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Integration between Mastercard and SAP Concur echoes a growing interest in payment-first controls.
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Providers Seek New Ways To Use Payment For Spend And Travel Policy Controls

With the potential to reshape corporate travel policies, a Mastercard-SAP Concur integration gaining traction among customers reflects an interest in the sorts of payment-first controls typical of virtual card programs and championed by fintech startups. “Purchases made on Mastercard corporate cards are captured and automatically populated in Concur Expense,” SAP announced in March. “Users are…

Juno enters travel management market to address guest travel
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Pana Founders Return For Another Round With Non-Employee Travel

Defunct guest travel tech company Pana was so beloved by corporate travel managers that one of them started his own. Now he’s competing with the guys who created Pana. Devon Tivona and Sam Felsenthal on Tuesday announced a second quarter 2025 launch date for Juno, an “all-in-one” platform for non-employee travel and expense management. According…

Corporate card
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Air France, KLM Join BA With Corporate Card Surcharge In Canada

Air France and KLM last month added a nonrefundable surcharge on corporate credit and debit payments in Canada. Consumer and personal cards are excluded. The surcharge varies by card network and will not exceed 30 Canadian dollars ($21) per ticket issued at Canadian points of sale. It applies to corporate bookings in all direct and…

Notebook on GBTA's Payment Solutions committee webinar on the updated RFP template
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Notebook: Key Steps For Card RFP Success

When embarking on corporate travel card request for proposals processes, buyers should leave plenty of time for preparation and hiccups. That was a cornerstone among the recommendations shared on a Nov. 1 webinar by members of GBTA’s payment committee as they walked through their updated RFP template. They advised buyers to conduct early self-reflection to…

Empath Travel CEO and co-founder Greg Wilczek
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Travel Manager-Turned-Entrepreneur Greg Wilczek Aims To Tame Non-Employee Travel

The challenges of non-employee travel and the market vacuum left after Coupa bought and decided to bury Pana, a startup that largely solved the problem, are well-documented. Former Google travel manager Greg Wilczek plans to reveal an answer next year. Founded in September, his company, Empath Travel, will help corporations handle business travel for job…

Decius Valmorbida, Amadeus
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Q&A: Decius Valmorbida, President Of Amadeus’ Travel Unit (Audio)

Amadeus named Decius Valmorbida president of its travel unit in August 2020. A native of Brazil, Valmorbida originally joined Amadeus in 2004 and has been a member of its executive committee since 2017. He spoke on Tuesday with The Company Dime during a live interview on the LinkedIn Audio platform. Among other topics, he responded…

Dispatch 13
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Dispatch 13

When responding in late August to competition concerns raised by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority over their proposed combination, leaders at American Express Global Business Travel and CWT must have held their noses. Their redacted response, released last week, showed that to get the deal approved, execs surmised they had to “big up” their…

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