Facts About Credit Card Points

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Everything you buy has a cost. You pay it to get the benefits. One of the benefits offered by many payment systems is points. But what, exactly, are credit card points worth?  US News and World Report recently did a story on this. Their reporters found that the value of points varies with the card […]

Cheers to Bookkeepers: A Very Special Webinar

Shuyi is the Marketing Manager at Bento for Business. Accounting professionals, if you want to find the right app for the right job, I know just the webinar to tune in to. QB ‘Appy Hour is a super fun webinar series dedicated to the QuickBooks Apps ecosystem, hosted by Liz Scott and Heather Satterley, QuickBooks […]

Bento Pay manages expenses for wedding planners

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As we roll out Bento Pay, we’ve found it useful to explain to customers exactly how they can use it to control expenses and grow their businesses. This use case looks at expenses for wedding planners. Even if your business is completely different (maybe you’re a divorce lawyer?), this example might give you ideas for […]

FedNow and Instant Payments

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In August 2019, the US Federal Reserve Bank announced that it is working on an instant payments platform to be called FedNow.   The Federal Reserve Bank gets in the news for its work on interest rates, but that is a small part of what it does. Its primary role in the economy is as a […]

It’s Customer Service Week!

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October 7-11, 2019 is National Customer Service Week. In 1992, the US Congress declared that the first full week in October would be set aside to honor people who work in customer service. It’s a hard job. I’d be lying if I said that I was always polite and friendly when dealing with customer service. […]

All The Queen’s Horses and Preventing Fraud

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A movie review may seem like a strange thing to have on our blog, but this movie is a good one. It’s about preventing fraud. The movie is is All The Queen’s Horses, the story of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in the United States. Rita Crundwell served as the treasurer […]

Expense management for non-profits and others without an owner

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We often get inquiries from people looking for expense management for non-profits, churches, and major multinational corporations. Our customer support team reports that many of these prospective customers are concerned that they cannot get a Bento account because they do not have an owner. That is not the case. As long as an organization has […]

Managing Expenses for Business Success

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Many of our customers find us because they are looking for a better way to manage expenses for business success. They know that they need to spend money to grow, and they want to do it the right way. A key benefit of using Bento for Business cards is that our customers can limit who […]