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Concur Appoints Mike Eberhard as Company President

Former Head of Global Distribution for Concur Assumes Top Role BELLEVUE, Wash., November 1, 2016 – Concur, an SAP (NYSE: SAP) company and the world's leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions, today announced the...

What financial leaders must do to drive growth, innovation amidst digital...

The utilization of mobile devices to book travel is on the rise, especially among frequent travelers and expense report filers. This means it’s getting more and more challenging for financial decision makers to improve compliance and manage...

How travel and expense management apps can help retain top-performing staff...

Today's business leaders are finding that managing a multi-generational workforce has never been more challenging. The cost of turnover and lost productivity is now greater than ever in a hyper-competitive business environment. For Chief Financial...

Where to start? 8 steps toward effective T&E management

When preparing for travel & expense management policy change, the question becomes: how do you move from a free-for-all T&E environment to a more effective, cost-saving model? Start with the basics: See also: 5 reasons your business...

5 reasons why your business technology should be easy to use

While it may go without saying that technology should make your life and the lives of your employees better, there are many small ways that tough-to-use tech can creep into your org and cost you more than you think. 1. Productivity. The easier...

A fresh perspective on millennial talent and work culture

Being summoned into a senior leader’s office isn't typically a good thing... unless you're being given a last-minute ticket to Talent Connect 2016. Being fairly new the Talent Acquisition (TA) world and a Talent Connect rookie, I had no idea what...

6 things you need to know about international business etiquette

International business travel will be one of the most exciting things you might ever do in your career. Despite the thrill, adhering to etiquette in international business is extremely important. In fact, international business etiquette is so...

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Concur Recognized as One of the Best Places to Work by Glassdoor

BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 6, 2016 — It’s official: Concur is one of the best places to work. Concur, an SAP (NYSE: SAP) company and the world’s leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions, was honored with a Glassdoor...

4 tips to help bridge the workplace generation gap

Today’s workforce includes collaboration from five generations. In prior years, we had three to four generations in the workplace, but since people are living longer and working longer these days – America has to learn how to bridge demographics...

Get your business out of the 80s

Are you feeling like you need a Flux-Capacitor-equipped DeLorean to get your business operations streamlined with modern solutions? Recent studies show that outdated invoice processes are causing businesses to spend nearly twice as much on...

Is this outdated process costing your business?

You might be surprised to find out how much automating workflows, including invoice processing, can save your business – both in terms of your operating dollars and your sanity. A recent study by American Productivity and Quality Center showed...

Invoicing trends: the lure of automated AP

It’s a strange time to be in Accounts Payable (AP). Over the last few years, we’ve seen a wave of disruptive cloud-based technologies that promise better visibility into spend, greater cost control, and significantly improved operational...

Sink or swim in 2017: Embracing the mobile mind shift keeps you afloat - part 1

During a recent webinar, guest speaker, Forrester Research VP and Principal Analyst Paul Hamerman revealed that savvy business leaders are leveraging the digital disruption to turn conventional business processes from batch to real-time,...

Will there ever be a 100% paperless office?

The digital age has brought about a plethora of change in everyday culture: Not to mention, mobility allows people to work anywhere, anytime – even at 39,000 feet. Basically, immediate gratification is the name of the game, and technology is...

Sink or swim in 2017: Embracing the mobile mind shift keeps you afloat - part 2

What’s the biggest opportunity for finance leaders in 2017? During a recent webinar, Forrester Research VP and Principal Analyst Paul Hamerman said, There is an opportunity to use technology to lessen the burden of managing expenses, risk and...

7 reasons information mobility is crucial for your business

The sky is the limit – literally – when it comes to information mobility. Whether riding in a bus, lounging at the beach, waiting at a coffee shop, or cruising at 36,000 feet; employees can work anywhere they have an Internet connection. Since...

Travel & Expense Trends

Concur Unveils First Integrated Traveler Risk Management Solution and Active...

BELLEVUE, WA. – March 15, 2017 – Concur®, an SAP company and the world’s leading provider of travel, expense and invoice management solutions, today introduced the first integrated traveler risk management solution featuring the most...

