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BSM Firm Coupa Buys Yapta To Help Firms Slash T&E
Partnerships / Acquisitions // January 07, 2020

Business spend management (BSM) firm Coupa Software has acquired travel price optimization startup Yapta to help companies slash travel and expenses (T&E), Coupa announced on Tuesday (Jan. 7). Seattle-based Yapta tracks prices for airlines and hotels in real time and alerts people instantly when prices...

Westpac Teams With Coupa To Revamp SMBs Spending In Australia
B2B Payments // August 21, 2019

Australian lender Westpac is partnering with business spend management (BSM) firm Coupa to help companies improve finance management on a cloud-based platform, Westpac said on Tuesday (Aug. 20). The collaboration will deliver cost savings while automating inefficient tasks, facilitating risk reduction and improving compliance. Coupa’s...

Coupa Pay Launches, Taps Barclaycard For Virtual Cards
B2B Payments // November 08, 2018

Expense management solutions provider Coupa is rolling out a suite of B2B payment solutions collectively known as Coupa Pay, and the firm is working with Barclaycard to boost adoption of electronic B2B payments. Two press releases issued Wednesday (Nov. 7) said Coupa Pay is making...

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BSM Firm Coupa Buys Yapta To Help Firms Slash T&E

January 07, 2020
Business spend management (BSM) firm Coupa Software has acquired travel price optimization startup Yapta to help companies slash travel and expenses (T&E), Coupa announced on Tuesday (Jan. 7). Seattle-based Yapta tracks prices for airlines and hotels in real time and alerts people instantly when prices drop. The startup services thousands of clients, including over 100 […]