Sign Up for Emburse Spend with American Express

After choosing Emburse Spend as your company's expense management solution, the first step is to sign up and activate your Emburse Spend account. This article will show you how to activate, verify, and select important plan information during the sign-up process. 

Getting Started

1. Type or follow the link provided by your American Express representative to access the sign-up screen for Emburse Spend. 

2.  Fill in the required fields to activate your account with Emburse Spend, then click Get Started. 

3. A verification email will be sent to the provided address. Click Complete Activation to verify your Spend account. 

4. Make sure to check your Spam or Junk filter if you don't see it. Click Resend Verification if you have not received a verification email. 

Your account is now activated, and you can get started signing up for your Emburse Spend account. 

Company Information

The company information screen will ask users to provide basic account information to verify their business accounts. 

The following fields are required:

  • Legal Name of the Business
  • Street Address (P.O. boxes cannot be used in place of a valid street address) 
  • City
  • State/Province
  • Zip Code
  • Phone Number
  • Website
  • Employee count

After filling in your company's information, click Next. A popup window will appear to verify the company's address. If everything seems correct, click Accept Changes. 

Personal Information

The Personal Information screen asks users to fill in their personal information so Emburse Spend can verify the identity of the user. The information on this screen allows Spend to reduce the number of duplicate users and maintain security.

The required information includes

  • User's First/Last Name
  • Home Address
  • Phone Number
  • Date of Birth 
Users should not use their company's address or phone number as their personal information, as it will disrupt the verification process and will not be accepted by our system. Your data is never shared with a third party.

Plan Selection

The Plan Selection screen lets users select which billing plan is best for your company.  Emburse Spend currently offers two billing plans, Starter or Plus. 

Implementing Emburse Spend

When it comes to implementing and configuring Emburse Spend, customers 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. 
Emburse Spend Plus customers are required to select Guided Implementation if your company has multiple subsidiaries, uses an accounting SFTP, or needs REST API access.

For more information on which plan would be best for your company's needs, visit our Implementation Guide. 

Review and Pay

The final step is to review your selections for your company's plan and implementation type. If the information is correct, we will ask for your credit card information.

Click Subscribe to finish signing up for Emburse Spend. 

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