How A Big Night Out Can Drive Policy Change

In the current corporate environment, large companies are always looking for new ways to save every dollar possible. A company that I visited a couple of months ago, let’s call them Dreyware Corp, were all about saving every dollar, but it came to the point where they were removing the free newspapers and fresh fruit from the lunchrooms. While it did reduce costs slightly, it was at the expense of employee morale. There was, however, low hanging fruit in the purchase cards! Dreyware’s Expense Policy was very grey,

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Expense Reporting To The Rescue

Fraud Can Happen to You! It’s true. The fact is that fraud could happen to anyone of us. Though there are some common traits for individuals who commit fraud, it’s normally not a crime linked to a specific type of person. Fraud is a crime that can be committed by different people in varying circumstances. Whether in a personal or corporate setting, it’s difficult to eliminate fraud completely. If you’ve experienced fraud before, you’ll know how much inconvenience it causes for both the business and individuals involved.

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My Big Fat Employer Sponsored Wedding

The title of this blog post might give you the impression that you’re going to be reading a how to get your employer to pay for your entire wedding. Sadly no, this article is about something a little more serious… expense fraud! I recently visited a soon to be Expense8 customer, who told me a story of expense fraud that left me completely astonished! This fraud highlighted major gaps in this company’s culture and in their procedures. The fraud occurred over a 6-month period and involved an

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Have your employees gone rogue?

It’s a problem that most organisations suffer from: employees purchasing items that are way out of the company’s Travel & Expense Policy. One of our customers recently told us of an employee, who had been on a business trip to Europe and whilst away he had purchased luxury accommodation for his dog on his corporate credit card. This particular expense was not within company policy, the employee defended himself by explaining that he didn’t know what the expense policy was. So how do we get co-workers and

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