Tech news: Center rolls out "Insights for Travel"

Travel and expense solutions provider Center launched Insights for Travel, a comprehensive dashboards within Center's travel and expense solution that provides a holistic view of travel spend and delivers actionable insights to support policy compliance and streamline budget management. Unifying real-time travel spend data both on- and off-platform, it provides users with insights into departmental spending, booking behaviors, vendor negotiations and policy adherence, and can be viewed by booking type — including airfare, hotel and car (rental and rideshare). The module also gives a detailed breakdown of project-based spend by client, project or job for invoicing and budget tracking. Travel approvers can monitor and approve travel expenditures, with built-in compliance checks to ensure policies are being followed. Travelers also can use the solution to understand their own spending habits with proactive policy violation alerts that help them improve compliance.

Accounting solutions provider IRIS announced its "practice in a box" solution. Key features include onboarding and compliance tools for client and practice onboarding, including Anti Money Laundering compliance; integrated practice management, from tax and income management to record-keeping and client communication; outsourcing services to allow practices to delegate tasks and focus on core activities; integration with the Microsoft 365 suite to enable collaboration and productivity with the latest Microsoft 365 tools; and website creation with built-in encryption capabilities and SEO optimization to help practices build an online presence. 

B2B payments solutions provider Paystand has expanded support for Microsoft Dynamics products, including integration with its on-premises ERP. The announcement specifically pertains to users of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, GP, SL and AX on-premises products. While Microsoft has announced it will no longer support GP users beginning in 2029, GP customers can transition with software built for both on-premise and cloud use. On-premises users will now have access to features that give their customers the ability to pay earlier and flexibly, including payment scheduling options, payment portal set-up, and the ability to assess fees and offer incentives. Users of Dynamics 365 Business Central have all of the above capabilities as well as new features that help them speed time to cash, such as the ability to issue global reminders and statements, adjust customer receivables settings, and deploy checkout capability and set up autopay.