Spend management stories

Anthropic replaces flat enterprise seats with token-based charges and monthly spending commitments, pushing more cost risk onto customers at renewal.

NeuReality adds former Amazon and Maersk executive Rotem Hershko as adviser to sharpen NR-NEXUS enterprise strategy and AI production rollout.

Payhawk survey finds 45% of self-described AI leaders in finance lack minimum use rules, exposing a wider gap between ambition and control.

Remote has acquired Bravas in a move that expands its global work platform into identity and device controls for distributed teams.

Private equity-backed firms use paid AI tools more than most peers, but many still struggle to turn sponsor pressure into practical finance gains.

Ramp expands Visa tie-up as the payments giant becomes a customer, after 133% enterprise growth and a wider rollout across 50,000 users.

Procurement leaders at Americas Procurement Congress say agentic AI is moving from pilot to payback, slashing sourcing cycles and reshaping value cases.

Dayforce deepens partner ecosystem with Emburse and Docusign integrations to streamline expense management and digital agreements for enterprise customers.

Spendesk appoints Quentin Vigneau as Chief Product Officer and Alan Wright as Chief Technical Officer as it expands AI plans after first full year of profit.

Origin secures USD $30 million to scale its AI-driven platform simplifying fragmented global employee benefits for large multinationals.

OFX appoints former PayPal Australia marketer Liz Lord as chief marketing officer to spearhead its shift beyond cross-border payments.

OpenAI selects Brex to run global spend and finance operations, as automation tools vie to serve the fast-growing AI sector's complex needs.

HeadBox warns that fragmented control of meetings and events spend is exposing corporates to rising cost, compliance and governance risks.

Netos picks Nebula as its first global services partner to scale FinOps-style network spend management for channel-led enterprise roll-outs.

Circles.Life rolls out Zerofy Cashback Card in Singapore, touting instant, uncapped rewards on global spend via Airwallex and Visa.

US fintech Ramp is buying Stockholm-based Billhop to plug its AI finance platform into Billhop's European payments rails and licences.

AI 'leaders' in finance rush to pilots but lack rules, data and governance to scale tools into core, high‑accountability workflows.

Emburse expands its Pay platform to unify vendor payments and staff reimbursements, linking approvals, funding and reconciliation in one flow.

Airwallex launches Yield for US firms after topping USD $1bn in assets, offering instant-access treasury via a J.P. Morgan money market fund.

Robinhood launches a family finance hub, custodial and trust accounts, plus an invite-only platinum card with elite cashback rewards.