Emburse Honoured as Gold Stevie Award Winner in 2026 American Business Awards

DALLAS – April 30, 2026 – Emburse, the company defining Expense Intelligence through AI-powered travel and spend orchestration, has been named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year category in The 24th Annual American Business Awards®.

The American Business Awards are the U.S.’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Tuesday, June 9.

More than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Thought Leader of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. Emburse was nominated in the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year category for its industry-leading, AI-powered spend management platform serving more than 12 million users across 200+ countries and territories.

Emburse earned this recognition for transforming reactive expense management into financial infrastructure for strategic growth, by embedding AI across the full spend lifecycle. Judges cited the platform’s standout performance metrics as evidence of both technological excellence and tangible customer impact: a 48% reduction in expense report creation time, 52% faster reimbursements, and 95%+ data extraction accuracy. Concrete customer outcomes, such as $1.2 million in documented savings for organizations like Databricks, and strong Gartner reviews from Emburse’s large customer base further validated the submission.

The judging panel also highlighted Emburse’s ability to process millions of transactions daily across languages and currencies as a demonstration of global scale and operational leadership, and recognized the company’s evolution from reactive reporting to proactive spend orchestration as a defining characteristic of the winning entry.

“Innovation only matters when it delivers real-world impact,” said Marne Martin, CEO of Emburse. “This award recognizes what our teams have built with Expense Intelligence. By embedding AI directly into how organizations manage and optimize corporate spend, we’re bringing clarity, control, and confidence to finance teams worldwide. This recognition validates our belief that practical, human-centered innovation grounded in intelligence, governance, and accountability is exactly what modern organizations need.”

More than 250 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s Stevie Award winners.

“Organizations across the U.S. continue to set a high standard for innovation and performance,” said Maggie Miller, Stevie Awards President. “The breadth and quality of nominations submitted to the 2026 American Business Awards reflect a dynamic and competitive business environment, where organizations are finding new ways to drive growth, deliver value, and make an impact. We congratulate all of this year’s Stevie Award winners and look forward to celebrating their accomplishments at our June 9 awards ceremony in New York.”

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2026 Stevie winners are available at www.ABA.StevieAwards.com.

About Emburse

Trusted globally by more than 12 million finance leaders, travel managers, and professionals, Emburse serves over 20,000 organizations in 200 countries and territories —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.

Emburse Expense Intelligence transforms reactive expense management into infrastructure for strategic growth. Powered by Emburse AI, it orchestrates corporate spend across travel booking, reimbursements, AP, and payments, embedding dynamic policy controls and predictive insights directly into workflows. This real-time approach empowers organizations to adapt quickly, reduce risk, and guide spend before money leaves the business.

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 check out our social channels @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 new 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, as well as the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding workplace performance worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.