American Express and Emburse are expanding their strategic partnership with the launch of two new features—American Express Virtual Card issuance and Real-Time Transaction Data—in Emburse Enterprise Expense, an AI-powered platform that helps large organizations simplify travel, expense, invoice and payment workflows while improving visibility and control.

With these new features, said an announcement, joint American Express and Emburse customers can quickly issue Amex Virtual Cards within Emburse’s platform. Expense entries are created and categorized automatically with mobile notifications on-the-go, and finance teams gain increased visibility into spend as it happens.

Widad Chaoui, senior vice president of corporate and B2B Products, American Express, said “Expense management remains a cumbersome process for our enterprise customers.” They are looking for ways, she said, to simplify the employee experience while strengthening policy adherence and controls. “We’re thrilled,” said Chaoui, “to partner with Emburse to deliver an intelligent expense experience and give our customers even more from their card programs.”

Paul Nagy, chief product officer of Emburse, said the expansion “makes it even easier for our shared customers to manage business spend with confidence and speed.” Together, he said, “we’re helping organizations simplify the way employees pay for and reconcile expenses – giving teams enhanced clarity, actionable insight and a better overall user experience.”