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Emburse Wins Stevie® Award for Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year

2025 American Business Awards® celebrates Emburse’s people-led technology innovation and customer-focused culture

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emburse, whose innovative travel and expense solutions power forward-thinking organizations, has been honored with a Stevie® Award (Bronze) in the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year – Up to 2,500 Employees category at the 23rd Annual American Business Awards®.

This recognition underscores Emburse’s commitment to fostering a people-centered culture of innovation while boldly delivering on its vision for Expense Intelligence within finance teams. Under the leadership of Emburse CEO Marne Martin, the company has sharpened its focus on enabling finance professionals to do more meaningful and strategic work, by combining intuitive technology with a mission-driven and inclusive team culture.

“At Emburse, innovation isn’t just about building great products that customers love; we’re empowering our people to do the best work of their lives,” said Marne Martin, CEO of Emburse. “We’re passionate about bringing together diverse teams from around the world who genuinely care about solving real problems for customers. This award is proof of us being customer-obsessed and also fiercely dedicated to the incredible talent we have at our company.”

Recent milestones that highlight Emburse’s innovation journey include:

  • Emburse AI – Enhances accuracy, efficiency, trust and control through intelligent automation, transparent categorization, risk scoring, and real-time insights that help organizations spend smarter.
  • Emburse Enterprise App – A next-generation mobile app designed for enterprises to manage travel, expenses, approvals, and insights in a single, intuitive user interface, optimized for policy compliance and employee productivity.
  • AI Data Quality Dashboard – A first-of-its-kind, AI-driven tool that helps finance teams evaluate the accuracy of expense data and reinforce spend confidence in automated workflows.
  • Emburse Travel and Expense Analytics – Dynamic, AI-powered dashboards that benchmark spend across travel and expense, and surface actionable insights across supplier relationships and for policy adherence.
  • Emburse Partner Community – A 140-partner global network fueling co-innovation, integrations, and shared value in the travel and expense ecosystem.

These latest advancements reflect Emburse’s transformation into a company where innovation stems from inclusion, collaboration, shared purpose, and deep customer empathy.

More than 3,600 nominations were submitted to the 2025 American Business Awards, with Emburse standing out for its people-centered technology strategy and strong track record of delivering highly scalable, AI-powered travel and expense solutions for finance teams.

Details about The American Business Awards and the full list of 2025 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

About Emburse

Emburse delivers Expense Intelligence—transforming reactive expense management into forward-thinking financial confidence. Expense Intelligence harnesses AI to orchestrate corporate spend across travel booking, procurement, reimbursements, and payments, embedding dynamic policy controls and predictive insights directly into workflows. This real-time approach empowers organizations with the agility to adapt, control risks, and strategically optimize spend.

Trusted globally by more than 12 million finance leaders, travel managers, and professionals, Emburse serves over 20,000 organizations in 120 countries—including Global 2000 enterprises, SMBs, public sector agencies, and nonprofits.

By proactively managing and accurately validating spend, Emburse ensures robust financial governance, enhanced compliance, and unsurpassed visibility into spend behaviors—all while dramatically streamlining the process for every employee.

At Emburse, Expense Intelligence is more than a feature—it’s a framework for transformation, reshaping the role of finance teams from administrators to strategic drivers of organizational success. To learn more about Emburse, visit www.emburse.com and follow us on social media @emburse.

About the Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more at www.StevieAwards.com

Contacts

Media Contact:
Maura Lafferty
Firebrand Communications for Emburse
415.848.9175
emburse@firebrand.marketing

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Contacts

Media Contact:
Maura Lafferty
Firebrand Communications for Emburse
415.848.9175
emburse@firebrand.marketing

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