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.
Perk research shows 20% of employees regularly misrepresent expenses, and 56% have done so at least once. 31% still submit manually via email or spreadsheet, with manual processes more prone to misrepresentation. AI-generated receipts account for 8%, highest in Germany. Perk suggests expanding corporate card access, reducing friction, and implementing proactive guardrails.
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.
Jesse Cox, AP and T&E Manager at Solis Mammography, shares five tips for optimizing Concur Invoice: auditing workflows, using vendor setup to reduce manual work, treating compliance configuration as a living document, using reporting to spot AP patterns, and keeping invoice policies aligned with business. Continuous refinement leads to efficiency gains and compliance.
Since April 2, hotels and other businesses in Spain are legally required to accept the new MiDNI mobile identity app as valid identification. This is part of Europe's eIDAS 2.0 framework, making Spain one of the first major live test cases for digital identity in hotel operations. The industry response is mixed, with compliance as the main driver, but fragmented technology and guest adoption remain challenges.
OneReg, an aviation compliance platform, secured $4.4 million in Series A funding co-led by Alterned Capital and Co:Act Capital. The funds will accelerate expansion into the UK and Europe, and boost sales, customer success, and product development. Founded in New Zealand in 2020, OneReg is used by airlines and airports across New Zealand, Australia, the Middle East, and the US, with triple-digit revenue growth.
SAP Concur announced that its AI assistant Joule is embedded across its T&E solutions, surfacing policy, context, and data at decision points to reduce downstream corrections, enhance compliance, and improve data accuracy, making T&E a connected intelligent experience.
SAP Concur published an article on how public sector and regulated industries can modernize safely. It argues that incremental improvements, clearer audit trails, embedded policy controls, and visibility within workflows reduce operational risk, rather than large-scale transformation. It emphasizes that delaying modernization creates its own risks, such as manual processes and disconnected systems leading to audit complexity and reporting delays.
The article emphasizes that K-12 finance leaders must treat audit readiness as a daily task, using standardized processes, embedded controls, and unified systems to ensure every expenditure is traceable and compliant. SAP Concur offers spend management solutions to help districts streamline processes, improve transparency, and navigate complex funding requirements.
SAP Concur blog discusses T&E challenges in healthcare M&A. CMS requires accurate cost reporting within 150 days of close, but many organizations spend 6-18 months reconciling systems, risking reimbursement delays and penalties. The article emphasizes multi-entity cost reporting, clinician compliance, multi-jurisdiction policies, and audit readiness, proposing a 90-day phased approach.
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 explains reimbursable expenses definition and main categories: transportation/travel, meals/entertainment, office supplies, professional development, communications, etc. Emphasizes proper categorization for compliance, financial reporting, taxes, and employee satisfaction, and recommends automation platforms like SAP Concur for smart categorization and policy enforcement.
SAP Concur article explores miscellaneous expenses definition, misuse risks (compliance, budgeting, fraud), and best practices. Emphasizes that misc expenses may mask waste and compliance issues, recommending clear boundaries, regular reviews, increased documentation, automated flagging, and employee training. SAP Concur offers smart categorization and policy enforcement.
A SAP Concur blog post discusses the importance of transparency in regulated industries, noting that cybersecurity has become the top external concern for finance leaders. It emphasizes that fragmented data and manual processes weaken accountability and increase risk. Leading organizations build trust through real-time visibility, policy enforcement, and audit readiness. The post also mentions the average data breach cost of $4.4 million, highlighting the financial impact of visibility gaps.
A SAP Concur blog post argues that spend visibility alone is no longer sufficient for control. It distinguishes visibility, governance, and operational control, emphasizing embedding policies into workflows for real-time compliance. Automation and risk flagging reduce friction and enhance control.
A SAP Concur article explores the benefits and risks of AI in corporate travel management. AI can reduce booking and expense time by 53%, but fraud risks increase, with 32% of travelers thinking colleagues might use AI to falsify expenses. The article emphasizes balancing benefits and risks through training and ethical guidelines.
The article highlights that state and local governments face tight budgets and audit demands, and fragmented spend management undermines efficiency and governance. Adopting a connected spend platform provides real-time visibility, embedded controls, and audit readiness, enhancing trust and decision-making.
