
Corporate Payments
Technology
02 May 2025
The power of data reconciliation for payments
The payments went out, the invoices were approved, and the excel spreadsheets are produced ... but
02 May 2025
The payments went out, the invoices were approved, and the excel spreadsheets are produced ... but
19 March 2025
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“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates.
17 March 2025
Feel like you’re struggling to keep up with corporate payments? You’re not alone – the way
28 February 2025
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With great tech comes great responsibility - especially given the alarming rise of cyber threats.
24 January 2025
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Now more than ever, management of travel spend is paramount, and hotel spending represents a
15 January 2025
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They say a strong network is the key to success in the business world. And we agree: Companies have
10 December 2024
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AirPlus Roadshows, It’s a wrap!
06 December 2024
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They say data is the oil of the digital age. And it’s easy to see why.
15 November 2024
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It's not just you — the corporate payment industry is more complex than ever. Sure, we've done away
30 October 2024
World
Returning home from a business trip often conjures a sense of relief and accomplishment. You’ve
02 October 2024
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At times, securing event contracts can sometimes feel like a high-stakes poker game. Whether it’s
09 September 2024
Have you ever asked yourself where you left your encyclopedia the last time you used it? Probably
28 August 2024
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Ever found yourself overwhelmed by the complexities of organizing a corporate event? While these
27 August 2024
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Event management is a complex task, often hindered by old-school payment processes that can be
15 August 2024
World
An effective corporate travel policy can make or break a travel management program. It's more than
25 July 2024
World
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” — Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin’s wise
09 July 2024
World
The future of corporate payment is a fascinating topic. In recent years, new technologies and
05 July 2024
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“If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got” – Albert Einstein At first, this
29 May 2024
World
How do you purchase your flights? By going directly to your favorite airline and booking the first
28 May 2024
World
How often do you pay for payment? You probably had to read that sentence at least twice, right?
27 May 2024
UK
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The travel industry, with its numerous, various players, is complex. Your position as an agency,
27 May 2024
UK
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Embarking on business travels, especially to foreign destinations, can be an intimidating prospect.
13 May 2024
Now more than ever, management of travel spend is paramount, and hotel spending represents a
29 April 2024
UK
Your role in finance or procurement is growing more complex by the day.
22 April 2024
UK
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“Payment providers? They just process business payments, right?”
08 April 2024
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Imagine a time where goods were acquired through handwritten letters and handshakes. A far cry from
27 March 2024
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It has global reach, it’s cost-effective, and it’s available 24/7. What is it?
24 March 2024
UK
Your procurement team is being propelled towards a more modern playing field of B2B payments – and
06 March 2024
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Mobile devices like smartphones, tablets and smart watches – devices carried by billions of people
29 February 2024
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The way we travel is changing. We’re always keeping up with the latest business travel trends, and
29 February 2024
UK
Your procurement department has faced big change. Over time, the role of procurement has evolved
21 February 2024
UK
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World
Spend management is vital for businesses. The ability to oversee spending, manage cash flow, and
29 January 2024
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Digital marketing took traditional advertising’s crown a long, long time ago.
29 January 2024
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Let’s say you have a meeting. You’re currently in Amsterdam, but your meeting is with a potential
25 January 2024
World
The way businesses are handling the payment process for corporate purchases today is changing.
21 December 2023
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While treasury managers’ roles are already well-defined, they can also bring their payments
21 December 2023
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What are the latest payment industry trends for 2024?
21 December 2023
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Can travel be sustainable? For businesses, travel provides invaluable opportunities for connection
27 November 2023
UK
Here’s a fact to stop you in your tracks: there are currently at least 97 zettabytes1 of data in
15 November 2023
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In the realm of modern procurement, efficiency and security are paramount. As businesses
15 November 2023
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The recent signing of an agreement by the Lufthansa Group to sell Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten
15 November 2023
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We are very pleased to introduce you to Raymond Vrijenhoek, our new Commercial Director Benelux &
14 November 2023
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Time and again, new examples of digitalization have emerged in the world of corporate payments.