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Concur Ecosystem Grows with Global Expansions and New Partners

With Expanded TripLink and App Center Ecosystems, Concur Delivers Unprecedented Value to Businesses and Seamless Experiences to Travelers Around the Globe BELLEVUE, WASH. – March 17, 2017 – Concur, an SAP company and the world’s leading provider...

Navigating M&A in the pharma, biotech and med device marketplace

The medical device, biotech and pharmaceutical industries are experiencing change like no other in the past couple of years. From a booming mergers and acquisitions (M&A) marketplace to the political spotlight on pricing; business leaders in...

Giving back to the community at Fusion 2017

Reflecting back on Fusion 2017 brings many pictures to mind. From exciting innovation, networking and keynotes to exhibitor booths, happy hours and social events, a definite highlight of the week was the Chicago Cares volunteering event....

Are you the company’s invoice guru, and would you like to expand your horizons?

The reality for many businesses is that their AP best-practices reside on the shoulders of the (often) lone employee who is the AP department. If that resourceful individual is you, it may be difficult to find the time to do anything but inputting...

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...

Building a travel & expense policy that takes the cringe out of spend management

You know that moment when you get an expense report in from an employee featuring a night at the Ritz Carlton and a $500 client dinner? That’s the moment that you think, “What’s actually in our expense policy?” Or maybe, you’re thinking, “Do we...

The usability big picture—a checklist to avoid software pitfalls

In today’s tech-filled world, usability is key. We start our day with a smartphone in our hand, we work on a computer all day and even our cars, trains, streetlights and bank tellers are machines to interact with on our way home. If usability...

From spreadsheets to the cloud: A global leader’s digital transformation of T&E

Helping builders build better. Bentley is a technology company that serves engineering, architecture and construction firms around the globe—offering solutions and software that help accelerate project delivery and improve asset performance. And...

From one CFO to another: The top 5 things I learned from the IDC whitepaper

Jason Woods is a big believer in automation. As CFO of Concur and throughout his career, he’ve seen the rise and fall of companies that don’t keep up with the pace of modern business. If your company isn’t moving towards automation, you’re falling...

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New Concur Travel innovations reduce time and costs associated with booking...

BOSTON – July 16, 2017 – Concur, an SAP company and the world’s leading provider of travel, expense and invoice management solutions, today announced expanded Concur Travel features to reduce time and costs associated with booking and managing...

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Concur empowers businesses to protect travelers with Concur Locate and Active...

BOSTON – July 16, 2017 – Concur, an SAP company and the world’s leading provider of travel, expense and invoice management solutions, today announced the availability of Concur Locate and Active Monitoring, empowering businesses to find, inform,...

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Airbnb and Concur expand partnership to provide Airbnb listings within Concur...

BELLEVUE, Wash., July 13, 2017 – Concur®, an SAP company and the world’s leading provider of travel, expense and invoice management solutions, today announced the availability to view and book Airbnb listings embedded within Concur Travel....

Using data to track down your travelers

If you were looking at a map right now, could you pinpoint your people? Sure, you could get close with some of your travelers, but do you know exactly where all of them are as you read this? Could you call them? Could you warn them of an impending...

Travelers beware: Mid-November is expected to be the busiest time of the year...

End-of-year business goals are looming and business travelers are hitting the road en masse. To skip long airport lines and overbooked flights this fall, avoid traveling on these days.

A quick win for CIOs in financial transformation

In enterprise-size companies, CIOs and their teams align their IT strategies with their business strategies. At times, lending a hand to the business to help prioritize initiatives is essential. While HR, marketing and other departments have...

Concur in the news: Taking business travel management into the digital age

Is technology key to business success? We think so – especially in the case of business travel. As the number of business trips taken is expected to grow by three percent this year, it’s more important than ever for businesses to streamline their...

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Concur unveils e-Fapiao solution powered by WeChat in China

Beijing, China - November 27, 2017 - Concur, an SAP company and the world's leading provider of travel, expense and invoice management solutions, today introduced an electronic fapiao (a Chinese tax receipt) solution, developed to integrate...

Alexa, ask Concur: When do I leave for my next business trip?

Conversational interfaces are one of the fast-growing opportunities in the tech industry,* with the market for intelligent virtual assistant estimated to reach $7.5 billion by 2024.** Think Amazon Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana or Baidu....

Five reasons why your business technology should be easy to use

Loopholes in Hong Kong Expense Management Practices that Put Corporate...

