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Virtual Payment Cards for Business Travel Expense Management

Project’s Overview

Redspark Technologies partnered with a fast-growing startup to develop Virtual Payment Cards, an integrated employee’s travel expense management platform. The startup needed to modernize and automate their employee spend management.

The Challenge

The startup’s employee’s travel expense reporting and reimbursement process was manual and error-prone. Employees had to manually collect receipts, fill out spreadsheets, and wait for approvals and reimbursements. The finance team had to manually review and approve each report. There was no centralized visibility into employee spend.

Business Goals

  • Simplify expense reporting for employees
  • Automate approvals and reimbursements
  • Eliminate manual data entry and paper receipts
  • Consolidate reporting and payments on one platform
  • Provide finance with spend analytics and controls

The Solution

Redspark developed Virtual Payment Cards , a modular, cloud-based platform that connects employees, employers, finance and accounting. Key features include:

Virtual Payment cards – Employees are issued virtual payment cards for business travel expenses. Limits are set based on the employee profile and trip type. Employees can request temporary limit increases.

Automated approvals – Configurable rules route employee expense reports to managers for electronic approval.

Analytics – Real-time reporting provides insights into employee spend by category, department, project, and more. Finance can monitor budgets and spend compliance.

Project Highlights

  • Close collaboration with startup stakeholders to understand pain points and requirements
  • Virtual payment card integration to fit their processes
  • Configurable workflows for automated expense routing, approvals, and exception handling
  • Real-time sync with ERP system to streamline accounting and payments
  • Interactive analytics dashboards for finance insights and visualization

Technologies

  • Web Front end (system) –  Angular JS
  • Web Front end (CMS/ landing page) – WordPress
  • Back end (API) –  Java spring boot
  • Database: mysql
  • Mobile app : native cross platform
  • Design tool: Figma

Results

The startup was able to replace their manual employee expense reporting process with an automated, policy-driven platform.

  • Employee adoption was high given the easy user experience
  • Finance saved significant time by eliminating manual data entry and reviews
  • 90% of expense reports were autonomously processed and approved
  • Spend visibility improved, allowing tighter budget controls
  • The virtual payment card integration simplified vendor payments

 

By partnering with Redspark, the startup was able to rapidly deploy an integrated employee’s travel expense management solution that delivered their ideal blend of automation, control, and insights. The startup plans to continue enhancing Virtual Payment Cards with new modules for travel booking, invoice management, and budgeting.

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