16 October 2023
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Travel is back in the picture and travel agencies need to be visible too…online. With the travel
07 September 2023
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World
“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they
06 September 2023
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It seems that real-time payment is all the rage right now. And yet, it wasn’t that long ago that
31 August 2023
UK
The future of digital and mobile payments We’re in the midst of a digital payment revolution. New
17 August 2023
The way we travel is changing. We’re always keeping up with the latest business travel trends, and
31 July 2023
BNLNO
Plastic cards have been around now for decades. They represented a major shift in the way people
31 July 2023
BNLNO
What software are you using in your company? For many, the answer to this question is likely to be
31 July 2023
BNLNO
When it comes to business travel, expect the unexpected. But if a flight is delayed or the hotel
11 July 2023
World
Starting around 2020, hotels began to see increasing interest in sustainability data relating to
22 June 2023
World
As of January 5th, 2023, a new ground-breaking EU directive came into force: The Corporate
20 June 2023
UK
What does the corporate travel industry have in store for 2023? Here are the top trends so far.
15 June 2023
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In the latest issue of Luchtvaartnieuws, Melvin van Wingerden, Director Benelux and Nordics at
15 June 2023
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In the latest issue of TravMagazine, Jeffrey Kusnadi (Sales Manager Travel Trade Benelux & Nordics)
15 June 2023
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In the latest issue of businesstraveller, Meghan Smith, Strategic Partner Ship manager Benelux &
15 June 2023
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Everyone is talking about ESG. People are now becoming more aware of how businesses are
14 June 2023
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We’ve seen it time and time again. Payments for goods or services in a company tend to follow a
07 June 2023
World
Everyone is talking about ESG. People are now becoming more aware of how businesses are
29 May 2023
APAC
As one of the largest regions in the world, our community in APAC AirPlus covers a third of the
26 May 2023
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Energy crisis, oil and gas shortages, climate change, and lack of skilled workers: the chemical
22 May 2023
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Is your supply chain challenged and running the same routes without getting any more streamlined
22 May 2023
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Untangling the knots in your chemical manufacturing supply chain keeps you busy around the clock
11 May 2023
World
The finance world can be a complicated place. Excel sheets, proprietary programs, and high
11 May 2023
UK
Procurement B2B Solutions | AirPlus UK Managing procurement at a corporate scale is a big task at
27 April 2023
World
Are invisible payments the ultimate end goal for businesses?
17 April 2023
APAC
As more people dig out their suitcases to return to the skies, what challenges do business
27 March 2023
APAC
Travellers have encountered more disruption in 2022 than ever before. But how are their experiences
23 March 2023
World
It seems that everything is a service these days. Content, infrastructure, mobility – you name it,
14 March 2023
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Way back in January 2013, the European Central Bank compiled and released a comprehensive set of
23 February 2023
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It seems that businesses are embracing bleisure travel. And that's great news for business
09 February 2023
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Payments have been through many changes over the years. From the first coins being minted thousands
19 January 2023
UK
Calling all partners and customers – are you ready to seize an incredible opportunity with us?
19 January 2023
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2023 is here... And with it will come exciting developments for payment solutions, going into the
12 January 2023
World
AI is often touted as a gamechanger when it comes to business travel. With the release of ChatGPT,
28 December 2022
World
Relationship is everything for businesses. But the onset of remote working is changing the way we
15 December 2022
World
What’s your favorite streaming service for watching the shows you love? The availability to access
01 December 2022
World
Decision making around Travel & Expense (T&E) payments is becoming more complex. The modern
18 November 2022
BNLNO
The Pareto Principle goes both ways.
17 November 2022
World
Time and again, new examples of digitalization have appeared in the world of corporate payments.
17 November 2022
UK
Mobile wallets, virtual cards and more – corporate payment is changing fast. With ‘The BIG
19 October 2022
World
When traveling, we come across various parties on our journey. We don’t mean the festive kind, but
05 October 2022
World
Travel disruptions. In the past months, we’ve all unfortunately experienced them in one way or
06 September 2022
BNLNO
Brussels/Schiphol —Tuesday September 6th, 2022 — AirPlus International, a global corporate payment
01 September 2022
World
Can travel be sustainable? For businesses, travel enables some great opportunities for connection
17 August 2022
World
When traveling through airports, we need to show our passport for inspection before being granted
03 August 2022
World
It seems that real-time payment is all the rage right now. And yet, it wasn’t that long ago that
20 July 2022
World
Plastic cards have been around now for decades. They represented a major shift in the way people
06 July 2022
World
Online booking tools (OBTs) are changing. They need to be ready for the returning demand from us
22 June 2022
World
Let’s say you have a meeting. You’re currently in Zurich, but your meeting is with a potential
22 June 2022
UK
In these confusing times of travel you need a corporate travel policy that works for you. In this
20 June 2022
UK
The metaverse is a hot topic in tech and is transforming the travel industry as we know it. Let’s
15 June 2022
UK
In this article we’ll be looking at the 5 top payment trends that are dominating the UK in 2022.
