Finance & AP

7 (of more than 70) Ways You’re Already Using AI with Coupa
AI is not just a buzzword – it’s fundamentally transforming the way people do business. But did you know Coupa...
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  • What’s the typical fraudster thinking? If somebody asked you to describe a typical fraudster, what would you say? How would you...
    Joshua Danielson
    Joshua Danielson
    Senior Product Manager, AI/Machine Learning, Coupa Software

    Joshua Danielson holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona and resides in San Francisco.

    Read time: 12 mins
    Businessman Walking as Shadow Shows Him Running with a Bag
  • A company was charged for an unauthorized $30,000 squirrel hunting trip. You read that right – squirrel hunting. A logistics company...
    Kimberly Dimicco
    Read time: 10 mins
    Cartoon image of money sign
  • For the past 20 years, I have been a passionate evangelist for e-invoicing, which may seem like an odd thing to...
    Markus Hornburg
    Markus Hornburg
    VP, Global Product Compliance, Coupa

    Markus Hornburg has more than 20 years' experience in Business Process Design, Change Management, Product Management and Business Consulting. Prior to Coupa, he held positions in compliance at Tungsten Corporation and SAP.

    Read time: 10 mins
    Person Typing on a Calculator
  • In the consumer world, paying for a purchase is simple. You select what you want to buy, hand over the money...
    Adam Alphin
    Adam Alphin
    Senior Director, Product Management, Coupa Pay, Coupa Software

    Adam Alphin is an experienced leader in building functional and technical components of business spend management (BSM) platforms. He has particular expertise in Payments, Early Pay Discount / SCF strategies, Procurement process improvement, Supplier enablement strategies, ERP and supplier integrations, and AP automation.

    Read time: 6 mins
    Person Typing on Phone
  • The global economy has a big problem with late business payments. Payment time now averages 66 days globally, a ten percent...
    Ravi Thakur
    Ravi Thakur
    Senior Vice President, Business Acceleration, Coupa Software

    Ravi Thakur has more than 20 years of experience in Enterprise software, holding executive level positions from support, development, professional services, operations, pre-sales, and more.

    Read time: 6 mins
    The biggest problem in B2B payments isn’t payment. It’s the data
  • Payments don’t get a lot of attention in the C-suite. That’s not too surprising, since making payment happens long after the...
    Karla Friede
    Karla Friede
    CEO, Nvoicepay, a payments automation company and CoupaLink partner

    Karla Friede is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nvoicepay, which transforms the massive and expensive effort that goes into paying suppliers into a simple and automated solution. Nvoicepay optimizes electronic invoice payments for enterprises with intuitive cloud-based software.

    Read time: 12 mins
    Cartoon chess board with a money sign.
  • Are you reimbursing employees for their expenses quickly, or is it taking weeks and weeks to get money back in their...
    Maggie Joy
    Maggie Joy
    Senior Product Manager, Coupa Software

    Maggie Joy helps to develop Coupa's Expense software, which is focused on providing visibility and control, global compliance, and a delightful user experience to help companies ensure expense report accuracy, reduce spend leakages, and pay employees on time.

    Read time: 7 mins
    Average time for expense report approval cycle.
  • Over the past several years, zero-based budgeting has been enjoying a renaissance of sorts. In contrast to the traditional budgeting process...
    Donna Wilczek
    Donna Wilczek
    Senior Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Coupa Software

    She is an executive sponsor of the Coupa Executive Advisory Board and an inventor with multiple software patents.

    Read time: 12 mins
    Cartoon of a business team finishing a budget.
  • Corporate card programs have many benefits for both employees and companies. Employees don’t have to pay out of pocket for travel...
    Maggie Joy
    Maggie Joy
    Senior Product Manager, Coupa Software

    Maggie Joy helps to develop Coupa's Expense software, which is focused on providing visibility and control, global compliance, and a delightful user experience to help companies ensure expense report accuracy, reduce spend leakages, and pay employees on time.

    Read time: 13 mins
    Person Holding a Credit Card Near a Computer
  • Last month, a few members of Coupa’s expense management team embarked on our first-ever road trip, spanning six states, 3,000+ miles...
    Sunny Manivannan
    Sunny Manivannan
    Vice President, Product Marketing

    Sunny Manivannan leads a team of talented product marketers covering all aspects of product marketing across the globe, including product positioning and messaging, pricing & packaging, competitive intelligence, analyst relations, product launches, category and company evangelism, industries marketing, and more.

    Read time: 15 mins
    Change Management with Tips
  • So you just finished implementing a new expense management system. How do you know if it’s successful? You may sense that...
    Ethan Laub
    Ethan Laub
    Director Product Management, Mobile & Travel, Coupa Software

    Ethab Laub leads development of new products and partnerships for Coupa's mobile and expense management applications.

    Read time: 11 mins
    Compass Arrow Pointing to Excellence
  • Five years ago, there was nothing hotter in enterprise software than mobile apps. Every vendor simply had to have one. That’s...
    Ethan Laub
    Ethan Laub
    Director Product Management, Mobile & Travel, Coupa Software

    Ethab Laub leads development of new products and partnerships for Coupa's mobile and expense management applications.

    Read time: 18 mins
    Screenshot of mobile expenses app.
  • It used to be that only big companies did business internationally. In the past few years, increasing globalization, reduced trade barriers...
    Karla Friede
    Karla Friede
    CEO, Nvoicepay, a payments automation company and CoupaLink partner

    Karla Friede is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nvoicepay, which transforms the massive and expensive effort that goes into paying suppliers into a simple and automated solution. Nvoicepay optimizes electronic invoice payments for enterprises with intuitive cloud-based software.

    Read time: 10 mins
    Fintechs offer cross-border B2B payments to support SMEs global ambitions
  • Earlier this year, Coupa announced Coupa Payments powered by Nvoicepay. In this article Nvoicepay CEO Karla Friede explains how fintechs are...
    Karla Friede
    Karla Friede
    CEO, Nvoicepay, a payments automation company and CoupaLink partner

    Karla Friede is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nvoicepay, which transforms the massive and expensive effort that goes into paying suppliers into a simple and automated solution. Nvoicepay optimizes electronic invoice payments for enterprises with intuitive cloud-based software.

    Read time: 14 mins
    Two Trains with One Having a Money Sign on the Front
  • The decision to shift from paper to electronic invoicing is a big one. It is a big change management project touching...
    Markus Hornburg
    Markus Hornburg
    VP, Global Product Compliance, Coupa

    Markus Hornburg has more than 20 years' experience in Business Process Design, Change Management, Product Management and Business Consulting. Prior to Coupa, he held positions in compliance at Tungsten Corporation and SAP.

    Read time: 10 mins
    Dominoes Falling with Money Signs