Barclaycard Joins Coupa as Inaugural Coupa Pay Partner

Strategic partnership delivers new virtual card payment solution to provide greater visibility and control of business spend

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Nov 07, 2018, 03:45 ET

LONDON, Nov. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Following its announcement of Coupa Pay, a set of payment and financing solutions within the Coupa Business Spend Management (BSM) Platform, Coupa (NASDAQ: COUP) has unveiled a strategic partnership with Barclaycard, a leading global payment business, which is part of Barclays Bank PLC. Together, they announced the Coupa Pay with Barclaycard offering commencing with virtual cards that create a fast, secure, and convenient way for businesses to manage payments as part of their broader business spend management strategy.

"We're excited to partner with Barclaycard as the first card issuer of our virtual card solution," said Ravi Thakur, senior vice president of Business Acceleration at Coupa. "As a leading global brand and a credit card innovator, Barclaycard will add tremendous value to our customers by helping them not only spend smarter, but pay smarter too."

Using Coupa Pay with Barclaycard, a user requests a virtual card by submitting a purchase requisition through Coupa. Once approved, a unique Barclaycard credit card number is generated for the authorized supplier and amount, and Coupa automatically reconciles the resulting charges and statements back to the PO. Virtual cards reduce finance workloads, creating a more efficient way of engaging with high volume, low-value, and one-off suppliers. Additionally, similar to a standard corporate credit card, businesses can pay suppliers upfront without affecting cash flow or tying up important capital.

David Price, managing director of Client Coverage at Barclaycard said: "Since launching the UK's first corporate credit card over 50 years ago, Barclaycard has been pushing the boundaries to create payment solutions that help make our clients more successful. We are excited to be partnering with Coupa to give users the ability to seamlessly generate a virtual card at the point of PO, which marks an important step in our journey to offer businesses even greater levels of efficiency, control, and connectivity."

To learn more about Coupa Pay, click here. To read more about how Coupa can help your company achieve greater visibility into its business spend, visit https://www.coupa.com/.

About Coupa Software
Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP) is the leading provider of BSM solutions. We offer a comprehensive, cloud-based BSM platform that has connected hundreds of organizations with more than four million suppliers globally. Our platform provides greater visibility into and control over how companies spend money. Using our platform, businesses are able to achieve real, measurable value and savings that drive their profitability. Learn more at www.coupa.com. Read more on the Coupa Blog or follow @Coupa on Twitter.

About Barclaycard
Barclaycard, part of Barclays Bank PLC, is a leading global payment business that helps consumers, retailers and businesses to make and take payments flexibly, and to access short-term credit and point-of-sale finance. In 2017, we processed over £250bn in transactions globally. Barclaycard is a pioneer of new forms of payment and is at the forefront of developing viable contactless and mobile payment schemes for today and cutting-edge forms of payment for the future. We also partner with a wide range of organisations across the globe to offer their customers or members payment options and credit. Visit home.barclaycard or follow us on Twitter @BarclaycardNews.

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