10 Reasons Why Bento for Business is the Best Brex Alternative

Bento Vs Brex Superior on all fronts What is Bento for Business? Bento For Business is an intuitive, debit card-based business spend management platform that helps small businesses save time, money, and effort when it comes to managing their expenses. A great brex alternative. Our solutions stack allows you to manage your small business expenses […]

5 Things Every Corporate Travel Management Software Needs To Have

What You’ll Learn About Corporate Travel Management Why You Need a Corporate Travel Management Software in Place Customizable Travel Policies Customizable Approval Workflows Travel Expense Reporting Customer Support at No Extra Cost Easy booking, including Self-Booking for Travelers Corporate Travel Management (CTM) software or Travel Management software assists with coordinating travel expenses and activities.  The […]

3 Critical Reasons Your Company Needs To Use Spend Management Software

What You’ll Learn About Spend Management Software Embracing Spend Management Software Spend Management Software Saves You Money Spend Management Software Saves You Time Spend Management Software Saves You Effort Running a business has much to do with the entrepreneurial spirit, innovative ideas, and following one’s dreams to bring a vision to life. You put in […]

Automate your Receipt Management with AI-driven Business Receipts Capture

Automate your Receipt Management with AI-driven Business Receipts Capture If you’re wondering whether you really need to automate your business receipt management process, we think you should, and here’s why – Collecting and tracking business receipts can be a real problem for businesses. Employees may forget to get copies of the receipts, or they may […]

6 Reasons Why Accountants Love the Bento Accounting Software

Spend and expense management is the prime buzzword when it comes to accounting so it’s quite literally a no-brainer that all accountants love a software that can do all the basic accounting functions and the cherry on the cake is when it can do more than just that. If you’re a business owner reading this, we […]

The #1 Startup Accounting Practice You Absolutely Must Be Doing Now (Whether You Are Targeting An Acquisition Or Not)

Put Startup Accounting On Cruise Control Now Or Pay The Price Later A peer at a recent marketing conference shared with me a harrowing story about how her former startup’s poor accounting almost prevented Google from acquiring them. The lawyers required that every transaction and every dollar was accounted for, however, as is the case […]

Top 5 Tools to Help Accountants Manage Clients More Effectively

Gone are the days when bookkeeping for small business, planning and budgeting revolved around physical ledgers, or even excel spreadsheets. While accountants are naturally going to be drawn to processes which allow them to really get into numerical detail and work with complicated formulas, these days there are so many tools available that allow for […]

Using QuickBooks Desktop? Import your Bento transactions!

You asked, and we’ve delivered (as always)! You can now seamlessly import transactions from Bento for Business into QuickBooks Desktop! Transaction Pro Importer has created custom mapping for Bento users to import Bento transactions into QuickBooks Desktop (Pro, Premier or Enterprise). If you use Transaction Pro Importer already, go ahead and try it today! Simply […]

Advice for Small Businesses Right Now

The increase in remote work and the slowdown from social distancing has caught a lot of businesses unaware. We have some advice for small busineses managing through this era of social distancing. It’s hard, too. Many small business owners pride themselves on their ability to provide a personal touch and face-to-face conversations. You can still […]

What Is A P-Card? How Do P-Cards Work, And Where Can I Get One?

Overview What is a P-Card? How you can use a P-Card Why use a P-Card What is the difference between a P-Card and a Corporate Card? P-Card Vs Business Credit Cards The Pros and Cons of P-Cards A simple to use P-Card software Is a P-Card a business debit card? How P-Cards differ from Virtual […]

The Risks Of Giving Out Petty Cash To Employees

The need for small businesses to pay for occasional, unanticipated expenses is never going to go away. Petty cash has traditionally been the way to do it. However, petty cash has problems, so we have a petty cash alternative for you to consider. Petty cash is immediate, easy and you only stand to lose what […]

How To Avoid Expense Surprises At Tax Time

  When tax time arrives, it can be immensely stressful for small business owners and their financial accounting teams, particularly if mistakes have been made throughout the year, or if not enough thinking and planning have gone into what needs to be done for the federal tax return. Leaving things until the last minute is […]

4 Signs Of Employee Fraud, And What To Do About It

Many small business owners are too busy to spend time pouring over every petty cash receipt or employee credit card statement—you have bigger fish to fry. Of course you want to trust your employees, but the truth is that workers can unknowingly or knowingly take liberties (aka steal). It may be small amounts—an extra cup […]

Managing Cash Flow and Solving Business Problems You Didn’t Know You Had

“I needed an easy way for project leaders to be able to buy supplies. Giving out cash was not an option and going to buy gift cards over and over was a pain. Bento enrollment was easy and allows the organization to focus on service, not expense management.”  -John A., Treasurer, Not-For-Profit Outreach Program Expense management […]

6 Must-Have Tools For A Small-Business Mobile Workforce

These tech solutions keep your distributed workforce together You’re a savvy entrepreneur who has worked hard to build a business that’s now growing rapidly—and your distributed workforce is growing with it, spread over an ever-expanding geography. If you have a mobile workforce, it’s crucial that you have the right tools in place to help everyone […]