Hong Kong – 7 December 2017. Expense management processes in many Hong Kong businesses are vulnerable to fraud, non-compliance, human errors and inefficiencies, according to a survey of finance executives and employees in Hong Kong. The survey was...

Concur Is Now SAP Concur

As we begin 2018, we are 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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SAP Concur Brings Continued Innovation and Connected Experiences to Global...

BELLEVUE, Wash., January 2, 2018 – SAP Concur®, the world’s leading provider of expense, travel and invoice management solutions, today unveiled the deeper integration of two powerful brands to provide a truly...

Three Reasons Why You Should be Automating Your Invoice Process

Is your finance team still sifting through stacks of paperwork, even after you’ve automated your employee expense management? A closer look will show you those are vendor invoices in various stages of approval and payment. If your gut reaction is...

Announcing the 2018 SAP Concur Innovation Award Winners

Each year at our annual SAP Concur Fusion conference, we gather together customers, partners, and staff to connect, collaborate, and inspire. We also take the time to recognize and celebrate a select group of marquee customers who exemplify an...

How Are Forward-Thinking CFOs Using Modern AP Automation to Drive...

From the expectations of investors and CEOs to the challenge of managing diverse workforces who submit invoices, expenses, and purchase requests through inefficient and disparate systems, CFOs in growing companies face more challenges than ever...

SAP Concur Provides Real-Time Visibility and Spend Control with New Budget...

According to a recent Oxford Economics report, strong profitability and revenue growth are tied to effective cost control. However, managing spend is increasingly complicated. In the last 15 years, travel spend alone has doubled to more than $1.2...

Why T&E Demands So Much Attention In Financial Services

Your margins are under enough pressure already. But with continual digital disruption—from fintechs and other recent entrants who are tightening the screws even further—costs are always in the spotlight. In this environment, you need to do...

Make Business Travel Even Easier with the Latest Technology

When your travelers are on the road and focused on getting their work done, the last thing they want to worry about are the core basics of a business trip. Booking airfare, renting cars, reserving hotel rooms, and expensing those purchases are all...

SAP Concur Taps Jim Lucier, Chief Revenue Officer for North America and Chief...

BELLEVUE, Wash., April 29, 2019 – SAP Concur, the world’s leading provider of integrated travel, expense, and invoice management solutions, today announced the appointment of Jim Lucier as president. A long-time veteran of SAP Concur, Jim Lucier...

Fighting Fraud in the Financial Services Industry

The financial services industry and the fight against fraud The ACFE recently published their 2018 report on global fraud and abuse in the workplace, and the findings are eye-opening. With losses from occupational fraud totaling $7 billion last...

Power Your Accounts Payable by Integrating AP Processes With Your ERP

Accounting is a fundamental building block of your business. However, for many years, accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) functions remained largely unchanged. As a result, they suffered from three primary issues: siloed...

What's Your Spend Management Costing You?

You’ve hit your spending limit. Using manual, paper-based, and outdated systems to track expenses is costing your organization money and your own employees sanity. With employees spending more money across more channels than ever before, the...

Seminar: Governance, risk and compliance in the digital world

Seminar: Governance, risk and compliance in the digital world has been organised successfully in EY office. Thanks EY for joining us on sharing how to enhance compliance and mitigate risk through intelligent spend management. Learn more:...

Total Spend Management: Simplifying Cost Control in Real-World Complexity

SAP Concur Total Spend Management seminar has been held successfully yesterday! Sincere thanks to everyone who made this event a great success! Hope all the attendees find it useful and informative! Learn more:...

Seminar : Managing Company Spend to Drive Business Growth

Are you aware that uncontrolled discretionary spending and fraud – especially in the areas of travel, expenses, and supplier purchases – can hinder your organization’s ability to scale and grow? With a holistic view and proper controls, your...

SAP Concur Customers, Are You Overlooking Processes Efficiency?

Are you getting the most out of your SAP Concur solution? As a customer, you’ve realized the value in automating your spend management processes. You’ve made it easier for employees to avoid errors, submit receipts quickly, and do it all on the...

Compliance and Fraud: What You Can't See Can Cost You

As the way in which we do business and the ways that employees spend on behalf of organizations continue to increase in complexity, issues around compliance and fraud are also increasing in complexity. Many organizations currently perceive that...

