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Healthcare Spend Compliance Risk: Sunshine, Stark, and Anti-Kickback Exposure in Everyday Transacti…

SAP Concur blog highlights that healthcare organizations often fail compliance due to inconsistent controls in everyday financial transactions like travel, education, recruiting, and vendor payments. In 2026, increased scrutiny of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute requires organizations to demonstrate defensible controls embedded in daily workflows. The article lists five high-risk areas: CME and travel, vendor-sponsored meals, recruiting and locums travel, cards and reimbursements, and mischaracterized expenses. It recommends pre-spend approvals, automated FMV checks, real-time categorization, and 100% audit coverage to mitigate risks.

SAP Concur and Amex GBT Partner to Reimagine AI-Powered Business Travel

SAP Concur and American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) announced a deepened partnership to co-develop 'Complete', an integrated solution leveraging AI to transform business travel and expense management. They will share engineering teams, unify data layers, and align product roadmaps. The solution offers proactive traveler experiences like auto-generated expense reports, real-time policy checks, unified chat agents, and proactive re-accommodation. Data advantages include over 600 airlines and 2 million properties, plus complete trip lifecycle data. This addresses slow traditional integrations, offering CXOs both control and experience.

Why County Leaders Are Rethinking Spend Management

This SAP Concur blog post highlights the challenges county governments face with fragmented spend management, including separate approval workflows, manual invoice routing, and limited visibility. It advocates for connected spend environments that integrate travel, expense, invoice, and purchasing to enable real-time budget visibility, embedded controls, stronger grant oversight, and enhanced public trust. The article positions modernization as a way to reduce governance risk and improve fiscal confidence.

Armenia travel advice: FCDO advises against all travel to parts

The UK FCDO updated travel advice for Armenia, warning against all travel to parts of Armenia, including within 5km of the eastern border with Azerbaijan and the M16/H26 road between Ijevan and Noyemberyan. The border is closed due to tensions.

Impact and considerations

Parts of Armenia have security risks; business travellers should avoid high-risk areas and monitor border tensions.

Beyond the Balance Sheet Series

SAP Concur introduces the 'Beyond the Balance Sheet' series, a thought-leadership series for modern finance leaders. Each 20-minute episode covers trends shaping finance, including growth strategy, AI, and the evolving role of business travel. Episodes include 'Vision for Growth', 'AI — Hype or Game-Changer?', 'The Role of Business Travel', and 'Integrations: Making Every Connection Count'.

When Data Stops Being a Report: Saia Freight's T&E Strategic Transformation

SAP Concur blog shares how Saia LTL Freight transformed travel and expense management from a tactical process into a strategic tool. By partnering with SAP Concur Consultative Intelligence, Saia automated reconciliation for its central travel account, reclaiming approximately 42 workdays annually and reducing burnout. Director of Finance Operations Ed Hebert emphasizes turning data into stories and embedding insights into daily tools to drive alignment and smarter decision-making.

Ireland travel advice: no significant updates

The UK FCDO reviewed travel advice for Ireland with no significant updates. Travellers are advised to understand risks and obtain appropriate insurance.

Impact and considerations

No significant changes, but business travellers should remain aware of general travel risks.

The AP Leader's Guide to Getting Ahead of Spend in 2026

SAP Concur blog offers five strategies for AP leaders to get ahead of spend in 2026: removing manual friction, using invoice data for early visibility, connecting AP to total spend, embedding risk and compliance, and designing scalable processes. Citing Ardent Partners, best-in-class AP teams process invoices in 3.1 days at 80% lower cost.

Travel and Expense Software Pricing Models Explained: User-Based vs Transaction-Based

SAP Concur blog explains two main T&E software pricing models: user-based and transaction-based. User-based suits small stable organizations but risks unused licenses; transaction-based charges for actual usage, offering flexibility, transparency, and scalability. Buyers should evaluate total value, not just sticker price.

ACI World Reveals Best Airports for Customer Experience in 2025 ASQ Awards

ACI World announced the 2025 ASQ Customer Experience Awards, recognizing 100 airports worldwide with 195 awards. Nearly 707,000 passengers were surveyed, and global passenger satisfaction continues to rise, with border and passport control seeing the largest gains. Global passenger volumes are expected to reach 9.8 billion in 2025 and 10.2 billion in 2026.

Top Accounts Payable Trends for 2026: Agentic AI, Global Compliance, and More

SAP Concur blog summarizes Ardent Partners' 2026 AP trends: agentic AI becomes foundational, global invoicing compliance is real-time, AP data drives cash intelligence, tariff instability persists, and paper checks near extinction. AP's role shifts from invoice processing to strategic insights.

Growing OpEx Risk Is Changing How Utilities View Spend Management

SAP Concur blog highlights new regulatory risks in utility OpEx, making spend management central to regulatory and earnings risk. Regulators demand greater cost transparency, documentation, and performance-based mechanisms. Manual expense reports and siloed data create compliance gaps; SAP Concur helps utilities achieve real-time visibility and automated policy enforcement.

