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Apr 12Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Reduce Fraud with Technology, Policy, and Other Tools You Have

    SAP Concur explains how to prevent and detect expense fraud. The article says 62% of organizations report financial losses from fraud within the last three years, and that preventing internal and external fraud and building compliance go hand in hand. It outlines four steps: update spending policies to clearly reflect current business needs and communicate them through automated travel and expense solutions; use automated T&E technology to deter fraud, such as integrating credit card data, applying automated audit rules, requiring electronic receipts, and supporting external audit programs; monitor and analyze spend data with reporting tools to spot patterns such as duplicate expenses; and…

Apr 8Mon
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    Efficiently Using Data Analytics in the Auditing Process

    SAP Concur discusses the use and challenges of data analytics in expense audits. The article says expense audits are essential to control spend and ensure financial health, and integrating data analytics is revolutionizing the task; studies indicate data analytics enhances audit quality by providing deeper insights and identifying potential risks more effectively. It also notes challenges: the need for specialized skills, longer hours spent on analysis, disruption to traditional audit processes, and increased employee workload, exacerbating CPA staffing shortages and raising stress among travel managers. SAP Concur research found 47% of global travel managers say their role is more stressfu…

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Mar 13Wed
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    How Receipt Scanners Increase Financial Efficiency

    A SAP Concur blog explains the role of receipt scanners in expense management. A receipt scanner is a hardware or software tool that converts paper receipts into digital documents via image capture or scanning, with mobile scanning software using smartphone or tablet cameras. Benefits include OCR reducing manual entry errors, cloud-based workflows speeding approvals, improved employee satisfaction, integration with financial systems, enhanced compliance and auditing, and reduced paper use. Selection considerations include hardware versus software, resolution, portability and integration.

Mar 12Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur and Mastercard Partner to Simplify Expense Reports

    SAP Concur announced a new partnership with Mastercard to simplify the expense process. Through a new integration, purchases made on Mastercard corporate cards are captured and automatically populated in Concur Expense, with users alerted immediately if additional information is needed. The integration will be available to select customers globally starting in Q2 2024, and customers can continue banking with preferred partners and utilizing existing card programs. The partnership also includes spending controls and restrictions to encourage expense policy compliance.

Feb 28Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    How to Do an Expense Report: Steps and Solutions for Effective Expense Reporting

    SAP Concur published a guide on how to do an expense report, covering steps such as collecting receipts and recording date, vendor, expense category, taxes, and receipt images. The article notes that travel-related expenses at small and medium businesses increased 178% in 2022, and discusses templates, tool choices, and expense fraud risk, stating that around 5% of a typical organization's annual revenue is lost to fraud.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    What Is Per Diem and How Does It Work for Business Travel?

    SAP Concur published an article explaining what per diem is and how it works, covering three common expense categories: lodging, meals, and incidentals. The article describes fixed allowances and reimbursable allowances, as well as a mixed model, and notes that many organizations base rates on federal per diem rates published by the GSA or IRS, with the U.S. Department of State providing benchmarks for international travel. It also discusses pre-approvals, advances, international compliance configurations, and the benefits and limitations of per diem.

Feb 27Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    What Is an Itemized Receipt and Its Role in Reimbursement

    SAP Concur published an article explaining what an itemized receipt is—a receipt detailing each line item of goods or services from a transaction—and comparing it with regular receipts in terms of itemization, expense tracking, reporting, and auditing. The article lists common itemized expense types such as meals, hotel stays, car rentals, air travel, and office supplies, and explains when itemized receipts are required, including employee reimbursements, tax deductions, government contracting, and external audits. It also discusses the role of itemized receipts in reducing expense fraud.

Feb 22Thu
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    SAP Concur Launches Global Tax Management Solutions Amid E-Invoicing Mandates

    SAP Concur has launched global tax management solutions to help companies keep up with rapidly evolving tax regulations. The solutions support various phases of the tax management process, from expense report creation to approval, payment, and reconciliation, and leverage AI and machine learning to maximize tax recovery. Digitized receipts and e-invoice mandates are already in place in countries such as China, Japan, and Mexico. SAP Concur's solutions currently support France, Spain, Japan, China, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand, with support for Portugal, Belgium, and Switzerland coming soon.

