Sign Up for Emburse Spend
After you choose Emburse SpendSpend as your company's expense management solution, sign up and activate your Emburse Spend account. This article shows you how to activate, verify, and select important plan information during the sign-up process.
Some features, including reimbursements, may not be available to non-US customers.
If your organization is outside the US and wants to sign up, contact Emburse Spend Support.
If you are an American Express customer signing up for Emburse Spend, see Sign Up for Emburse Spend with American Express for more information.
Getting Started
- Type your provided link, or open the sign-up screen for Emburse Spend.
- Fill in the required fields to activate your account with Emburse Spend, then select Get Started.
- Emburse Spend sends a verification email to the address you provide. Select Complete Activation to verify your Emburse Spend account.
- Check your Junk or Spam filter if you do not see the email. Select Resend Verification if you have not received a verification email.
Company Information
On the company information screen, enter basic account information to verify your business account.
Enter the following required fields:
- Legal Name of the Business
- Street Address (Do not use a P.O. box in place of a valid street address)
- City
- State/Province
- Zip Code
- Phone Number
- Website
- Employee count
After you enter your company's information, select Next. A dialog opens so you can verify the company address. If the address is correct, select Accept Changes.
Personal Information
On the Personal Information screen, enter your personal information so Emburse Spend can verify your identity. The information on this screen helps Emburse Spend reduce duplicate users and maintain security.
Enter the following required information:
- User's First/Last Name
- Home Address
- Phone Number
- Date of Birth
Do not use your company's address or phone number as your personal information. Doing so disrupts the verification process, and our system does not accept it. Emburse never shares your data with third parties.
Plan Selection
On the Plan Selection screen, select the billing plan that is best for your company. Emburse Spend currently offers two billing plans, Basic or Plus.
Implementing Emburse Spend
To implement and configure Emburse Spend, you have choices. An Emburse Spend expert can guide you through implementing your Emburse Spend account for an additional one-time fee, or you can choose a self-guided implementation at no additional cost.
Self Guided Implementation may work best if your company
- is a smaller or less complex organization, or
- prefers to start implementing Emburse Spend immediately or on a flexible timeline.
Guided Implementation may work best if your company
- is larger or more complex,
- needs help determining best practices or change management, or
- prefers to learn from an Emburse Spend expert.
If you have an Emburse Spend Plus plan, you must select Guided Implementation when your company has multiple subsidiaries, uses an accounting SFTP, or needs REST API access.
For more information on which plan is best for your company's needs, visit our Implementation Guide. For self-guided setup steps, see Self-Implement Emburse Spend.
Emburse Cards
Emburse Cards is an optional feature you can add to your Emburse Spend account. If you already discussed Emburse Cards with a sales agent, Emburse Spend skips this step during sign-up. The sign-up flow saves your selection and displays it during the final step for your review.
To set up an Emburse Cards program to help manage employee spend, select Apply Now at the bottom of the Emburse Cards screen.
Emburse Spend displays the Business Verification screen, where you enter additional information to apply for the Emburse Cards program.
See Emburse Cards for more information.
Review and Pay
In the final step, review your selections for your company's plan and implementation type. If the information is correct, Emburse Spend asks for your credit card information.
Select Subscribe to finish signing up for Emburse Spend.
Sales Referrals
If a sales representative directed you to Emburse Spend, you do not enter card information because your contract goes through our Billing Platform. Instead, review all previous selections. If any selections look incorrect, reach out to our support team to create a ticket.
After you finish signing up, continue in-app setup from the Admin menu by selecting Set Up Your Account. See Set Up Your Emburse Spend Account.