Expense provider Concur and ride-hailing platform Uber have
partnered to offer Uber for Business at no charge to Concur clients. Uber for
Business, which offers administrator access to ride and spend dashboards, along
with customized permissions and "simple management of unlimited employees,"
according to the Uber website, does not disclose its pricing model on its
registration site. Instead, it requires enterprises with more than 100 users to
contact a representative.
With the new integration, scheduled to go live in the fourth
quarter, Concur clients will be able to set up Uber for Business enterprise
accounts more easily, presumably by importing data from Concur profiles. They
also will be able to access Uber's administrative features and configure
payment through either a central card or with individual corporate cards.
Travelers will benefit from automatic expense report population.
Uber usage has grown nearly 230 percent in the past year,
according to Concur president Elena Donio. "With this integration, we
expect to see that growth accelerate as we help companies leverage the benefits
of Uber as part of their travel program," she said, noting that companies
with $1 million in ground transportation spend would stand to save "hundreds
of thousands" by shifting more share to Uber.