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.
The article highlights that county governments face complex funding environments and scrutiny, with fragmented spend management creating governance risks. Adopting integrated spend management platforms provides real-time budget visibility, embedded controls, stronger grant oversight, and enhances public trust.
Ardent Partners report highlights key AP trends for 2026, including agentic AI moving from pilot to core operations, global invoicing compliance becoming a real-time responsibility, AP data driving cash intelligence, tariff instability, data cleansing, and the death of paper checks. The AP role is shifting from basic invoice management to a strategic hub.
Utility operating expenses (OpEx) face new regulatory risks, with regulators demanding greater cost transparency and documentation. Travel and expense (T&E) becomes a visible signal of financial discipline, and spend management platforms like SAP Concur help utilities embed controls, automate policy enforcement, and provide real-time transparency.
SAP Concur's blog highlights the benefits of integrating with cloud ERP, including unified data, real-time visibility, improved compliance, and greater efficiency. Through automated workflows and real-time data synchronization, organizations can eliminate data silos and achieve a single source of truth for spend management.
SAP Concur says AI-generated receipts are evading traditional human audits because they are visually realistic and can have metadata stripped or faked. Its AI-powered auditing solution Verify has helped customers identify thousands of AI-generated receipts, with a detection rate roughly 18 times higher than earlier checks focused only on known online receipt generators. Chris Juneau, senior vice president and head of Product Marketing at SAP Concur, said about 1% of reviewed receipts have been flagged as potentially AI-generated, created by tools including ChatGPT, Gemini and Stable Diffusion, and that AI is not increasing the frequency of expense fraud but changing how it occurs. With near…
SAP Concur and Workday have different priorities in T&E management. Concur is purpose-built for global travel, expense, and compliance, offering end-to-end visibility and proactive compliance. User reviews show higher satisfaction for Concur in bank/credit card integration and currency conversion. Concur users save an average of $777K annually and see 32% higher compliance.
SAP Concur has released a 2026 leadership guide for CFOs, citing its trends research that forecasting agility is a top priority for finance leaders, while many teams still struggle with slow visibility and manual processes. The research shows 57% of finance leaders say they play an active role in shaping organizational strategy, but only 19% of CFOs have full confidence in their finance data. The article recommends a connected platform unifying travel, expense, and invoice data to improve compliance and decision-making.
SAP Concur published a blog highlighting how its travel and expense management solutions use AI innovation, automated compliance, and spend visibility to help customers like Mastercard and ACV Auctions improve efficiency and save costs.
MediaKind's Corporate Travel and Expense Manager Amber Lee shared her journey from Concur skeptic to champion on the SAP Concur Conversations podcast. She emphasized leading with empathy and context to drive adoption, empowering users by helping them understand the reasons behind policies to improve compliance, and community as a critical but underrated tool. She has over 15 years of experience driving user adoption.
On the SAP Concur Conversations podcast, Chloe Carver, Head of Corporate Travel Consulting at Acquis Consulting Group, shared how to build a traveler-centric travel program. She recommends policies that guide behavior rather than control it, treating implementation as a key transformation opportunity, and prioritizing traveler experience as the foundation of compliance. Host Jeanne Dion emphasized that organizations should not undermine their values through over-regulation.
A SAP Concur blog post based on a survey of travel and expense leaders outlines three common expense approval scenarios: alcohol, suspicious reports and workshop meals. 54% would not approve a bottle of wine replacing two glasses; 38% would talk to the manager about suspicious reports and 36% would run additional reports; nearly two-thirds would not approve a lunch reimbursement when meals were provided. The post recommends clear policy language, specific examples and enforceability.
A SAP Concur blog post uses four personas to show how its platform integrates travel, expense and invoice management. It cites data that nearly four in ten CFOs list manual processes as a top challenge; teams using SAP Concur process about 35% more invoices monthly and 1.5 times more expense reports, and are five times more efficient than users of other solutions; users spend nearly 20% less time booking trips and 12% less time filing expenses.
