The Key Benefits of Corporate Cards (PDF Download)

Get control over company spend and save time and money. Airbase software-enabled virtual and physical cards are powered by the top-rated spend management platform.

With built-in approval workflows, easy receipt upload, and transaction information that is automatically captured and flows directly to your general ledger, Airbase corporate cards will fast become your favorite software-enabled product.

Airbase’s virtual and physical cards provide best-in-class visibility along with control and generous cash back.

And, because our cards are part of a spend management platform that includes accounts payable automation and expense management, you’ll consolidate and manage all non-payroll spend from one convenient, consistent place.

Key Benefits of Airbase Corporate Cards:

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Get generous cash back on Airbase corporate cards and never worry about hard-to-use rewards or points again.

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Save time for your finance team — categorize transactions at the time of the request, eliminate card reconciliations, automated syncing to your GL.

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Control spend and reduce compliance risk — customize approval workflows, fine-tune spend limits, set card budgets, and quickly take action in the event of lost or stolen cards, fraudulent activity, or changes in business circumstances.

Popular features:

Multi-subsidiary support makes it easy and efficient to manage company spend across subsidiaries and countries.

Automated approval workflows and upfront spend categorization ensure budget owners know what they are approving so they can both expedite and control spend.
Auto-lock card settings, receipt compliance controls, and fraud detection add an extra layer of security.
Delegation support saves time for executives.
Subscription management and duplicate spend alerts eliminate wasted spend.
Apple Pay and Google Pay support for virtual and physical cards allow employees to spend anywhere Visa contactless payments are accepted.

The Airbase spend management platform offers a variety of card options. Select from Airbase cards, or keep your Silicon Valley Bank or American Express Cards for use on the Airbase platform.

We’ve gained significant returns from our use of virtual cards, not just in the form of cash back, but also in terms of time saved, compliance, employee ownership of spend, and visibility into company spending.

Eoin Hession

Controller, Recharge

How virtual cards work:

The employee submits a virtual card request, complete with the category of spend, and it is automatically routed to the right approver(s).
Once approved, the employee simply copies the card details and uses them for one-time or recurring online spend. Receipts are uploaded directly to the transaction in Airbase or emailed to a unique Receipt Inbox and automatically matched to the transaction — for USD and non-USD currencies. OCR is used to populate the details of the transaction.
Transactions are automatically synced to the GL, including vendor coding, GL, category, line and transaction tags.

Note: Physical card transactions can also have automated approval workflows, upfront spend categorization, and will automatically sync to your GL.

Learn more about virtual cards.

Use case example:

An employee request to purchase a $50 Amazon Gift Card with a one-time virtual card was approved. They simply copy the card details and make the purchase.