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Expense Matters分析了数十种跨越采购和应付流程的解决方案。这包括采购到付款（P2P）、发票到付款（I2P）和应付账款自动化解决方案。然而，尽管这些技术领域中的每一个都在一定程度上将交易能力扩展到了支付领域，但每一个解决方案都以不同的方式针对这一领域。其中一些与个别供应商向客户解释其价值主张的方式有关，并基于其独特的优势构建产品。在即将到来的一个关于Expense Matters PRO的系列文章中，我们将分析不同供应商对B2B支付方式的看法（一种模式/规模并不适合所有人！）
Today, however, we look at one vendor which is continuing to extend its P2P and I2P software to payments: Coupa. The provider’s rapidly evolving solution, Coupa Pay, is unique on multiple levels both for what components it combines and also because it follows Coupa’s “unified” approach – which we will explore in this research brief in more detail.
Coupa Pay以独特的方式针对支付流程，通过这种扩展采购和财务（AP）功能的统一方法，虚拟信用卡（v卡）和早期支付等支付机制的组合可以通过采用和规模变得更加有效。具体来说，对于Coupa来说，这一概念属于其全面商业支出管理（BSM）愿景的范畴，表面上听上去可能像行话，但当你解开其背后的营销并进入实际解决方案时，它有一些真正的优点。
What’s perhaps most interesting about Coupa’s approach to payments in particular is that the provider has identified the payment process gaps where it can generate better value to the business, rather than just satisfy an operational activity such as payments to suppliers or the reimbursement of expenses to employees.
This Spend Matters PRO research brief explores Coupa Pay — what it is, how it works and where it stands out from competitors.