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Sep 18Fri
  1. Hospitality Technology

    Folio and M3 Partner on Automated Procure-to-Pay Integration

    Hospitality financial operations platform Folio announced an upgraded partnership and native bi-directional integration with hotel accounting software provider M3, joining M3's Associate Partner network. The integration automatically pulls general ledger (GL) codes, vendor catalogs, and multi-entity business structures from M3 into Folio, while pushing approved invoices and asset balances directly into M3 journal entries. Properties can go live within 24 hours of M3 granting access, eliminating manual chart-of-accounts mapping and batch CSV file transfers. It combines Folio's AI invoice processing (Folio Bills) and stock counting (Folio Inventory) with M3's central ledger to automate accoun…

Sep 17Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Publishes 2026 Invoice Management Software Comparison

    The SAP Concur blog published a 2026 invoice management software comparison covering SAP Concur, BILL, Zoho Books, and Tipalti. It notes that 77% of organizations still enter invoices manually and outlines core capabilities including OCR and AI data extraction, purchase order matching, approval workflows, payment execution, and ERP integration. SAP Concur positions itself as a connected spend management platform linking invoice, expense, and travel management, citing more than 54,000 organizations and 96 million users worldwide.

Aug 18Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Three-Way Matching in Accounts Payable: Fraud Prevention and Spend Control

    An SAP Concur blog post explains three-way matching in accounts payable: comparing the vendor invoice, the purchase order (PO) and the goods receipt to validate whether an invoice should be paid. It says three-way matching helps prevent fraud and duplicate invoices, control spend, reduce errors and improve financial accuracy, while two-way matching compares only invoice and PO and suits low-cost, non-physical purchases such as subscriptions, utilities or consulting fees. Common challenges include tedious manual work, data inconsistencies, partial deliveries and split shipments, purchases made outside the PO process, and disconnected procurement, ERP and AP systems.

Jun 13Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Enhance Financial Forecasting with Finance Automation

    SAP Concur published an article advising organizations to use finance automation, AI, and clear strategies to improve financial forecasting, cost control, and agility. It cites data: 41% of finance leaders see worsening economic conditions as their top external challenge; 57% of small business CEOs expect the economy to worsen in the next 12 months. The article suggests strategies such as honing spend management, getting an early grip on costs, and refining metrics, and describes AI applications in travel bookings, receipt management, and expense auditing.

Jun 6Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Launches New NetSuite Integration Connector

    SAP Concur launched a new NetSuite connector, replacing the legacy version with enhanced functionality, faster setup, and better reliability. The new connector features real-time data synchronization, automatic retry of failed API calls, detailed error messages, and an audit trail. It is currently available to U.S. small business and enterprise customers with Concur Expense; Concur Invoice support will be added in Q3 2025, and an international release is planned for Q4 2025.

Jun 24Mon
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Pairing ERP with Spend Management Can Fast-Track ROI

    A SAP Concur blog post argues that because ERP implementations require significant time, effort and money without immediate ROI, companies should implement a spend management solution alongside a new ERP. It says spend management can integrate spend data with systems such as HR, eliminate manual expense steps, enhance compliance and cap overspending. SAP Concur recommends integrating ERP with its travel and expense (T&E) solutions for a holistic view of spend and automating manual expense processes.

May 2Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    What a Cash Flow Statement Is and Why It Matters for Expense Management

    SAP Concur explains what a cash flow statement is and why it matters: cash flow is the net balance of cash entering and leaving a business at a specific point in time, flowing out when inventory is bought and in when customers buy products. Rent, utilities, payroll, and bank and credit card fees make cash flow complex, and credit terms and financing can push payments later. A cash flow statement typically has three sections—operations, investing, and financing—and can be prepared using the direct or indirect method. The article also lists strategies to improve cash flow, including customer credit checks, leasing instead of buying, early-payment discounts, better inventory management, prompt…

Jan 8Mon
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Releases Finance Automation Checklist for Growing Businesses

    SAP Concur released a new checklist, "5 Ways Finance Automation Can Help Your Growing Business," examining improvements growing businesses can achieve by automating travel, expense, and invoice management. It cites Analysys Mason 2022 research: 32% less time to approve expenses, 26% less budget overspending, 24% reduction in late invoice payments, and 29% less time spent by AP and finance teams to capture invoices. The checklist recommends automated solutions that track expenses automatically with near real-time updates, provide better data and visibility, guide expense policies, manage invoices, and scale with the business.