15 June 2022
UK
The pandemic is digitalising procurement. So digitalise your payment process too.
08 June 2022
World
We’ve all had that experience before: We finally go on a long-awaited trip with mounted
25 May 2022
World
Want to maximize your travel budget? Loyalty programs may be your best bet. As the name suggests,
11 May 2022
World
As in many other areas of life, the pandemic has accelerated changes in the payment processing
28 April 2022
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The future is impossible to predict.
27 April 2022
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It’s been a bumpy two years for the travel industry.
20 April 2022
World
Now that the UK deadline for enforcing Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) has passed, since March
06 April 2022
World
Did you hear? We recently partnered with Business Spend Management (BSM) platform Coupa. The
16 February 2022
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Safeguard your business travelers – 24/7 around the world What is comprehensive insurance coverage?
08 February 2022
World
What are the latest payment industry trends for 2022? Payments nowadays are no longer defined by
27 January 2022
World
With travel still being far from a full rebound, travel businesses aren’t seeing their booking
13 January 2022
World
Cryptocurrencies have long been touted as the next biggest thing in the payment industry. As of now
30 December 2021
World
Surfing the worldwide web for our purchases can be done without going anywhere. Global merchants
16 December 2021
World
Security of payments will always be a priority. However, the shift to digital platforms and online
02 December 2021
World
In a growing digital payment world, it’s all-hands-on-deck for the banks to provide a frictionless
18 November 2021
World
It seems that the travel industry can’t catch a break. After the almost complete standstill of 2020
04 November 2021
World
Once upon a time, you had to spend days on the road with a horse and a carriage, looking for a
21 October 2021
World
It’s no secret that the travel industry has been having a hard time over the last year. While there
21 October 2021
World
The travel industry was hit hard by the pandemic. Lockdowns, border closures and other measures
07 October 2021
World
With a sigh of relief, we’re now finally traveling beyond our front yards as borders open up once
28 September 2021
UK
Why traditional B2B payments don’t cut it anymore Procurement is increasingly digital. More and
14 September 2021
UK
In our previous article, we saw how virtual payment can be an ideal solution for optimising the
07 September 2021
UK
How to capitalise on the data-driven clarity of virtual payment
07 September 2021
BNLNO
Procurement is a big topic these days. With workforces working remotely and more spending now
06 September 2021
BNLNO
Press Release: AirPlus International partners with THL Pay to offer a smooth and cost-saving
31 August 2021
UK
Better business begins with better buying. Save time and money on procurement by optimising your
02 August 2021
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In an open interview with Melvin Van Wingerden, we look back on his first 100 days as the new
30 July 2021
World
Times have been tough, but there is now a light at the end of the tunnel. The pandemic has impacted
15 July 2021
World
It should be no surprise to anyone that we are hurtling toward a more digital future. This is
17 June 2021
World
Right now, the world is abuzz with excitement and interest for blockchain. Sure, many people only
04 June 2021
World
J.P. Morgan recently released its hotly anticipated Payment Trends Report, packed as ever with the
20 May 2021
World
According to the European Central Bank, non-cash payments in the Eurozone are worth €167.3
31 March 2021
World
Written by Marcell Haag
31 March 2021
In our previous article, we saw how virtual payment can be an ideal solution for optimizing the
24 March 2021
Optimizing digital advertising with virtual payment How to capitalize on the data-driven clarity of
22 February 2021
BNLNO
Where to find them and how you and your company can pay for them? The pandemic has driven many
18 January 2021
UK
Now, unless you’ve been living under a rock since 2010, you know what the term “Data Security”
18 January 2021
UK
Over the last ten months, the world has up-rooted and almost everything has moved online. Whether
18 January 2021
UK
The year 2020 is certainly one for the books. An unforeseen pandemic and a foreseen Brexit were the
08 January 2021
World
How better buying leads the way through economic and environmental straits Can procurement save the
23 December 2020
UK
Strong customer authentication (SCA) is presenting major challenges for the corporate payment
11 December 2020
World
Recent AirPlus analysis has found that women now make up an even smaller proportion of business
08 December 2020
BNLNO
Strong customer authentication (SCA) is presenting major challenges for the corporate payment
04 December 2020
World
Business travel is a critical component of the wider corporate payment world and an area where our
02 December 2020
World
Written by AirPlus CEO Oliver Wagner
11 November 2020
World
Since the start of the pandemic, digital payment fraud has risen sharply. Equipping ourselves
04 November 2020
World
Has business travel changed forever? With travel no longer taken for granted, justifying the value
28 October 2020
World
Why Scandinavia leads the world in thinking ahead The Nordic region makes up a tiny fraction of the
22 October 2020
World
A recent study shows that the global payments industry is changing faster than ever. We took a look
08 October 2020
World
Irregular travel costs you time and money. With more and more options for employees on the go,
02 October 2020
BNLNO
Right now, many of us have been left asking ourselves whether business travel will ever be the
02 October 2020
BNLNO
What bank account are your employees' corporate cards connected to?