Feb 1Thu
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    SAP Concur Explains Purchase Requisition Process to Streamline Financial Workflow

    SAP Concur published an article explaining the definition, process, and benefits of purchase requisitions. A purchase requisition is a formal internal request created before a company buys goods or services, helping increase visibility into spend before it happens. The article outlines seven fundamental steps, from creating the requisition and obtaining approvals to inventory verification, purchase order generation, and invoice payment. It notes that automating purchase requisitions can improve efficiency, save costs, reduce fraud, increase transparency, enhance accountability, and reduce duplicate orders.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Releases Six Best Practices for Expense Reimbursement Policies

    SAP Concur published an article outlining the importance of strong expense reimbursement policies and six best practices. These include defining qualifying reimbursements, requiring receipts, reducing paperwork, setting submission deadlines, creating an approval workflow, and including quality and compliance audits. The article notes that clear policies protect both employees and the company, reduce the risk of noncompliant spend, and improve reimbursement efficiency.

Jan 8Mon
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    SAP Concur eBook Explains Six Ways Automation Fuels Business Growth

    SAP Concur released an eBook, "6 Ways to Grow Your Business with Spend Management Automation," explaining how intelligent travel, expense, and invoice solutions address current challenges and prepare for growth. The six ways include maximizing automation and closing visibility gaps; tracking and responding to spending to stay ahead of cash flow; empowering flexible and on-the-go work; encouraging compliance and managing risk; making sustainability part of the process; and growing the business with spend data. It says end-to-end automation limits spending falling through process and system gaps, and AI flags problems and cuts off tax issues.

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    SAP Concur Releases Expense Policy Template and Guidance

    SAP Concur released an expense policy template and guidance, saying a formal expense policy informs employees what is reimbursable and gives management real-time budget visibility and the ability to leverage vendor discounts. It cites SAP Concur's Spend Insights report finding that companies reported spending violations rose nearly 10% year over year in the wake of the pandemic. The article offers six tips: review existing policies, analyze spending, ditch jargon, keep it fair and sensible, make it easy to find and use, and prioritize mobile. A policy should cover which employees are covered, allowed expense categories, submission and approval procedures, and compliance requirements.

Jan 2Tue
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    SAP Concur Guide: How AI Is Reshaping Corporate Expense Management

    SAP Concur published a guide outlining the value of artificial intelligence in expense management. The article notes that traditional manual expense management is inefficient, especially for large decentralized organizations, where finance managers cannot easily review every expense for compliance and employees spend significant time collecting receipts, filling out forms, and reconciling ledgers. AI expense management can accelerate task completion, ensure policy compliance, and provide more data for finance, HR, and travel professionals. Core tools include machine learning, mobile apps, optical character recognition, and cloud computing. Future trends include paperless expensing, blockcha…

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    SAP Concur: Travel Risk Management Framework and Best Practices

    SAP Concur published an article outlining the importance and implementation framework of travel risk management (TRM). The article notes that adverse incidents during travel not only put employees at risk but can also undermine a company's bottom line and reputation. TRM is a proactive and consistent approach that keeps people safe when they are on the move. An effective TRM strategy is based on three key areas: prevention and planning, awareness, and rapid response. The article recommends testing organizational readiness through Crisis Response Exercises (CRE), emphasizes the importance of real-time data for informed decision-making, and notes that communication is the first and most impor…

Dec 28Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Why State and Local Governments Need to Modernize Expense Systems

    SAP Concur published an article noting that U.S. state and local governments face pressures including tight budgets, workforce shortages, and increased scrutiny of public spending, yet many government organizations still rely on manual or outdated expense processes. Paper receipts, spreadsheets, disconnected systems, and lengthy approval chains slow operations and reduce spending visibility. The article identifies three areas where expense automation delivers immediate value: spend visibility and budget oversight, stronger compliance and audit readiness, and better employee experience. Modern expense management solutions can help agencies strengthen accuracy, transparency, and accountabilit…

Nov 30Thu
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    SAP Concur: Building an Eco-Strategy into Your Travel Policy

    SAP Concur published an article providing a template and best practices for building sustainability into travel policies. The article notes that nearly 2 in 5 travel managers expect their policies to change in the next 12 months to comply with sustainability goals. The template covers the full process from enlisting support, building knowledge, considering diversity and inclusion, to employee engagement and supplier assessment. Specific recommendations include limiting trips of two days or less, encouraging videoconferencing, directing travelers to lower-emission flights and trains, prioritizing greener accommodations within walking distance, and avoiding luxury hotels and resorts. The arti…

