Expensify announced a native integration with Rillet, an AI-native ERP, enabling automatic sync of expenses, corporate card spend, and reimbursements to the general ledger. The integration supports two-way sync, including categories, dimensions, and tax rates, reducing manual work and errors.
BCD Travel has introduced travel solutions for finance teams, aiming to consolidate booking, invoicing, and expense management, providing full spend visibility, reducing manual reconciliation, and supporting VAT compliance and expense reimbursement. The solution helps finance teams control travel costs and improve policy compliance without adding an internal travel management team.
This SAP Concur blog discusses the growing sophistication of AI-driven invoice fraud and outlines five ways to strengthen AP processes with AI and automation. It cites the Finance Leaders' Fraud Report 2026: 45% of respondents experienced business email compromise, impersonation fraud rose from 35% in 2025 to 40% in 2026, and deepfake audio/video fraud appeared for the first time. 62% reported financial losses in the past three years, yet only 22% felt very well protected.
This SAP Concur blog discusses the growing threat of AI-driven fraud and outlines four ways finance teams can use AI to strengthen fraud prevention. It cites the Finance Leaders' Fraud Report 2026: business email compromise affects 45% of respondents, impersonation fraud rose from 35% in 2025 to 40% in 2026, and deepfake audio/video fraud appeared for the first time. 62% reported financial losses in the past three years, and 59% of organizations still do not use AI in any spend management process.
This SAP Concur blog explains how its platform saves time in travel, expense, and invoice management through mobile capture, OCR, automated workflows, and straight-through processing. It lists 8 ways, including capturing receipts anywhere, reducing manual data entry, automating policy checks, speeding approvals, automatically matching corporate cards and e-receipts, automating invoice processing, analyzing bottlenecks, and connecting ERP systems. Customer feedback indicates significant efficiency gains.
Brian Vance, CFO of healthcare technology company CenTrak, shared at Fusion 2026 how using SAP Concur Intelligent Audit transformed their expense management. Previously, one AP clerk could only manually review 65-70% of expense reports. With Intelligent Audit, 100% of reports are now reviewed, reducing the close cycle from 5 days to 3. The company also expanded its T&E policy to eight pages, clarifying rules on alcohol, hotel tiers, etc., improving compliance and cost control.
SAP Concur published a blog summarizing SMB reviews on G2. Users highlight five key benefits: less manual work, simpler expense reporting, real-time spend visibility, mobile expense management, and scalability. SAP Concur ranked #1 in the G2 Summer 2026 Travel and Expense Management Grid Report based on over 7,000 user reviews.
BCD Travel and Emburse announced an expanded strategic partnership, combining BCD's Tripsource platform with Emburse's AI-powered expense management capabilities to automate data flows and embed policy controls from booking to reimbursement. The collaboration aims to reduce manual work for travelers, speed up reimbursements, provide real-time insights for travel managers, and improve risk management and forecasting for finance managers.
Travelport's TripServices Flights API release AirReservation 26.11.30W introduces Unified Checkout, allowing customers to send all booking details and commit a single unified checkout payload to create a booking, as an alternative to the multi-request booking workflow in a workbench session. The unified checkout request does not support some optional steps in the booking workflow, such as adding seats or ancillaries. It is available for both NDC and GDS content.
SAP Concur blog shares insights from John Lovasz, Global Concur Administrator at Crane Payment Innovations, covering mobile expense capture, using reporting data to fix policy issues, scaling across business units, and compliance benefits of automated audit rules.
SAP Concur blog shares how Stephanie Richards, T&E Administrator at Group 1001, uses Verify to automate expense audits. Previously spending 40 hours weekly manually reviewing all expense reports, Verify has freed up significant time, allowing her to focus on budgeting and forecasting.
Evotec, a global drug discovery company, has selected Navan to manage its complete corporate travel and expense (T&E) program across Germany, the UK, the US, Italy, and France. The move aims to eliminate manual expense reporting and streamline processes through automation, providing real-time visibility and control to support operational excellence.
A benchmark of 10 life sciences organizations by BCD Travel shows progress in accountability, governance, and automation for Transfer of Value (ToV) reporting, but reliance on fragmented data and multiple systems persists. Most operate hybrid models with partial automation, and data consistency remains a challenge.