SAP Concur Awarded 2026 G2 Best Accounting and Finance Software

SAP Concur ranked #1 on G2's 2026 Best Accounting and Finance Software list, marking its sixth consecutive year. G2 is visited by over 100 million software buyers annually, and SAP Concur earned this ranking from nearly 6,500 authentic user reviews. Users praise its integration, automation, compliance, and user experience.

Enhanced SAP Concur and Uber for Business Integration Keeps Employee Data in Sync

SAP Concur enhanced its integration with Uber for Business, enabling automatic employee directory sync, filtering by team/region/department, and preview-before-invite. Employee data flows directly from SAP Concur to Uber for Business, reducing manual upkeep. Uber rides and meals generate e-receipts that flow into Concur Expense, streamlining expense reporting.

SAP Concur vs Emburse: User Ratings and Long-Term Fit Comparison

SAP Concur blog compares SAP Concur and Emburse expense management solutions. Based on TrustRadius and G2 reviews, SAP Concur scores higher in overall rating, efficiency, mobile functionality, rules, and workflow satisfaction. SAP Concur users report up to 23% cost savings, 28% higher policy compliance, and 5x more efficient expense report processing.

2025 Innovation Recap: SAP Concur Enhances Travel and Expense with AI and Integrations

SAP Concur recaps 2025 innovations: Joule AI assistant general availability, Receipt Analysis Agent for better receipt capture, Complete unified solution with Amex GBT, integrations with Microsoft Teams and Uber for Business, new NetSuite connector, language support expanded to over 90, and improved admin interfaces.

Morocco Travel Advice Update

The UK FCDO updated its travel advice for Morocco, removing information about risks from severe weather conditions in several areas. The advice still emphasizes that no travel can be guaranteed safe and recommends appropriate travel insurance.

Impact and considerations

Removal of severe weather risk information suggests improved conditions in some areas, potentially reducing travel risks.

Booking Holdings to Release Q4 and Full Year 2025 Earnings

Booking Holdings announced it will release its fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results on February 18, 2026, followed by a conference call. The results will be posted on the company's investor relations website.

SAP Concur vs Coupa: User Ratings and Key Differences

This SAP Concur blog post compares SAP Concur and Coupa based on user reviews, features, and mobile experience. SAP Concur scores 8.3/10 on TrustRadius from 1,980 reviews, while Coupa scores 7.9/10 from 152 reviews. SAP Concur outperforms in travel booking, mobile receipt capture, and reimbursement.

Cameroon Travel Advice Update

The UK FCDO updated travel advice for Cameroon, no longer advising against all but essential travel to most of Adamawa Region. It continues to advise against all travel to parts of Cameroon, including Bakassi Peninsula, within 40km of borders with CAR, Chad, and Nigeria, Far-North Region, North-West Region, and South-West Region.

Impact and considerations

Changes in travel advice affect business travel risk assessments; some areas have reduced risk, but others remain high-risk.

6 Ways Top Finance Leaders Are Staying Ahead of Spend in 2026

This SAP Concur article outlines six ways finance leaders stay ahead of spend in 2026: shifting from reactive to proactive spend management, connecting travel, expense, and AP, using automation, treating business travel as strategic, leveraging AI, and prioritizing predictability. It cites research, such as 35% of CFOs citing poor cost management as a top internal threat.

The Travel Manager's Playbook for Getting Ahead in 2026

This SAP Concur article provides a playbook for travel managers in 2026: turning travel data into actionable stories, building cost savings that support the business, treating AI as a practical advantage, learning from peers, and adopting a connected approach to travel and spend. Research shows nearly 7 in 10 travel managers say their budget doesn't reflect travel's importance.

North Macedonia Travel Advice Update

The UK FCDO updated travel advice for North Macedonia, removing information about travel disruption at land border crossings. The advice still emphasizes that no travel can be guaranteed safe and recommends appropriate travel insurance.

Impact and considerations

Removal of border disruption information suggests improved border conditions, potentially reducing travel risks.

Serbia Travel Advice Update

The UK FCDO updated travel advice for Serbia, removing information about travel disruption at land border crossings. The advice still emphasizes that no travel can be guaranteed safe and recommends appropriate travel insurance.

Impact and considerations

Removal of border disruption information suggests improved border conditions, potentially reducing travel risks.

KAYAK Appoints Peer Bueller as Chief Executive Officer

KAYAK, a Booking Holdings brand, announced the appointment of Peer Bueller as Chief Executive Officer, effective February 3, 2026. Bueller joined KAYAK in 2016 as CFO and added COO in 2021, focusing on expansion and growth of KAYAK for Business. Co-founder Steve Hafner, after 22 years as CEO, will become Executive Chair and take a new role at Booking Holdings focused on AI innovation. Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel praised Bueller's financial and operational expertise to drive KAYAK's growth.