These newsletters are dominating inboxes in 2025
Newsletters are required reading for founders, builders, and operators. See which ones are winning inbox share for Brex customers.
Sumeet Marwaha
AI is coming for the bookshelf, too
See which titles founders and engineers are reading in 2025 to build with AI, code faster, and scale smarter.
Sumeet Marwaha
Startups are snapping up AI infrastructure
Startups are locking in AI capacity before demand explodes. Should enterprises follow suit? See the latest in The Brex Benchmark.
Sumeet Marwaha
The rise of the AI-first financial OS
Industry expert Jim Cook weighs in on the evolution of finance tech, from digitization to integrated apps to the next frontier: the AI-first finance OS.
Jim Cook
How startups are bundling software and AI tools
What does the startup tech stack look like today? Brex spending data reveals what’s in, what’s out, and which AI tools are essential.
Sumeet Marwaha
Accounting fields: Tailoring Brex to how your business actually works
You shouldn't have to bend your business to fit your accounting tools. Brex custom fields match how you work.
Michael Wong
Startups racing to build AI voice agents
See which tools startups and enterprises are using to build AI voice agents in our June 2025 Brex Benchmark.
Sumeet Marwaha
9 best practices for improving your financial reporting
Experts share their top hacks for increasing data accuracy and driving trust with modern financial reporting.
MMFs vs. mutual funds: Invest in your business, not the market
Eyeing a high-yield offer? Read this first to avoid hidden risks and learn how to maximize your returns while protecting your principal and liquidity.
Erik Zhou
7 ways AI can accelerate expense management
Nearly 3 in 4 CFOs say their expense processes are too manual. Learn about the AI features that automate busywork and drive efficiency.
Brex data: Anthropic tops startup AI spend
See all of the top SaaS and AI tools among startups and enterprises in May 2025.
Sumeet Marwaha
Business banking reimagined: Introducing the highest-returning, lowest-risk liquid treasury product
See how Brex's direct model allowed us to build a banking solution that delivers the highest-returning, lowest-risk treasury product with same-hour liquidity.
Andrew Hungate
10 procurement trends shaping 2025 corporate strategies
Get expert advice for increasing procurement efficiency through AI, smart payments, sustainable sourcing, and more.
Invoice processing best practices for your AP team
Learn how Brex customers process invoices faster and accelerate business growth with AI-powered automation.
From competitors to co-creators: Introducing Brex for Zip
Discover why Brex and Zip decided to revolutionize enterprise procurement together, combining Brex’s global cards and Zip’s AI-powered orchestration.
Pedro Franceschi & Rujul Zaparde
How Brex accelerates accounting from transaction to close
See how we built the Brex platform to uniquely automate accounting and drive business efficiency.
Antoine Azar
6 B2B payment strategies to maximize efficiency
Get expert advice on how to use ACH transfers, wires, and cards to improve efficiency.
Spend outside the US highly volatile post-tariffs in a few countries; CFOs dial back optimism
Card activity for Brex customers based in a few countries outside the US fluctuated after the April tariff announcements. See the changes.
Save time and get paid faster with Brex invoicing
Skip the middleman and get paid faster with invoicing built into your Brex business account.
5 ways fast-growing startups optimize their cash management
Optimize your cash, and maximize your growth. Explore five proven ways startups are improving their cash management with Brex.
4 financial ecommerce trends shaping the future of retail
Smart financial strategies fuel ecommerce success. Discover four key trends that can help you sell more and scale faster.
Brex named a Leader in the 2024-25 IDC MarketScape for worldwide embedded payment solutions
Brex was recognized by IDC for our comprehensive approach to managing expenses, payments, and reconciliation efficiently.
Reimagining global cards and travel management for the enterprise
The CEOs of Brex and Navan discuss how their partnership unlocks 100% travel payment reconciliation for enterprise companies.
Pedro Franceschi & Ariel Cohen
How CFOs are overcoming the accountant shortage
Sure, there are fewer accountants, but nearly 75% of accounting tasks can be automated. Do more with less with Brex accounting automation.
Announcing Vendr’s New Partnership with Brex
Brex and Vendr have partnered to help organizations create a seamless procurement process that helps manage spend from intake to renewal.
Launch your startup faster with Brex and Stripe Atlas
Founders can now access banking services via a Brex business account immediately after incorporating through Stripe Atlas.
Jason Mok
Powering the next generation of startups with modern banking
Who you bank with matters. Set yourself up for success from Day 1 with a powerful banking experience tailored to startups.
