Case study

Software development: Paying smarter to play harder

April 14, 2022 8:00 PM

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Summary

Streamlining spend management for a leading software company developing augmented reality games.

Challenge

The company lacked a payment solution fit for its growing team. Sharing one card across the company was hard to track and led to fraud. To mitigate this exposure risk, their accounting operations lead began making all purchases herself. She was responding to requests across time zones and on weekends to keep business moving. “I was basically a 24-hour payment service,” she said.

Solution

Onboarding with Extend ended accountant’s overtime. Instead of asking her to make a purchase, employees now request a virtual card. “All I have to do is push a button to approve it,” she shared. For software subscriptions, she prefers creating auto-refill cards to manage credit limit exposure.

Outcome

Streamlined payment process. Requesting and creating virtual cards in the app is easy and supports an organized spend tracking system for smooth reconciliation.

Secure online payments. Using unique virtual cards for online purchases keeps the primary card number secure, reducing the hassle of fraud.

Smarter subscription management. Creating one auto-refill card per subscription limits exposure to only the payment due each month, instead of the full year’s cost.

Countless administrative hours saved. By no longer manually managing purchases on one credit card, accounting teams have time to focus on more important tasks.

"For every single online purchase, we pay with a virtual card. They’re easy to create and it mitigates our risk.”

Presented by

Dawn Lewis
Controller at Couranto

Bridget Cobb
Staff Accountant at Healthstream

Brittany Nolan
Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Extend (moderator)

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Case study

Software development: Paying smarter to play harder

Virtual Card Spend
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International purchases
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Summary

Streamlining spend management for a leading software company developing augmented reality games.

Challenge

The company lacked a payment solution fit for its growing team. Sharing one card across the company was hard to track and led to fraud. To mitigate this exposure risk, their accounting operations lead began making all purchases herself. She was responding to requests across time zones and on weekends to keep business moving. “I was basically a 24-hour payment service,” she said.

Solution

Onboarding with Extend ended accountant’s overtime. Instead of asking her to make a purchase, employees now request a virtual card. “All I have to do is push a button to approve it,” she shared. For software subscriptions, she prefers creating auto-refill cards to manage credit limit exposure.

Outcome

Streamlined payment process. Requesting and creating virtual cards in the app is easy and supports an organized spend tracking system for smooth reconciliation.

Secure online payments. Using unique virtual cards for online purchases keeps the primary card number secure, reducing the hassle of fraud.

Smarter subscription management. Creating one auto-refill card per subscription limits exposure to only the payment due each month, instead of the full year’s cost.

Countless administrative hours saved. By no longer manually managing purchases on one credit card, accounting teams have time to focus on more important tasks.

"For every single online purchase, we pay with a virtual card. They’re easy to create and it mitigates our risk.”

Case study

Software development: Paying smarter to play harder

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Virtual Card Spend
Supplies
Subscriptions
International purchases
General & admin
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Summary

Streamlining spend management for a leading software company developing augmented reality games.

Challenge

The company lacked a payment solution fit for its growing team. Sharing one card across the company was hard to track and led to fraud. To mitigate this exposure risk, their accounting operations lead began making all purchases herself. She was responding to requests across time zones and on weekends to keep business moving. “I was basically a 24-hour payment service,” she said.

Solution

Onboarding with Extend ended accountant’s overtime. Instead of asking her to make a purchase, employees now request a virtual card. “All I have to do is push a button to approve it,” she shared. For software subscriptions, she prefers creating auto-refill cards to manage credit limit exposure.

Outcome

Streamlined payment process. Requesting and creating virtual cards in the app is easy and supports an organized spend tracking system for smooth reconciliation.

Secure online payments. Using unique virtual cards for online purchases keeps the primary card number secure, reducing the hassle of fraud.

Smarter subscription management. Creating one auto-refill card per subscription limits exposure to only the payment due each month, instead of the full year’s cost.

Countless administrative hours saved. By no longer manually managing purchases on one credit card, accounting teams have time to focus on more important tasks.

"For every single online purchase, we pay with a virtual card. They’re easy to create and it mitigates our risk.”

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Case study

Software development: Paying smarter to play harder

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Summary

Streamlining spend management for a leading software company developing augmented reality games.

Challenge

The company lacked a payment solution fit for its growing team. Sharing one card across the company was hard to track and led to fraud. To mitigate this exposure risk, their accounting operations lead began making all purchases herself. She was responding to requests across time zones and on weekends to keep business moving. “I was basically a 24-hour payment service,” she said.

Solution

Onboarding with Extend ended accountant’s overtime. Instead of asking her to make a purchase, employees now request a virtual card. “All I have to do is push a button to approve it,” she shared. For software subscriptions, she prefers creating auto-refill cards to manage credit limit exposure.

Outcome

Streamlined payment process. Requesting and creating virtual cards in the app is easy and supports an organized spend tracking system for smooth reconciliation.

Secure online payments. Using unique virtual cards for online purchases keeps the primary card number secure, reducing the hassle of fraud.

Smarter subscription management. Creating one auto-refill card per subscription limits exposure to only the payment due each month, instead of the full year’s cost.

Countless administrative hours saved. By no longer manually managing purchases on one credit card, accounting teams have time to focus on more important tasks.

"For every single online purchase, we pay with a virtual card. They’re easy to create and it mitigates our risk.”

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