Managing company spending can be a time-consuming process when using a variety of methods to track and process transactions. That’s why American Express and Airbase have come together to integrate American Express virtual Cards into the Airbase spending management platform to help Business and Corporate Card Members consolidate and automate non-payroll spending.
Once enrolled,1 you can leverage Airbase’s streamlined spend management tool to help enhance visibility and increase control over budgets while utilizing American Express virtual Cards, bill payments, and employee reimbursements — all integrated into one system.
With Airbase, you can:
Automatically sync American Express virtual Cards and physical Corporate Card transactions coded from Airbase to compatible general ledgers,2 helping free up time and reducing errors.
Earn the rewards of your American Express® Card3 when used to make eligible purchases.
Use Airbase to help ensure consistent spending policy application across American Express virtual Cards, as well as bill payment and reimbursement spending.
Support a healthy spending culture with more control and visibility for spending managers, and less manual steps and stress for employees.
Airbase’s platform packages include:1
Platform Features
Flexible, customizable spending control workflows.
End-to-end non-payroll general ledger accounting automation.
Real-time reporting and visibility.
American Express Card Integration
Bill Payments
Streamlined bill payments and vendor management.
Earn the rewards of your Card when paying bills with virtual Cards.3
Reimbursements
Services
The Airbase packages include:
Essentials
Establish a spend management foundation for your early-stage business that can grow with you.
American Express Cards
American Express® Card Integration features:
- Unlimited American Express virtual Card generation.
- Sync physical Corporate Card transactional information with the Airbase platform.
Additional Airbase features:
- Platform for managing one-time or recurring American Express virtual Card transactions.
- Customizable spending control workflows and spending limits. Pre-approval settings on virtual Card spending.
- Real-time American Express virtual Card reporting with ability to segment by department, program, category, or individual.
- End-to-end non-payroll general ledger accounting integration2 codes American Express virtual Card transactions to be automatically synced.
- Auto-categorize transactions based on historical general ledger entries.
- Receipt capture from Airbase mobile app uploads digital copy of receipt to the transaction record.
- Option to copy an observer on spending requests.
Bill Payments
- Batch payments for paying multiple bills at once.
Reimbursements
- Employee expense reimbursements.
Platform Features
- Vendor Portal within Airbase platform for vendors to sign in to receive payments and view payment history.
- Single Sign-On with Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) providers such as Okta, Microsoft Office 365, Google Workspace, and OneLogin.
Services
- Guided onboarding led by a dedicated onboarding team with accounting, team training, and month-end close sessions.
Growth*
*Fees determined by Airbase apply
Support your growing business with additional spend management and broader AP automation capabilities.
Everything in Essentials, plus the following additional Airbase features:
American Express Card Integration Additions
- American Express virtual Card auto-lock feature to encourage timely employee receipt uploads.
- Temporary spending limits on American Express virtual Cards to override pre-set limit.
- Set observer policies that automatically loop in designated stakeholders to ensure spend compliance.
Bill Payments Additions
- 100 bill payments for non-American Express virtual Card payment options offered by Airbase.1
- Automatic journal entry creation in compatible ERP systems for straightline amortization of bill payments.
- Bill payment scheduling, batch approvals, and recurring invoice payment scheduling.
Reimbursement Additions
- Reimbursement approver delegation.
Services Additions
- Dedicated customer success manager.
- Onboarding support for vendor bulk import.
Enterprise*
*Fees determined by Airbase apply
Expand functionality for enterprise-level businesses and operations with further customizable AP automation and workflow capabilities.
Everything in Growth, plus the following additional Airbase features:
American Express Card Integration Additions
- Advanced rule-based approvals including approval groups, parallel and sequential approvals, and spend observers.
- Advanced user management enables individual and bulk user provisioning and de-provisioning with Okta, One-Login, SCIM, and other HR information systems packages.
Bill Payment Additions
- 200 bill payments for non-American Express virtual Card payment options offered by Airbase.1
- Bill editing features within Airbase to identify and rectify discrepancies between purchase order and bill prior to payment.
- Purchase order creation and approval in Airbase platform, and accrual expense calculations are posted to compatible general ledgers.
- Integration with NetSuite amortization features to create advanced amortization schedules and structures that are automatically posted at month-end.
Services Additions
- Customized onboarding with dedicated support for additional training and assistance.
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1Card enrollment required for U.S.-issued American Express Small Business and Corporate Cards. Separate enrollment with each of Airbase and American Express is required to utilize combined product offering. There is no fee to generate American Express virtual Cards. To make a Card payment to a supplier through the service, the supplier must be an American Express accepting merchant and agree to accept American Express virtual Card payments. Additional upgrades, features, and payment methods may require separate activation, and fees may apply. Airbase is solely responsible for determining additional fees. Please contact your Airbase representative to learn more.
2Compatible general ledger software systems include NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, and QuickBooks Desktop.
3Not all Cards are eligible to earn rewards. Terms and limitations vary by Card type.
4Airbase does not cancel virtual Card purchased recurring subscription charges. Please contact the subscription provider to cancel services.
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