Patrick Whatman

Clever Company Cards by Spendesk - Smart employee company cards with built-in spending policies

Spendesk's smart cards have custom budgets for each team member or project, so everyone can spend safely.
Finance sees more control, fewer mistakes, and virtually zero admin. And no risk of overspending!
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Rodolphe Ardant
Hi everyone, As the founder & CEO of Spendesk I’m super proud to release our smart cards. Because we believe that smart spend management is a balance between trust and control. Companies can now empower employees to make the decisions they need to make even with money, while finance teams enjoy the necessary visibility and control over spending. That’s why every single Spendesker gets a smart card ;).
Joei Chan.
spendesk makes my life so much easier! Keep up the great work!! :D
Patrick Whatman
@joeei Glad you guys are enjoying the cards!
Matteo Rossi
Very promising, looking forward to know about it.
Alexandra Tachalova
Wow! That's something I've been really waiting for, can't wait to give it a try!
Alexander De Ridder
How do differ from getdivvy?
Patrick Whatman
@adridder Hey Alexander, good question. I of course can't speak for Divvy, so I'll highlight some of the things that make our new cards different from others we've seen on the market. As an overall theme, we see a lot of spend management tools (including smart cards) that are built for regular employees first, and might just happen to make finance teams' work a little easier. We're very intentionally working to make finance teams' lives easier, in ways that also benefit the rest of the company. So for these cards, that means: - Individual limits and controls (no alcohol, no petrol, no spending on the weekends - your choice) set by financial controllers or managers. - The ability to temporarily block individual cards automatically if users don't provide their receipts or follow the rules - Complete payment history for each user, team, and supplier. So if you want to know how much the office manager spent on Amazon in March, it takes seconds - Automatic expense categorization - Direct integrations with key accounting tools, so most of the time financial controllers barely have to lift a finger to close the books That's not to say that other employees don't like Spendesk. They love it because they can spend company money (and not their own!) with the trust and support of their leadership. And if you're someone like me who worries about doing the wrong thing with company resources, that's very reassuring. Hope that helps. And sorry for the novel!
Alexander De Ridder
@mrwhatman That's a good answer Patrick. Do you realize that this kind of solution is actually sorely missing for households too? It's an ideal tool for family budgeting. While I found a few competitors in the business space I don't know of any in the personal space, and I would like to adopt such a solution for my personal household. (Everyone knows the stereotypes about couples & budgets, but helping people stay inside budget is huge)
Patrick Whatman
@adridder Hey Alexander yep, I think all the time about how useful it would be if my partner and I had a Spendesk account ;). We're pretty laser-focused on helping out businesses over here, but I agree completely!
Yam Regev
Spendesk always create top notch solutions with awesome user experience. Keep on rocking so hard, Patrick and team <3
Antoine Milkoff
Can't wait to get one of those! 😍
Claire L
Spendesk makes business spending so much easier, love the concept of these cards!
Noufel
No more expenses, love the flow to generate the card! 😍
Nina Meyer
More control for managers while the team continues to be autonomous - love it!