Smart Money: developments in corporate cards, payments and expenses

Published: 18 October 2022

Few areas of business travel are evolving as rapidly as that of payments and expenses, where new fintech players are entering the fray, while blockchain, AI and other technologies are enabling new processes, and even crypto currencies are gate-crashing conversations. BTN Europe’s Smart Money report examines the latest trends and developments impacting corporate travel payments, from SCA and PSD2 to virtual cards and industry M&As.

Introduction: The payments puzzleBy Amon Cohen

Payments, cards and expense systems for business travel are no exception to the rule that Covid was transformational

Driving change: industry innovationBy Amon Cohen

Virtual cards are spearheading efficiency drives, but innovation is manifesting across the travel payments landscape

SCA: Keeping it secureBy Amon Cohen

SCA's relatively smooth arrival could be disrupted by the removal of a temporary workaround for travel transactions

Cryptocurrency: a no-go in travel?By Mark Frary

A small number of suppliers and TMCs accept cryptocurrencies as payment but widespread adoption looks a distant prospect

Money movementsBy Mark Frary

The Covid crisis exposed the industry's financial ecosystem and some now argue the way money flows around it must change

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Guest column: by Rudy Daniello

Innovation is coming but we must all be talking the same language, says Rudy Daniello, EVP corporations, Amadeus

Virtual cards in actionBy Michael B. Baker

The industry expects progress on improving hotel virtual card use – and some companies are doing just that