
Payables News Weekly: Concur and Rogue Travelers, China and Payments, and Chip-Based Cards’ Security Promise
Candy has been handed out to costumed children, the jack-o-lanterns have been thrown away, and Halloween is over for another year. The next holiday, here in the U.S. at least,…
Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Concur for $8.3 Billion
Thursday afternoon, global software provider SAP AG (NYSE – SAP) announced its intent to purchase Seattle-based travel, expense and invoice management solution provider Concur (Nasdaq - CNQR) for approximately $8.3 billion (based upon the announced acquisition…
What Concur’s Partnerships with Airbnb and Uber Say About the Travel / Expense Management Industry
There’s no question that the realm of complex spend management has evolved in recent years, with categories such as business travel (and expense management) and corporate meetings and events not…
Upcoming Webinar: SMBs – Leveraging Automation to Improve Cash Management
Financially knowledgeable SMBs understand the value of optimizing their cash and having a level of predictability around their cash inflow and outflow - this is where automating AP proves to…
Concur: A Driving Force in the Corporate Travel World (Part 2)
In part 1 of this article, I covered the annual Concur Fusion event and some of the announcements made around the new Concur App Center, Open Booking and The Perfect…