5 accounting automation benefits every accountant needs to know
Want to close the books in minutes vs. days? Eliminate manual expense reports? Brex customers share the top accounting automation benefits.
The Boston Celtics chose Brex for corporate cards
The Boston Celtics chose Brex for corporate cards and spend management to proactively control spend, simplify expenses, and close the books in real time.
How to streamline corporate expenses with lodge cards
Looking to improve your travel expense management? Discover the automation, visibility, and anti-fraud benefits of lodge cards.
Improve cash flow with Brex
Want to improve your cash flow processes? Discover the Brex advantage and automate cash forecasting, fraud detection, and reporting today.
How top CFOs balance financial spend controls and growth
Missing growth goals? Learn why your approach to financial spend controls might be the problem — and what to do about it.
A survival guide for new CFOs who aren’t CPAs
Tech CFO CJ Gustafson shares best practices for managing finance teams without an accounting background.
Forrester survey: Spend management impacts your ability to compete globally
Top finance leaders share their challenges with global spend management and why the time to solve them is now.
Business travel reimagined: The modern way to do T&E
It took a technology partnership and an overhaul of the entire process to create Brex travel, but business travel is finally good again.
Paying vendors has never been this easy
Pay your vendors by card, ACH, or wire from any bank account, and automate invoice entry, PO matching, and approvals. Only with Brex bill pay.
Winter 2024 Product Release
Discover our new Brex bill pay integrated with the controls and scalability of the Brex platform, including new spend limits that help you provision spend with confidence.
Why companies aren’t switching spend platforms
The companies that aren’t switching spend platforms don't know all the great benefits they're missing.
What is ERP integration and how does it work?
Connecting your ERP software with your spend management system is essential for reducing human error and clunky processes.
Platform vs point solution: Which is better?
Consider the needs of the buyer vs. day-to-day users when deciding between spend management platforms and pure-play tools.
Year-end checklist for startups
If 2023 taught us anything, it’s to be ready for anything. So we’ve gathered the top practices among founders so every startup can position itself for success.
Finance AI trends: filtering the hype to find the value
Here’s your primer on the AI applications delivering spend management results today — and what’s not.
How to keep per diem spending under control
Take control of your per diem spending today and ensure that you get the best ROI on your business travel.
The best Concur alternative for travel expense management? Brex
Looking for an SAP Concur alternative? Brex automates travel expense management for employees so finance teams can close the books in real time.
Enable a culture of ‘freedom and responsibility’ in procurement
Enhance the employee experience in procurement while maintaining a culture of freedom and responsibility.
4 ways to control spend at scale using automation
Discover four ways that AI can help your business control spend at scale, from expense automations to conversational assistants and beyond.
How to get better ROI on business travel
See how today's finance leaders are controlling T&E costs while improving the ROI of business travel.
How Brex customers are driving compliance while saving 4,250 hours a year
See how Brex's AI-powered cards and expense management software are saving customers time and money.
How to manage runaway SaaS spend
Tech CFO CJ Gustafson details how to save on SaaS spend in marketing, engineering, finance, and more.
Report: Procurement leaders seek automation and integration
Get insights from 100 finance and procurement leaders on the future of automation, the results they’re already seeing, and their priorities moving forward.
Procurement: what it is and why it matters
Expert accountant discusses simple, proven solutions to the top 4 procurement problems.
AI is your accounting team’s tireless teammate
Discover how AI-enabled insights and workflows are empowering accountants to make more informed decisions faster.
How group events are changing business travel
With offsites and conferences on the rise again, discover how you can streamline your planning and booking with group events in Brex travel.
Using AI to close the books quickly and cleanly
Automate compliance and reconciliation to streamline your month, quarter, and year-end close.
Vendor verification and payment controls for fast-moving companies
A cautionary tale on why finance leaders should institute thorough spend controls, vendor background checks, and payment approvals.
Live Budgets: Actionable, real-time spend data
With Brex’s proprietary Live Budgets, you can provision, track, and adjust spend in real time to increase accountability and ROI.
Spend management: From chaos to control with AI
Explore the benefits of adding AI to your finance tech stack, from smart policy controls to a chatbot assistant that handles finance-related inquiries.
The enduring value of funding-driven fintech
Michael Tannenbaum, Brex's former CFO and COO, explains why the future is funding.
Michael Tannenbaum
AI in finance and the benefits for enterprises
Large orgs are lagging in finance AI adoption, but they stand to gain the most through automation and productivity improvements.
How Avenue One closes the books faster with greater control over spend
Using Amex hindered automation and visibility for Avenue One. Now they manage spend in real time and close the books even faster with Brex.