SAP Concur explains how agentic AI, powered by Joule, automates travel and expense tasks. AI agents assist with booking trips, planning off-site meetings, auto-creating expense reports, analyzing receipts, and checking compliance. The article highlights agentic AI's ability to initiate and orchestrate multi-step processes, reducing manual work, and discusses new approaches to measuring AI ROI.
Payal Bhattacharya of BeOne Medicines shared at Fusion 2026 how the company automates T&E with SAP Concur. Corporate card feeds, mobile capture, and Intelligent Audit reduce administrative burden. Native integration with SAP S/4HANA automates financial postings and supports audit readiness. Direct Concur Travel contract improves compliance and experience. Future focus on AI audit rules and Joule.
Sage Publishing fully utilized SAP Concur within three months, and after implementing Concur Request, over 80% of manual approval emails disappeared. Automated reporting and data integration improved transparency and efficiency for global teams. Future plans include adopting Joule AI tools for further automation.
Expensify announced expanded capabilities for Concierge AI, enabling customers to configure accounts, automate expense management, and analyze spend using natural language via email, text, or in-app. New features include conversational analytics, chat-based expense management, workspace administration, cross-channel access, and autonomous workflow agents in beta.
SAP Concur blog explains how to calculate business cash flow, emphasizing its importance for financial health. It highlights that travel and expense (T&E) directly impacts cash flow, and lack of compliance controls can lead to fraud and leakage. Spend management automation improves compliance, simplifies taxes, and enhances invoicing, thereby improving cash flow visibility.
SAP Concur blog cites IFOL report showing 77% of organizations still manually enter invoices, only 7% fully automated. AI adoption is accelerating with 19% using and 30% planning within a year. Embedded AI reduces manual work, improves efficiency, and allows finance teams to focus on strategic tasks.
Sabre announced a deployment with Ultra Group (now Linex Travel) using its MCP server and agentic AI to manage complex post-booking processes like ticket reissues and dynamic exchanges. Linex Travel, acquired by Linex Capital, will use Sabre Mosaic to expand its global loyalty redemption marketplace.
Expedia TAAP introduces a new back-office API and internal reference code feature to help travel agencies streamline back-office operations and reduce manual work. The API provides real-time push notifications, automatically updating booking and earnings data, and supports integration with existing systems. This move aims to evolve TAAP from a booking platform to an integration-first ecosystem.
SAP Concur published a blog post offering five steps for SMBs to cut employee expense costs, including moving away from spreadsheets, eliminating paper receipts, embracing AI and automation, improving visibility, and building a partner ecosystem. It cites data showing integrated solutions can reduce travel and expense costs by up to 21%.
Rebecca Kelley, Travel and Expense Analyst at Meteor Education, shares her experience with SAP Concur. The company has ~350 employees, with ~100 regular travelers. Through the integrated platform and Verify automated auditing, they saved significant time and stayed on budget for the first time in 2024 and 2025, after previously overspending by 25-30% annually.
A SAP Concur blog post highlights that manual invoice processing becomes increasingly inefficient and risky as businesses grow. Digitizing invoices and automating AP processes can reduce processing costs by up to 70%, cut handling times by 66%, improve compliance, and strengthen supplier relationships. AI-powered tools like OCR and machine learning automate data extraction and matching, while integration with ERP systems provides real-time visibility into cash flow and supports better decision-making.
A SAP Concur blog post explores how AI is transforming travel and expense (T&E) management. Traditional T&E processes rely on employees understanding policies, often leading to errors and inefficiency. AI enables proactive management by providing real-time guidance, automating classification, and identifying high-risk expenses, improving compliance, data accuracy, and efficiency.
SAP Concur published a blog post offering strategies for building a cost-saving corporate travel program, covering foundational to advanced practices. The article emphasizes expanding spend visibility, simplifying compliance, uncovering hidden costs, and leveraging automation and AI, as well as strengthening supplier relationships and enforcing pre-spend compliance.
