innovation
Travel, expense, and machine learning
"Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning could be as profound and maybe even bigger than the shift to mobile and cloud" – Frank Chen (Andreessen Horowitz) "Google has moved from a search first to a mobile first to an AI first company" – Google...
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innovation
Four facts that put Fintech first
The Singapore Fintech Festival is just around the corner. Asia’s fintech industry continues to grow in leaps and bounds: Last year, fintech investments in the region reached more than US$10 billion, and governments are doing their best to...
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who we are
Don’t build a company. Build a family.
I grew up in India, the son of a military family, so by the time I’d reached college I’d been to seven different schools in the space of 12 years. Every time we relocated, I’d have to make a conscious effort to introduce myself to the other kids...
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travel & expense trends
6 ways to save on T&E
Today’s technology innovation and changes in traveler behavior are driving significant and rapid change in corporate travel, and businesses need modern solutions to take control of employee spend. In fact, manual processes are impacting your...
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who we are
What I learned from Mother Teresa
I met Mother Teresa just once. It was a brief but memorable encounter: she shook my hand, and I recall her thanking me, presumably for some of the charity work we’d been doing. But it stuck with me – after all, how often do you shake hands with a...
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business travel
Last-minute travel can come at a cost
The hectic pace of running a business inevitably leads to some last-minute travel. According to a Concur report released last year, these eleventh-hour bookings can be a tough hit to your bottom line. Consistent with our data, tickets booked fewer...
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travel & expense trends
What does T&E mean?
The term T&E is bandied about a lot in business and, as with most business acronyms, people assume that it's automatically understood. In case you have ever wondered what T&E actually stands for, we’ll explain not only what T&E is, but...
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who we are
Continually innovating for our customers
At Concur, our customers are the north star that fuels our innovation. That is why we are proud to share that for the sixth year in a row and eighth time in ten years, Concur has been named the ‘Most Admired Travel Technology Company’ in the...
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who we are
Concur Is Now SAP Concur
As we begin 2018, I am pleased to announce that Concur is now SAP Concur. Concur has had an incredibly successful three years as part of the SAP family. Together, we have shared experiences and best practices to combine our strengths and provide...
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innovation
Four Tips to Prepare for Financial AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is mainstream and there is no going back now. In order to maintain competitiveness, organizations of all sizes should start planning to incorporate it into their business processes. One area in particular that has seen...
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travel & expense trends
Growth without growing pains
The landscape for business is increasingly becoming global, and American organizations continue to increase their global footprints as they look to new opportunities for expansion. Whether you are looking to expand programmatically, take your...
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who we are
Don’t let stereotypes kill your culture
One of the potential dangers of a successful workplace culture is confirmation bias. When everyone shares not only the same values, but also ways of thinking and even types of experiences, you can find yourself operating in an “echo chamber”...
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who we are
Do you have the time to be a good leader?
My colleague Laura has hit upon what could be the best leadership trick I’ve ever encountered. In her latest writing, she’s shared how all it takes to recognise any person’s contribution is a simple email from top management saying, “thank you”,...
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innovation
Innovation is magic made real
The best innovation is led from emotions in response to passion, joy, pain or frustration. The closer something is to your heart, the more motivated you are to improve it or find ways to do it better. When I was growing up, overseas travel was a...
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innovation
Machine Learning in Concur Mobile
Many SAP Concur users will recognize the ExpenseIt service or app as one that, in the background, automatically extracts information such as amount, date, and expense type from your uploaded receipt. To perform the task, ExpenseIt uses an array of...
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innovation
20 Predictions for 2020 From SAP Concur
In today’s technology-driven business world, changes in customer expectations, societal shifts, and industry disruptions rule. That’s why leaders at SAP Concur, and those from our parent company, SAP, think constantly about trends with the...
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travel & expense trends
What keeps CFOs up at night?
“When you encounter a difficult time, like the COVID crisis, it really helps you to see what's important and recalibrate. You learn about some of the areas of your business that, perhaps, needed to be corrected all along, and it affords you the...
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