Visit SAP Concur booth at The 10th CFO Innovation Hong Kong Forum

About the Forum The "Greater Bay Area" blueprint, that was recently made public, will develop 11 cities in Southern China - including Hong Kong and Macau - into a world-beating innovation hub with a US$1.5 trillion economy to rival those of San...

Decluttering your business travels

Owners of untidy homes and weary business travellers may not realise that they have much in common until Japanese decluttering expert Marie Kondo came along. She made the connection clear. Just like it’s possible − with the right method − to...

Client Workshop Connecting Travel and Expense to Gain Total Spend Visibility

We'd like to thank our clients for joining today's workshop, and we hope you've all gained some fresh insights into Concur Travel, our one-stop solution to travel expense management. Learn more: https://www.concur.com.hk/travel-expense

Make Intelligent Technology the Future of Your Travel and Expense Management

Why Manage T&E With Intelligent Technology?With automated travel and expense, everyone wins. Employees get the user-friendly consumer experience they want, while travel managers and finance leaders can make the most of travel budgets...

[Event memory] Seminar : Managing Company Spend to Drive Business Growth

Over 50 guests joined our event to learn more about driving business growth by better managing company spend! Special thanks to Mr. Walker Fung from a well-known international NGO sharing their spend challenges and why they choose Concur to...

How to Get Receipts into Concur Expense

Looking for an app to scan and manage business receipts? You've come to the right place! With SAP Concur you can easily input receipts and data without having to re-key information or risk errors. Let's take a look at how this works: Simply take a...

Concur Invoice Demo: Discover How to Automate Invoices

Vendor invoices are a critical part of your business and they’re a strong indicator of financial health and cash flow. That’s why it’s necessary to have an invoice management solution that you trust and that makes the job of your accounts payable...

Concur Expense Demo: Take a Self-Guided Tour

You asked – and we listened. One of the top requests we get from people interested in our solutions is the ability to try them out quickly and easily. We completely understand the desire to try something before you commit to it. That’s why we’ve...

Visit SAP Concur booth (D12) at Accounting & Finance Show HK

Digital technology is revolutionising accounting and financial management. Cloud accounting and a plethora of new applications, software and services are streamlining processes and making the accounting and finance team more efficient. And this...

Seminar: Employee-initiated Spend - You can’t control what you can’t see

Employees today spend more freely than ever, no matter it is travel, expense or supplier purchases. It makes visibility and cost control difficult for organizations that lack a strong spend management solution. When your spend data is connected...

[Event memory] Accounting and Finance Show 2019

Thanks to Kinson Lam for the sharing on "Accelerating Digital Transformation with Intelligent Spend Management" in Accounting & Finance Show Hong Kong 2019! Learn more, please visit www.concur.com.hk

The Wider Impact of Business Travel

The appetite for travel has never been greater – in the past year the global travel and tourism sector contributed a record US$8.8 trillion and 319 million jobs to the world economy according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)....

SAP Seminar: Plan the Future of Business

More than ever, business is a team sport. And success depends on the entire organization working together to design and execute plans that are flexible enough to respond quickly to changes. That is especially true when it comes to finance....

SAP Concur Real-Time Visibility and Spend Control with Budget Solution

New Research Reveals Top Concerns Among Business Travelers

Business Travelers Report Feeling Unsafe, With Female and LGBTQ+ Travelers Regularly Experiencing Harassment According to an SAP® Concur® Survey BELLEVUE, Wash. — Oct. 30, 2019 — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has announced the results of a new SAP® Concur®...

Seminar: Employee initiated spend-you can’t control what you can’t see was...

Entitled “Employee-initiated Spend - You can’t control what you can’t see’, our seminar was successfully held on 22 Oct 2019 at SAP Hong Kong office located at Causeway Bay. We were glad to see the excited participation of our clients coming from...

Seminar: How can Finance Leaders Deliver Intelligence across the Business?

The role of finance leader is changing nowadays no matter they are running a small firm or global corporation. Despite they are trying hard to bring a fresh insight, the low visibility and control could be a bottleneck of achieving the next goal....