Nov 28Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Expense Reconciliation: Improving Financial Clarity and Control

    An SAP Concur blog post explains the definition, importance and automation value of expense reconciliation. Expense reconciliation is the process accounting departments use to balance the books and ensure payments to vendors and employees are accurate, involving checking whether expenses comply with company policies, are categorized correctly and charged to the right budget lines. The article notes reconciliation helps with fraud management, error prevention and assessing financial health, and recommends automation such as e-receipts, digital invoice storage and app-based submission and approval to streamline data collection.

Nov 6Mon
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Three Tips to Manage the End-Of-Year Expense Report Rush With Ease

    An SAP Concur blog post notes that according to 2022 customer data, the volume of expense reports in December was 20% higher than the rest of the year, putting pressure on finance teams and increasing the risk of late reimbursements. The article offers three tips: plan ahead and identify process bottlenecks; clarify expense policy and set cutoff dates; and use automation to improve processing efficiency. SAP Concur's Expense Payment Manager can automate payments to employees and corporate card partners in 25 currencies.

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
Jun 16Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Main CFO Challenges and How to Solve Them

    A SAP Concur blog post analyzes five key challenges facing CFOs: talent recruitment and retention, supply chain issues, complex employee benefits, improving cash flow, and financial forecasting and planning. 53% of CFOs want to increase agility to better operate in a turbulent business environment. Gartner predicts 78% of CFOs will increase or maintain enterprise digital investments through 2023. The post recommends finance automation, data integration, advanced analytics, and AI to address these challenges, citing data that SAP Concur customers realized 11% cost savings.

Sep 1Thu
Aug 8Mon
Jun 29Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Publishes Guide for Building a Business Case for AP Automation

    SAP Concur published a guide to help businesses build a business case for accounts payable automation. The article uses a Tennessee insulation manufacturer's example to show that automation reduced month-end close time from five business days to two, and recommends using case studies, industry statistics, and company data to demonstrate automation value to financial leadership.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    Key Small Business Growth Mistakes to Avoid

    A SAP Concur blog post states that the first step to small business growth is planning. It emphasizes that cash flow is a more critical metric than profit, as poor cash flow is one of the biggest contributors to small business failure. Recommendations include establishing an expense policy to govern travel spending, using automation tools like Concur Expense and TripLink to streamline travel and expense processes, and reducing the average cost of processing a single invoice by more than 80% with Concur Invoice.

  3. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Blog: Spending Your Way to Intelligent Business Growth

    A SAP Concur blog post cites a CFO paper stating that successful growth requires a strategic and smart approach rather than a scattershot one. Dr. Christian Campagna, senior managing director for CFO and enterprise value at Accenture Strategy, says it is a delicate balancing act of reallocating spending to fund the new business while maintaining the established business. Citing Aberdeen Group's 2018 T&E Expense Trends and Benchmarking Spending report, the article says 60% of small and midsize businesses still use spreadsheets and other manual systems to track spending, leaving most finance leaders without the real-time visibility, insights, and controls they need. It recommends a unified sy…

  4. SAP Concur Blog

    Three Steps to Increasing Business Cash Flow

    A SAP Concur blog post outlines three key steps for businesses to improve cash flow: evaluate finances to improve cash flow visibility, including reviewing AR and AP processes and 30-, 60-, and 90-day projections; diversify revenue streams to strengthen cash flow stability; and manage vendor payments through accounts payable automation. The article notes that a healthy business is not just about profits but about maintaining steady, predictable cash flow, without which bills go unpaid, payroll gets delayed, and growth grinds to a halt.

  5. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: What Expense and AP Automation Really Means for Your Job

    SAP Concur published a blog post discussing the impact of expense and AP automation on finance staff. The article notes that automation can reduce repetitive manual tasks, allowing finance staff to focus on higher-value work such as strategic analysis and vendor negotiations. It cites a World Economic Forum projection that by 2025, automation will disrupt 85 million jobs while creating 97 million new ones. The article also covers benefits in compliance, accuracy, cost control, and business insights, citing cases from companies like Alkermes, Plymouth Rock Assurance, and CareerBuilder.

