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Spend management solutions provider Emburse is working with American Express to offer end-to-end virtual card issuance, card reconciliation and expense management in Emburse Spend to American Express customers. Customers can now connect their American Express Card programs to Emburse Spend. Card members can enroll their eligible commercial American Express Card to issue American Express virtual Cards on demand within the platform. Expenses from cards and virtual cards will automatically enter the accounting system for easy reconciliation. This integration brings pre-coded transactions from eligible American Express cards, virtual cards issued from those accounts, and other payment methods directly into Emburse Spend. … Accounting and payroll software company Patriot Software launched ACH payments on invoices for customers who integrate with Stripe. With Stripe, customers can access two-day timing for ACH settlement, compared to four to five business days for standard ACH settlement. Stripe’s integration is free through Patriot and is available for both Accounting Premium and Accounting Basic subscribers. … AP automation solutions provider Basware announced a strategic alliance with Big Four firm Deloitte that will focus on key challenges, opportunities and regulatory requirements in the finance domain. The alliance between Deloitte and Basware will focus on developing a joint go-to-market strategy to reach a wider audience, creating co-innovation opportunities to address evolving legislative e-invoicing requirements, and building a pool of certified Deloitte consultants trained on Basware solutions for project delivery. … Audit solutions company Audora unveiled Audora Connect, a feature that integrates the platform with compliance automation tools including Vanta. Through Audora Connect, auditors can pull policies, tests and standard evidence requests from external automation tools into Audora’s collaborative dashboard. … CPA payment processor CPACharge has launched new partnerships with the New Jersey, Nevada and Wyoming Society for CPAs. Each partnership provides members access to CPACharge and all the associated benefits it has to offer for accounting firms.