Alchemy automates work with a unified 'procure to pay 2.0' platform
Hear from Alchemy about how the need for scalability and real-time insight led them to unify their spend.
How to hire the best controller
Looking to make your next strategic finance hire? Here are a few dozen questions to ask to help you separate a good controller from an amazing one.
Why finance leaders are embracing AI-powered spend management
Some firms are using AI to increase control and ward off problems in finance and accounting. Are you?
How Superhuman gained real-time control over spend while saving 40+ hours per month
Superhuman couldn’t track its spend with Expensify or Bill.com. Now they’re proactively controlling spend and saving “multiple days per month” with Brex.
5 reasons finance leaders struggle to manage global spend
To successfully expand globally, finance leaders need to operate locally. Here’s why it’s so difficult to do so.
AI, automation, and the future of accounting
Will AI replace my accountants? Probably not, says this CFO, but look for accounting roles to become more specialized as AI and automation go into hyperdrive.
A CFO’s checklist for going international
Getting people paid, managing expenses, taxes & accounting — there’s a lot to consider before expanding operations in a new country.
5 disciplines to maintain for success in any economic environment
Good discipline holds up in every economic climate. Here’s what to prioritize today for long-term success.
Doug Adamic
Most corporate travel solutions only solve half the problem
Many T&E providers that began as travel tools are still trying to catch up on the expense side.
How CFOs are thinking about software purchases today
As they do more to control spend, CFOs should be asking these questions before approving a new SaaS tool.
Cost discipline, expense management & understanding spend allocation
Management teams will be increasingly evaluated for their efforts in maintaining cost discipline, writes this SaaS analyst. So how will you be remembered?
How CFOs think about travel spend
This tech CFO shares why business travel spend is such a headache and how to think about policies and budgets so you get more visibility and control.
Driving efficiency through ownership
Anonymous finance exec OnlyCFO explores the lack of financial ownership among high-growth companies — and identifies four solutions.
A CFO’s SVB post mortem
Here’s what one tech CFO is prioritizing after the collapse of SVB. Are you on the same page?
How to book travel and manage spend for your next sales kickoff.
To introduce Brex travel, two of our leaders shed light on the process of booking and expensing our first in-person sales kickoff using our own tools.
Balancing act: Can you save and spend concurrently?
Learn how financial leaders at three high-growth companies are practicing financial discipline and adapting to a changed economic environment.
How SeatGeek uses Brex for global expense management
Hear from SeatGeek on how they’re building a scalable, sustainable financial stack for their growing global business.
A world where value can be created from everywhere
Our co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras sat down with veteran reporter Rosanna Lockwood to discuss globalization and economic opportunity.
Building a culture of financial discipline and empowering smarter spend
Anine Bing, Avenue One, and Fireblocks are building a culture of financial discipline and empowering smarter spend. So can you.
How Menlo Security plans to drive growth in a down market
Menlo Security CFO David Eckstein shares tips and best practices for planning in an uncertain macro.
Beating economic headwinds — is your growth strategy ready?
Three CFOs share which financial strategies they are using to set their companies up for growth in any market.
How CFOs can promote a culture of financial discipline
Here's what leading CFOs on the frontlines shared with us about how they empower teams to spend smarter and sustain momentum in a downturn.
New rules for winning in an economic downturn
CFOs can play a crucial role in sustaining growth during economic downturns. Here are six timely tips from leaders who are doing just that.
Why high-growth companies are switching spend management platforms
We asked CFOs and finance executives what they look for in a modern spend solution — and here’s what they said.
Rippling Integration
Brex and Rippling are even better together with first-of-its-kind features to drive employee compliance and efficient spending, all in one place.
Brex Closes $250 Million Employee Liquidity Program
Today, we are pleased to announce the closing of a $250 million private tender offering.
Henrique Dubugras
Brex takes cards and spend management global across 100+ countries.
We’re extending Empower to serve employees from US-based companies across more than 100 countries with the same experience as those in the US.
Meet Empower
Today we’re announcing Empower, a new software platform designed to enable a culture of trust and financial discipline at scale.
How Brex helps founders work smarter, from anywhere.
Brex understands what founders need and has innovated on traditional financial systems to help you manage your finances more easily, from anywhere — so you can focus on building, not banking.
Better than a bank: cash, cards, and spend management on the go.
With the Brex mobile app, we empower fast-growing companies to spend smarter and scale faster no matter where they are.
Brex Now Integrates with 1Password to Make Secure Spending Seamless
We've partnered with 1Password, the world’s leading password manager, to make online checkouts even easier, faster, and more secure for our customers.