02 October 2020
BNLNO
Simply providing business travelers with a corporate card is already a significant step towards
01 October 2020
World
German travel union rallies providers to ensure safe, convenient return to business travel across
24 September 2020
World
Mobile payment isn't playing games. Well, the popular mobile game Clash of Clans raked in an
23 September 2020
BNLNO
With so many corporate cards available for business expenses, how exactly do you go about choosing
23 September 2020
BNLNO
Since the pandemic hit back in March 2020, there's been an increasing need for companies to have
23 September 2020
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But is it so advantageous?
23 September 2020
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Optimizing travel expenses while improving expense management goes hand in hand. Significant
21 September 2020
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The corporate card and the lodged card are two means of payment dedicated to professional expenses.
21 September 2020
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Using corporate cards has many advantages over other corporate payment methods.
21 September 2020
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If there's one thing we've all learned the hard way during this pandemic, it's how labor-intensive
09 September 2020
World
2020 has made clearer than ever that drastic change is needed to achieve the standards of health,
03 September 2020
World
Business travel is on the comeback but the rules have changed. AirPlus is taking a virtual trip
27 August 2020
World
2020 has made clearer than ever that drastic change is needed to achieve the standards of health,
10 August 2020
World
Jane Austen published her first novel Sense and Sensibility in 1811. The book compares rationality
30 July 2020
World
When business travel is out of this world Though it might look like a vacation from down here on
28 July 2020
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There is a lot more to online payments and ad hoc purchases than you might think
16 July 2020
World
After months on hiatus, business travel is returning. But what has changed? The AirPlus Global
09 July 2020
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While the entire world is still trying to adapt itself to “the new normal”, at the same time a lot
07 July 2020
World
All across the world, travel has ground to a halt in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
23 June 2020
World
As we all weather the coronavirus crisis, the world has quickly adapted to radically new working
09 June 2020
World
The effects of the Coronavirus crisis have spread to every corner of the world. But some places
20 May 2020
World
As we all weather the coronavirus crisis, the world has quickly adapted to radically new working
14 May 2020
World
As we all weather the coronavirus crisis, the world has quickly adapted to radically new working
31 January 2020
BNLNO
There is a plethora of company cards designed for business expense payments. How do you choose the
28 January 2020
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Various business payment solutions In 2020, the classic corporate credit card is no longer your
21 January 2020
UK
On Monday 20th January, the Business Travel Awards (part of the BTN Group) presented AirPlus
03 January 2020
UK
As a company providing contractors to the oil and gas industry, NES Global Talent often sends
27 November 2019
UK
We all know that Finance teams can sometimes be bogged down with very time-consuming, process based
13 November 2019
UK
Now, unless you’ve been living under a rock since 2010, you know what the term “Data Security”
08 November 2019
UK
We have clients of all shapes and sizes at AirPlus International – but many of the problems they
05 November 2019
UK
On Monday 28th October, AirPlus International were announced as one of the 4 Finalists for the
31 October 2019
UK
Where do we stand with Brexit? In June 2016, 17.4 million people in the UK voted to leave the EU,
25 October 2019
UK
Travel data can be a minefield. On the one hand, you need to it ensure policy compliance or use it