American Express is acquiring Center, an expense management software provider, but an announcement at SAP Concur’s customer conference on Tuesday suggests joint clients can continue to expect collaboration between the two spend management behemoths. Amex will do with Concur something only Mastercard has done: feed its authorization data into Concur’s apps to streamline meal expense…
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…
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…
Some Citi commercial card clients are looking for other ways to pay for travel after the bank told them it would shut down programs in China this year. Program end dates occurred in February and March, according to customer sources. “We will continue to invest in our local currency commercial cards services but have made…
As American Airlines all but dismantles corporate sales, airline industry pundits scrutinized AA’s latest arguments about going small and emphasizing competitiveness via network and loyalty. The strategy illustrates diversification among big airlines that adds to these challenging times for corporate travel buyers. Chief commercial officer Vasu Raja on March 4 told Wall Street analysts that…
Consulting services for corporate travel program management are popping up everywhere. Even suppliers like Delta Air Lines and Mastercard are ready to help. Incumbents include special divisions of travel management companies, individuals, boutique firms and some of the world’s largest consultancies. How does an organization choose? Primarily, it’s about how well the consultant’s subject matter…
Sabre-owned virtual payments company Conferma Pay expects by January to provision virtual cards into digital wallets for travel bookings. It’s another means for virtual payment to dispense with 20th-century technology. Faxes now handle a minority of Conferma Pay’s virtual card authorizations to hotel properties, with more reliable, secure email and API connections growing in usage…
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