{
  "id": 17935827,
  "title": "Grab for Business announces integration with Concur Expense to modernize business travel management across Southeast Asia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/grab-for-business-announces-integration-with-concur-expense-to",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-03T08:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Philippine Star Business",
    "slug": "philippine-star-business",
    "url": "https://www.philstar.com/business-as-usual/2026/11/03/2562650/grab-business-announces-integration-concur-expense-modernize-business-travel-management-across-southeast-asia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Grab For Business, the enterprise platform for managing business rides, meals and deliveries, has teamed up with Concur Expense, the expense management solution from SAP Concur. This collaboration aims to modernize corporate travel and expense management for organizations across Southeast Asia. Through the integration, eligible Grab For Business transactions, such as business rides, meals and deliveries, are automatically captured in Concur Expense, eliminating the need for manual expense entry. This seamless connection reduces administrative work, strengthens policy compliance and enhances visibility and control over travel spending for both finance teams and employees. Valerie Khoo, regional head of Grab For Business, emphasized the importance of connecting business mobility with expense management in a single, streamlined experience. According to the Global Business Travel Association, Asia Pacific is projected to be the world's largest business travel market, with spending expected to reach $700.9 billion by 2026. To address the growing demand for efficient travel management, a new study by Grab For Business and GBTA reveals that while 95% of business travelers in Southeast Asia use ride-hailing services for business, only 58% of organizations have formal mechanisms to manage this use within corporate travel programs. Moreover, 57% of business travelers delay submitting expense reports or consider the process a burden, often spending over 20 minutes completing reports after each trip. The Grab For Business and Concur Expense integration aims to alleviate this administrative burden by automatically syncing receipts for rides, meals and deliveries to Concur Expense. This simplification allows employees to spend less time on expense claims, while organizations gain better visibility and control over business travel spending. The integration is now accessible through the Grab For Business web portal and the SAP Concur App Center to all Grab For Business customers in Southeast Asia. Companies without Grab For Business can reach out to the team via https://forbusiness.grab.com.",
  "summary": "This integration creates a more connected and automated experience for finance teams and employees alike.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}