Celebrating Small Business Saturday

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Small Business Saturday this year arrives on November 30. Founded in 2010 by American Express to promote local retailers, Celebrating Small Business Saturday has become a tradition in the post-Thanksgiving, pre-holiday season. The big-box retailers may get slammed on Friday; Saturday is a day when people can buy presents, stock up treats, and get ready […]

Your P-Card Generates a Leading Economic Indicator

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One of the leading economic indicators of the US economy is the Purchasing Managers Index, or PMI. It’s based on current trends in business to business spending. More importantly, it indicates how the economy will react to those trends. You may well be contributing to the data whenever you get out your P-Card. Learn more […]

How Bento Uses Bento for Managing Subscription Expenses

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Managing subscription expenses has become a huge issue for many companies. Software as a Service makes it easier for companies to use the latest in technology, but it can be difficult to track expenses. Our controller, Gillian Deinoff, recently led a review of all our software subscriptions. We learned a few things that may help […]

How to Protect Your Business from Identity Theft

  Bento for Business recently rolled out two-factor identification, an important step to preventing small business identity theft. Identify theft is a real problem. Over 9 million people are targeted by identity thieves each year and the cumulative economic cost of the crime is in the vicinity of $60 billion. However, it is no longer […]

How Transaction Processing Works with Expense Management

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Bento for Business’s controls help small business owners with expense management while giving employees the power to do their jobs. It all integrates into the transaction process, which is probably more complicated than you realize.  There are several parties involved in every transaction. Each merchant has a bank, known as the acquirer, that accepts the […]