With most non-travel spend still sitting outside corporate card programmes due to manual, invoice-led processes, Conferma and AirPlus today announced the expansion of their longstanding partnership to close this gap and extend virtual card payments into everyday business spend.
The partnership builds on more than a decade of collaboration between the two companies, extending established travel and procurement capabilities further into embedded B2B payment workflows across broader business spend.
Virtual cards can now be generated, delivered and reconciled within procurement and ERP workflows, making card payments available as a native option at the point of purchase.
One integration, full capability
The partnership with AirPlus takes Conferma’s offering to the next level for corporate customers across Europe. AirPlus’s powerful transaction data and reporting capabilities, paired with Conferma’s best-in-class virtual card technology, create a seamless end-to-end payment experience that eliminates reconciliation complexity and puts businesses firmly in control of their spend.
Conferma now integrates virtual card payments directly into the procurement and ERP systems that AirPlus customers already use on a daily basis – without the need for separate tools and without disrupting workflows. By integrating payments into existing purchasing and accounts payable processes, AirPlus is helping to remove one of the biggest barriers to the adoption of card payments.
“Virtual card adoption has been limited by the need to change established workflows,” said Sonya Geelon, Chief Commercial Officer at Conferma. “By embedding payments directly into procurement and finance systems, we’re removing that barrier and enabling organisations to scale adoption without added complexity.”
Michael Thomas, Head of Global Partner Sales at AirPlus, added: “Customers want greater control over spend without introducing new processes. Embedding payments into the platforms they already use allows us to extend virtual cards beyond travel and into everyday purchasing.”