SAP Concur participated in CFO Innovation Forum Hong Kong

Every year, the CFO Innovation Forum brings together CFOs, Directors, Senior Managers and partners involving in cross financing functions. Combining business matching, seminar sessions with networking opportunities, it is a powerful communication...

SAP Concur Fusion Exchange - A Huge Success in Shanghai

Shanghai, China – November 19, 2019 – SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today held the inaugural SAP® Concur® Fusion Exchange in Shanghai, China. Themed Harnessing Digital Transformation and Embarking Intelligent Journey, the event tailors the top-rated content...

5 Dec │ Event Memory: Delivering intelligence across business excites finance...

With the countdown underway to 2020, SAP Concur hosted the last seminar this year on “How can finance leader deliver intelligence across the business” on the 5th of Dec at SAP office, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. This event took place under the...

Women’s Future In Work At SAP – Hermi Chu

Help others to help yourself During the past seven years, as SAP Concur’s territory director in Hong Kong, Hermi Chu has led her team on many engagements to help companies digitize and simplify travel and expense processes. She’s no ordinary...

12 Dec │ SAP Concur to honour the Customer of the Year 2019 at the...

On the 12th of Dec, we successfully completed the much-awaited SAP Concur Client Appreciation Lunch 2019 at Rosewood Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui. With more than 20 companies joining us, we gathered to celebrate our great continuous cooperation in...

Next-Gen Spend Management Has Arrived – And Just in Time

How much of your organization’s revenue goes toward spend? For most companies, it's 40% to 45%. That’s a huge part of the revenue pie – and a notoriously difficult slice to monitor and control company-wide. As explored in a 2019 survey on...

[On-demand webinar] Next-Gen Spend Management Has Arrived – And Just in Time

How much of your revenue toward spend? Chances are that it's 40% to 45%. But, with management requirement growing ever-more complex. how much control do you have? SAP and IDC fielded the “ Intelligent Spend Management survey” in 2019 with...

AI and Machine Learning at Work

For a lot of people, the words “artificial intelligence” (AI) fit neatly into a futuristic, sci-fi narrative that goes something like this: human beings create AI; AI helps at first, but soon begins to think for itself; advanced technology decides...

11 Feb │ Join us for the SAP Intelligent Finance & Risk Virtual Event

Join us for the second edition of the SAP Intelligent Finance Virtual Event. Register today and join us live on February 11, 2020: Time: 12:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. (HKT) Connect with your peers, interact and listen to top experts, SAP customers and...

Keeping at-home employees productive

Working from home: is it a dream come true, or a complete disaster? For many employers, this is a question they’ll have to address whether they want to or not. A more connected world means people can get the job done whether they’re sitting next...

Use Technology to Keep Your Employees Safe

Over the last week there has been a dramatic increase in the number of confirmed cases and a steady increase in the number of deaths from complications of the coronavirus. The outbreak has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International...

Utilizing Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive...

By Mark Linver, managing director of Deloitte Life Sciences Advisory, and Jack Tanselle, Managing Director at Deloitte. Life sciences manufacturers continue to operate in an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment. The potential...

New Research Reveals Top Concerns Among Business Travelers

How Business Leaders Drive Growth Through Intelligent Spend Management

When small and midsize companies are not expanding internationally, growth for many firms comes through organic revenue increases, adding new locations and headcount, and mergers and acquisitions. These complex endeavors require close internal...

[On-demand webinar] Grow Intelligently with the Right Tools to Manage Spend...

As one of the world’s top three international finance centres, Hong Kong is a prime location for financial services. Built on a prudent and robust financial regulatory regime with a well-educated workforce...

[On-demand webinar] The CFO Perspective Live Broadcast: The Future of...

The CFO Perspective - The Future of Finance Approaches, Challenges, and Opportunities in a Digital World

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Concur Recognized as One of the Best Places to Work by Glassdoor

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From one CFO to another: The top 5 things I learned from the IDC whitepaper

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New Concur Travel innovations reduce time and costs associated with booking...

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WHO WE ARE

Concur empowers businesses to protect travelers with Concur Locate and Active...

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WHO WE ARE

Airbnb and Concur expand partnership to provide Airbnb listings within Concur...

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Concur in the news: Taking business travel management into the digital age

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Concur unveils e-Fapiao solution powered by WeChat in China

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Alexa, ask Concur: When do I leave for my next business trip?