SAP Concur's article explores AI's dual role in spend management. AI can reduce administrative burden, process large data, and manage complexity, but it can also amplify existing weaknesses like inconsistent data, disconnected systems, and weak governance. The article emphasizes that AI success depends on strong foundations: connected systems, trustworthy data, and clear governance. The future of spend management requires balancing automation with human judgment.
SAP Concur's blog discusses how AI is transforming travel management by connecting booking, expense, and approval processes. It cites that organizations using AI-powered Concur Travel and Expense report 19.2% faster travel bookings, 21% lower travel and expense costs, and 78% improvement in policy compliance.
SAP Concur blog discusses that after finance teams deploy automated expense tools, early results are positive, but inconsistencies emerge later, such as out-of-policy expenses being approved and teams interpreting policies differently. This stems from a lack of governance. With global business travel spend projected at $1.69 trillion, small inconsistencies can multiply. The article recommends aligning policy design, approval logic, and governance to ensure automation delivers consistency and confidence.
SAP Concur published an article on how colleges and universities can improve compliance through automated travel and expense management. Research shows 63% of organizations cite time wasted on audits due to non-compliance, 64% of higher education institutions take over 60 days to process vendor payments, and 37% of expense reports are still manually audited. Automated tools can identify non-compliant transactions early, reduce audit workload, and protect institutional funds.
SAP Concur article discusses the importance of automated fraud detection in expense management. Citing 2025 report: 77% of finance leaders know an AP fraud victim in past five years, only 35% consider their prevention measures very effective. It highlights AI/ML for real-time monitoring and anomaly detection, and introduces SAP Concur solutions.
SAP Concur article explains accounts payable (AP) definition, importance, and challenges, highlighting manual process drawbacks. Introduces automated AP workflow: invoice intake, data validation, approval routing, payment, and audit trail. AI and OCR improve accuracy, optimize cash flow, enhance fraud detection, and tax compliance.
At SAP Concur Fusion 2026, SAP announced expansion of Joule AI solutions, including integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot, two new Joule Agents for expense automation and pre-submit audit, and new partnerships with Amex GBT and Visa to streamline travel and expense management.
The article discusses financial complexity in healthcare, including fragmented spend processes and compliance pressures. By automating financial workflows and connecting spend data, healthcare organizations can improve transparency, reduce fraud risk, and ensure resources are directed to patient care.
Malaysia-based travel seller AA Aviation signed an agreement with Amadeus for an end-to-end solution including automation, mid- and back-office systems, and an online booking tool, to enhance operational efficiency and competitiveness.
SAP Concur announced its Innovation Award winners at Fusion 2026, including LTM, Schwarz Group, Natura, Wipro, Royal Mail, and Staple AI. These organizations achieved significant improvements in travel and expense management through automation, AI, and integrations, such as saving hours, improving compliance, and reducing costs.
In a SAP Concur Conversations episode, Saia LTL Freight's Director of Finance Operations Ed Hebert shares how the company transformed its travel and expense (T&E) data from a tactical process into a strategic storytelling engine. By analyzing patterns and automating a reconciliation process, Saia reclaimed approximately 42 workdays annually, reduced burnout, and improved decision-making across the organization.
SAP Concur's guide highlights the strategic role of accounts payable (AP) in spend management for 2026. It offers five recommendations: remove manual friction, use invoice data for visibility, connect AP to total spend, build in risk and compliance, and design scalable processes. Citing Ardent Partners, best-in-class AP teams process invoices in 3.1 days at 80% lower cost.
According to SAP Concur research, finance teams in 2026 face ongoing volatility, with 35% of CFOs citing poor cost management as a top internal threat. Leading organizations are shifting from reactive to proactive spend management, integrating travel, expense, and accounts payable, and leveraging automation and AI for efficiency. Adopting SAP Concur can reduce business travel and expense costs by 23%, increase policy compliance by 28%, and enhance forecasting confidence.
Perk (formerly TravelPerk), an intelligent travel and spend management platform, launched a global ad campaign including its first CTV ad, exposing 'shadow work' costing businesses over $1.7 trillion annually. The campaign humorously shows how hidden tasks like booking trips and filing expenses derail breakthroughs. Perk aims to eliminate these manual tasks with its AI-native platform.