One can buy almost anything with money – but, as the Beatles observed, it can’t buy love. Which might lead to the erroneous perception that the two topics are wholly unrelated, but the numbers tell a different story. Among reasons for divorce, finances ranks as...
Pulling together business trips can be a complicated effort. These excursions involve not only extensive coordination, but require travelers to manage payments for everything from flights and hotels to daily meals. How employers manage their workers’ travel spending can color their relationships, too. Smooth, convenient...
Whether they’re clearing hurricane wreckage or mucking out homes, disaster relief workers need easy, instant access to funds to keep operations running. In the latest Workforce Spend Management Tracker, Jessica Green, Team Rubicon’s senior associate of finance for field operations, explains how smart spend management...
Though they may have fewer resources than large firms, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and self-employed freelancers are not exempt from business travel. SMBs may need to fly to events and exhibits to draw attention to their solutions, while freelancers may need to travel to visit...
The workforce skews tech-savvy, younger ... and remote. The way we pay and get paid is ever-more intuitive, cued by Uber. So it is — or should be — with corporate expense management, says PEX Founder and CEO Toffer Grant. Embedding payments into workflows via “implied approval” can save...
During the holiday season, nonprofit and religious organizations step up their fundraising efforts for charitable causes. These groups must demonstrate a high level of accountability, however, and workforce spend solutions can help them track spending and remove the friction from waiting for reimbursements. The following...
Public charter schools operate independently from traditional public schools — but with this autonomy, says Marco Rafanelli of BuyQ, comes less purchasing power and greater spending scrutiny from local regulators. In the new Workforce Spend Management Tracker, Rafanelli explains how group purchasing solutions can help...
While some workers are stuck behind a desk or tucked away in a cubicle, others have to do their jobs from the field. However, when trips of field-based workers wrap up, they might regret not keeping better track of the mileage. If they fail to...
As companies increasingly turn to gig workers for short-term projects, and workers see the gig economy as more than a “side hustle,” faster payments are set to become a top priority. The following Deep Dive examines how flexible prepaid cards could change how gig workers’...