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    SAP Concur: What Is a Travel Allowance? Definitions and Insights

    SAP Concur published an article explaining the definition, types, and management of travel allowances. A travel allowance is compensation paid by an employer to employees to cover expenses incurred during business travel, provided either before or after travel. Common types include fixed travel allowance, daily travel allowance (per diem), travel reimbursement, and mileage allowance. The article details calculation methods covering location, days of travel, lodging, and meals. Management recommendations include developing a clear policy, considering incidentals, and analyzing data. The article also suggests that travel allowance policies should cover scope, coverage, reimbursement types, pa…

Nov 15Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    T&E Tools Can Help as ESG Regulations Ramp Up

    An SAP Concur blog post notes that as new ESG disclosure rules, including those from the U.S. SEC, take shape beginning in 2024, companies face compliance pressure. An SAP Concur-commissioned Forrester survey found 60% of decision-makers identified sustainability as a critical or high priority, but only 45.7% of professionals in a Deloitte poll were confident in meeting new requirements. The article cites PwC Italia, which reduced CO2 emissions by 53% from 2019 to 2022 after standardizing its T&E process with SAP Concur solutions.

Nov 3Fri
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    SAP Concur Outlines Six Best Practices for CME Spend Management in Healthcare

    SAP Concur's blog outlines six best practices for managing Continuing Medical Education (CME) spend in healthcare, covering fair expense policies, compliance tools, regular budget balance communications, audit plans, visibility into out-of-system bookings, and simplified expense reporting. The article notes CME is critical for healthcare providers' licensure, yet travel and expense management is complex, with about 45% of CME hotel bookings made through direct channels, challenging compliance and duty of care.

Nov 2Thu
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    SAP Concur Releases Travel and Expense Performance Benchmark Report

    SAP Concur released a Travel and Expense Performance Benchmark Report based on data from its top 25% best-performing customers worldwide, helping businesses compare metrics such as expense approval time, rejection rates, corporate card usage, and booking channel visibility. Data is broken down by global region and company size (under 1,000 and 1,000+ employees), with a worksheet to help identify gaps and develop improvement plans.

Oct 30Mon
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    Automated Invoice Processing: A Game-Changer for Modern Businesses

    SAP Concur's blog explains how automated invoice processing uses AI, machine learning, and OCR to process invoices for accounts payable departments and update ERP systems in real time. The article notes automation delivers time savings, paperless operation, reduced human error, centralized data, and enhanced financial visibility, with invoice approval time improving by roughly 90% on average.

Oct 26Thu
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    SAP Concur Releases AI Whitepaper: Solving Business Problems with a Human Focus

    SAP Concur released an AI whitepaper detailing nearly a decade of embedding AI in travel and expense solutions, citing survey data: 82% of finance leaders hope AI improves operational efficiency, 62% see it as essential for managing uncertainty, and only 11% of finance managers demonstrate digital competency. The article also outlines AI applications in cost estimation, receipt itemization, and mobile expense reporting.

Oct 24Tue
Oct 19Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur eBook: Making Sure Business Spending Matches Growth Priorities

    SAP Concur released a new eBook examining the risks that come as businesses grow or shift, including invoice proliferation, decentralized spending decisions as budgets expand, new tax and regulatory requirements when entering new markets, inconsistent processes across locations, and harder spend analysis. The eBook proposes intelligent automation to improve spend visibility, efficiency, and consistency.

Oct 17Tue
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    SAP Concur: How AP Automation Is Fueling Strategic Procurement

    A SAP Concur article notes that expanding spending channels and payment methods, a decentralized workforce, and new vendor scrutiny have made procurement more complex. It says fewer than 20% of organizations have fully automated AP processes and 70% of global invoice processing is still paper based; AP automation reduces processing time by an average of 16%, cuts invoice processing costs by an average of 29%, and delivers up to 20% cost savings by reducing non-compliant spend.

