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Spend Management

March 30, 2023

How IT & Procurement Teams Should Evaluate Spend Management Products

In today's fast-paced business world, managing expenses can be a daunting task for IT and procurement teams.‍ To help you out, we compiled a list of features and functionalities that you should consider when picking your spend management platform.‍Spoiler alert, Pluto has them all.

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

Ramadan Benefits in the Workplace: A Guide to the UAE and MENA Region

The month of Ramadan provides HR Managers with the opportunity to take the initiative in their organization and implement a benefit program for employees and to remind them to support their Muslim colleagues during this holy month.

Leen Shami

Finance Writer

What is Operating Budget, and How To Create One?

Businesses have all sort of budgets, such as cash budgets, labor budgets, investments budgets, project budgets... and each has their own particular function. Among those, few are as important as the operating budget.

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

The Complete Guide to Expense Reports: What They Are and How to Create One

One crucial aspect of business finance management is knowing how the money of your organization is being spent. This expense report guide will help with that!

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

How To Manage Your Company Spending In 2023?

Without proper spend management strategies, company revenue could be easily sabotaged by overstuffed budgets, inefficient spending, and a lack of expense tracking that hurts your bottom-line.

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

Efficient Receipt Management For UAE Businesses

Paper receipt should be the thing of the past, but they are still amongst us. In this post you will learn

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

Managing Petty Cash in UAE, Guide & Tips

Petty cash is a simple concept that sometimes may be quite hard to master and control! In this post we will explain how to make sure that your petty cash is properly managed!

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

Best Virtual Corporate Card For Business [2023]

Nowadays companies must be flexible, they must scale up while retaining a control over their finances. Virtual cards are a great way to keep track of the expenses and allow your colleagues to work efficiently!

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

Travel Expense Management: Quick Guide For 2023

Travel and entertainment expenses are necessary for doing business, but that doesn’t mean that these expenses should be left unchecked. Let's dive into travel expense management.

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

Spend Management: Guide & Tips For 2023

You can not improve what you do not measure, and with spend control being now more important ever we wanted to discuss some of the main areas of spend management, to make you maximize the use of your budget!

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

Expense Management; Definition, Types & Tips

Expense management is a way to track your employee spending, process expense reports, determine reimbursement claims, and control types of spending according to the company's expense policy.

Leen Shami

Finance Writer

Understanding Business Expenses

All companies and businesses will incur business expenses, but how can you know what exactly is considered business expenses? And how will the introduction of UAE corporate taxes affect business expenses and income reports?

Leen Shami

Finance Writer

What Are Reimbursements? Types, Policies & Management Tips

Are reimbursements a bottleneck of your business? Is it slowing down your employees and taking time from the financial team? Let's have a look at types of reimbursements and the best ways to manage them.

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

How to Create a Corporate Card Policy

A company credit card policy is set in place to ensure all company cards are used for authorized and permitted business purchases. A corporate credit card policy outlines the guidelines, responsibilities of the cardholder, dos and don'ts, and repercussions of misuse are stated.

Leen Shami

Finance Writer

How to Take Control of your Employee’s Fuel Reimbursements

With the surge in fuel costs globally, it’s no surprise that consumers are becoming more aware of their fuel expenditure. The UAE alone has seen an increase of 74% in fuel prices over the last 7 months.

Leen Shami

Finance Writer

Corporate vs. Business Credit Card: What is the Difference?

Corporate credit card vs. a business credit card. You might have heard both terms used interchangeably, but what's the difference? This post will cover the main differences so you can decide which card is best for your business.

Leen Shami

Finance Writer

Corporate Card Management: Guide for 2023

Corporate card management is critical when you need to monitor your spending, but at the same time allow your team to work efficiently. Let's look at a the main tips to properly manage your expenses!

Vlad Falin

Finance Writer

What is Pluto Card?

Better expense management should be within everyone's reach. Pluto solves finance teams' pain points by replacing their business credit cards with Pluto corporate cards to help manage their expenses, saving them time and money.

Leen Shami

Finance Writer

We got funded!

Pluto Card closed US$6M in Seed funding in February, led by Global Founders Capital. With their Seed round, Pluto aims to get closer to achieving their mission; to streamline company expenses for MENA businesses.

Leen Shami

Finance Writer

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