  7. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Survey: Fraud Risk Rising in Government and Higher Ed Finances

    A survey by SAP Concur and Kelton Global of 313 financial decision makers in state, city, and local government and higher education found that 59% believe their financial tools and systems are error-prone, and 68% report making decisions without full visibility into necessary information. Two-thirds admit fraud, waste, and abuse are current challenges, more than one in four say their vulnerability to fraud risk increased in the past year, and about one-third report an increase in inaccurate expense reports and invoices. About one-quarter unintentionally reported incorrect budget data due to inaccuracies.

  9. SAP Concur Blog

    How Finance Automation Improves Business Cash Flow

    A SAP Concur blog post explains how finance automation improves business cash flow. Manual paper-based processes make information hard to find in a timely manner, while automation solutions like Concur Invoice and Concur Expense allow data to flow automatically into systems, providing real-time visibility. The article cites Hammerson as an example, where spend visibility enabled better cash flow forecasting for growth planning. Automation also generates standard reports automatically, speeds up AP processes to reduce late payment fees, and frees up finance team time. Research suggests finance automation saves over 15% of time for those processing expenses and invoices.

  10. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: How Expense Automation Supports Business Recovery and Growth

    A SAP Concur blog post argues that controlling spend and optimizing cash flow can help companies of all sizes be more resilient, but manual expense management processes make that elusive. It cites a 2020 Oxford Economics survey of 2,000 small and midsize businesses: almost all respondents plan to shift manual finance processes into the digital realm over the next few years; 45% expect to increase efficiency by minimizing error, risk, and cost, 43% expect to boost productivity via transformation and intelligent process automation, and 40% expect to free up employees for higher-level tasks. The post promotes Concur Expense features such as customizable expense policies, expense visibility, an…

  11. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Urges Organizations to Advance Spend Management Maturity

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that the nature of corporate spending has changed significantly over the past five to ten years and continues to evolve, making tracking and managing spending more complex. Citing IDC research, it says many organizations still have shortcomings: accounts payable teams cannot effectively direct spending if they only orchestrate manual processes; budget managers are not truly managing budgets if they only track what is spent; and finance managers cannot ensure payment terms and negotiated rates on every transaction without the right tools. IDC created a five-stage maturity model, from manual processes and spreadsheets at the lowest stage to integrated solutions an…

  13. SAP Concur Blog

    What Is Cloud ERP? From Y2K to Intelligent ERP

    The article reviews ERP history: the Y2K crisis accelerated ERP adoption, with U.S. companies spending $100 billion on Y2K fixes according to a Senate report. IDC data put the ERP market at $25.4 billion in total revenue in 2016, projected to reach $33.6 billion by 2021. It contrasts on-premise and public cloud ERP, noting cloud ERP is typically more affordable, updates faster and forces data standardization that underpins AI and machine learning.

  14. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Duplicate Invoice Payments May Cost SMBs $12,000 a Month

    Based on invoice data from September 2015 to August 2016, SAP Concur says duplicate payments are a common and preventable error in accounts payable. Its SMB customers (up to 1,000 employees) process about 450 invoices in a busy month, with a 1.29% duplication rate—roughly six duplicate invoices monthly—and an average duplicate value of $2,034, implying about $12,000 in potential monthly outlay if paid in error. Concur Invoice matches invoice details to identify duplicates and can be configured to alert or automatically halt processing.

  15. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Four Types of Expense Report Fraud and ACFE Data

    A SAP Concur blog describes four types of expense report fraud: mischaracterized expenses, falsified claims, inflated claims, and multiple claims. It cites ACFE data saying a typical organization loses 5% of annual revenue to fraud, averaging $8,300 per month; a May 2022 survey found 51% of businesses discovered more fraud since the pandemic and 71% expect fraud cases to increase over the next year. It recommends anti-fraud strategy, clear expense policy, mobile apps, and finance automation.