A SAP Concur blog post notes that consulting firms still rely on fragmented processes for travel and expense (T&E), leading to reduced productivity, increased compliance risks and lack of visibility. IDC notes that manual T&E oversight can cost consultants up to 30% of their time in non-billable admin tasks. Inconsistent expense data or incomplete audit trails can raise client doubts about accuracy, transparency and control. More consultancies are adopting AI-enabled T&E solutions to improve efficiency, compliance and client trust.
SAP Concur is introducing Joule agents within Concur Travel & Expense, including the Booking Agent, Receipt Analysis Agent, Meeting Planning Agent, and Expense Report Validation Agent. The Receipt Analysis Agent and Booking Agent are available now, while the Meeting Planning Agent and Expense Report Validation Agent are planned for early 2026. The base Joule AI copilot is available at no cost to all customers.
SAP Concur and Uber for Business have integrated to automatically flow business rides into SAP Concur expense reports with trip details, eliminating lost receipts and confusion between business and personal rides. Companies can track spending in real time, identify trends, and ensure policy compliance via the Uber for Business dashboard. Employees can enjoy an exclusive Uber One discount.
SAP Concur released T&E benchmarking analysis based on its processed data. From 2022 to 2023, airfare spending rose over 18% with bookings up 20%; first class dropped 84%, economy rose 36%, and business class rose 22%. Hotel spend jumped 24% while corporate tool bookings grew only 4.2%. Total meal spend rose 20%, with average meal cost rising slightly from $21.69 to $22.89. Missing receipts climbed 17%, associated spend rose 29%, and expense reports with exceptions increased nearly 10%.
SAP Concur published an article on the benefits of integrating travel and expense management solutions. Bringing Concur Travel and Concur Expense onto a single platform delivers 2x faster expense report processing, 55% reporting significant cost reductions in travel booking and expense reporting (average 21% decrease), and 80% improved compliance. The article lists six reasons, including scalability, broad travel content (11x more policy-compliant hotel options, 30+ low-cost global air carriers and NDC content, rail access through Trainline), transparency, and end-to-end integration. SAP ranked #1 for 2023 market share in the T&E market with 49.6%.
A SAP Concur blog post notes that energy and utilities companies must comply with safety mandates such as NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection standards and sustainability guidelines including CDP, SASB and GRI. A survey found 34% say their current T&E solution will not meet evolving requirements over the next two years, 33% use a solution without sustainability tracking, and 44% treat sustainability data capture as a requirement of their T&E solution. The post argues automation and AI can cut manual errors, strengthen audit and cybersecurity, citing SAP Concur data that AP automation saves 12 hours per week per finance employee.
A SAP Concur blog post states financial crime accounts for up to 5% of global GDP, with an estimated $800 billion to $2 trillion laundered annually. In the U.S., financial institutions face penalties of up to $500,000 per violation. It says organizations handling international travel, cross-border payments or complex expense categories must comply with AML rules, and describes how real-time transaction monitoring, enhanced due diligence, intelligent risk assessment and simplified reporting can reduce compliance risk.
SAP Concur released a Travel and Expense Performance Benchmark Report based on data from the top 25% of customers, segmented by company size. It provides benchmarks for cash spend compliance, non-compliant expense reduction, and audit efficiency, helping businesses identify performance gaps and optimize T&E management.
SAP Concur published a guide for small and midsize businesses on managing business expenses, noting that SMBs can be overwhelmed by expense data without a systematic approach. The guide defines business expenses and categorizes them, including operating expenses, payroll, office supplies, professional services, insurance, software subscriptions and travel expenses, while distinguishing capital expenses. It highlights the inefficiency and risks of spreadsheet-based management, such as manual entry errors, outdated data, delayed reimbursement, and elevated policy-violation and fraud risk, and recommends separating business and personal finances, standardizing expense categories, adopting mobi…
SAP Concur argues that amid hybrid work, rising compliance risks and tighter margins, expense policies are shifting from paperwork to a strategic asset. It lists three signs of an outdated policy: teams still emailing spreadsheets to claim mileage, frequent employee questions about whether a claim is allowed, and finance discovering out-of-policy spend after the money is gone. Outdated policies lead to inconsistent tax and audit compliance, employee confusion over reimbursables, manual processes that delay reporting and skew forecasting, and hidden overspend in decentralized or remote teams. The article recommends clear guidelines, automated workflows, real-time spend visibility and flexibl…