Oct 13Fri
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    SAP Concur Outlines Eight Corporate Travel Policy Best Practices

    SAP Concur outlines eight corporate travel policy best practices, including involving key stakeholders, tracking expenses for reporting and analysis, factoring in employee satisfaction and communication, providing resources, setting clear booking and cost policies, understanding duty of care, including travel risk management, and practicing continuous improvement. It stresses that travel policies should adapt to changing travel patterns and employee needs.

Oct 11Wed
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    SAP Concur and WalkMe Launch User Assistant to Boost Expense Management Adoption

    SAP Concur launched Concur User Assistant by WalkMe, which provides on-screen prompts, visual cues, and a chatbot to guide employees while using the platform. The article says 42% of businesses changed to remote/hybrid work policies to retain or attract talent, and cites a Forrester study reporting a 100% increase in training and onboarding efficiency, a 50% decrease in IT support and helpdesk tickets, and a 35% increase in user confidence.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Publishes Guide to Efficient Employee Reimbursement Management

    SAP Concur published a guide to employee reimbursement management, covering reimbursable expense categories (citing the IRS, including travel, training, office supplies, tools, and software), tracking and payment methods, and tips for managing receipts and documentation, including implementing a strong expense policy, using a centralized system, checking itemized receipts, setting clear deadlines, performing periodic audits, monitoring spending trends, and integrating new technology.

Aug 23Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur and NACo Discuss Finance Transformation for County Governments

    SAP Concur and the National Association of Counties (NACo) hosted a webinar on finance transformation for county government organizations. The article notes that counties face tight budgets, changing regulations, and rising demands for transparency and accountability. Finance transformation can improve efficiency and accuracy, address workforce changes, and strengthen compliance and accountability. Steps include evaluating the current state, defining objectives, developing a road map, and engaging stakeholders.

Aug 16Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: How AI Will Transform T&E

    SAP Concur published a blog on AI applications in travel and expense (T&E) management. It cites IDC data that 45% of businesses see opportunities for AI to improve payments, expense management, and analytics. SAP Concur's Verify uses AI to automatically audit expense reports, and ExpenseIt reduced returned reports from 14% to 1.2%. In 2022, $1.6 billion in spending exceptions went unexamined, while Verify automatically audited 97% of 2.8 million reports between January 2022 and June 2023.

Aug 14Mon
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    Concur Expense Automates Expense Management: Customers Report Significant ROI

    SAP Concur published a blog detailing Concur Expense features and the ROI customers achieved. After implementing expense management automation, customers reported a 47% reduction in missing receipts, 32% reduction in approval time, 28% reduction in mileage excess claims, 26% reduction in budget overspending, and 26% increase in tax reclaim savings. Efficiencies resulted in an estimated 148 hours saved per week, $54K saved annually, and positive ROI in 7 months.

Jul 31Mon
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    Maximizing Your Investments through Efficient Event Management

    SAP Concur published an article exploring strategies for efficient event management to optimize investments in meetings and events. It suggests measures such as data-driven decision-making, consolidating purchasing power, simplified budget tracking and ROI measurement, automating planning processes, and prioritizing participant safety to help organizations reduce costs and improve financial outcomes.

Jul 24Mon
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    SAP Concur Verify: AI-Powered Expense Audit Advances

    SAP Concur introduces Verify, its AI-powered self-serve audit solution. In the past year, Verify performed over 38 million audit checks on expense reports submitted through Concur Expense, with an average of one third flagged monthly for organizational review. Verify added 10 new checks covering duplicate receipts, old dates, personal use of company cards, and more, and is now generally available for enterprise customers in the U.S. and Canada.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Mission-Centric Government Travel and Expense Modernization

    SAP Concur outlines its commitment to modernizing government travel and expense management. SAP Concur solutions have served government organizations for over 20 years, providing centralized travel and expense services for the E-Government Travel Service (ETS) Program since 2003. The article discusses challenges in government IT modernization, key elements for investment success, and core principles of effective partnerships.

Jul 20Thu
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    Concur Expense: ROI Data for Automated Expense Management

    SAP Concur presents Concur Expense, its automated expense management solution, citing Analysys Mason 2022 research data: users reported a 47% reduction in missing receipts, 32% reduction in approval time, approximately $54K annual savings, and positive ROI in only 7 months. Concur Expense was also recognized by TrustRadius as a 2023 Top-Rated software in both Expense Management and Travel Management categories.