Release Notes October 23, 2026

Release Notes October 23, 2026

This release of Emburse Professional introduces Hotel Folio, the Insufficient Proof of Payment Emburse Assurance rule, drag-and-drop receipt uploads to the Wallet, a submitted date column on expense report folders, and a Miscellaneous expense type rename for expense categories.

Highlights

  • Hotel Folio: Itemize hotel and lodging receipts into expense lines when you add them to an expense report.
  • Insufficient Proof of Payment: Emburse Assurance flags receipts that do not show evidence that a transaction occurred.
  • Drag and Drop Receipts to Wallet: Add receipt image files from your desktop directly to your Wallet.
  • Submitted Date on Expense Report Folders: See when each expense report was submitted on Pending Approval, Pending Payment, and Archived tabs.
  • Miscellaneous Expense Type: The Cash Expense expense type is renamed Miscellaneous with no change to required fields.

Features

EXPENSE

Hotel Folio

Deployment Schedule: Available as an additional service for Emburse Professional customers as of October 15, 2026.

Hotel Folio automates the extraction and splitting of hotel receipts regardless of how they are submitted. By combining Emburse AI and OCR, it adapts to different templates, formats, and languages to deliver fast, consistent results across mobile, email, and web. For employees, that means quicker reimbursements. For finance teams, that means accurate data and less manual cleanup.

When Hotel Folio is enabled, hotel receipts split into line items as soon as they are added to an expense report, saving several minutes of manual coding. Room rates, state and local lodging taxes, room service, parking, entertainment, and incidental fees are automatically split and auto-categorized to your organization’s expense categories.

Expense report with a hotel receipt in the Receipt Image panel and itemized lodging and meal lines in the expense table.

Learn more in the Help Center and contact your Emburse account representative to schedule a demo:

Emburse Assurance - Insufficient Proof of Payment

Deployment Schedule: Available to all customers subscribed to Emburse Assurance as of October 9, 2026.

The Insufficient Proof of Payment Assurance rule scans each receipt and looks for evidence that a transaction occurred. A receipt may look legitimate at first glance but not show that a card was used to pay the bill or that cash was exchanged.

The rule also identifies hotel confirmations, which provide an estimate of costs but are not evidence that a transaction occurred. Configure the rule to flag expenses prior to expense submission or post-submission, depending on your organization’s preference.

Review Flagged Expenses dialog showing an Insufficient Proof of Payment alert and an Explanation Required field.

To learn more about Emburse Assurance and enabling it for your organization, contact your Account Representative or schedule a demo.

You can also learn more through our Help Center:

Drag and Drop Receipts to Wallet

Deployment Schedule: Available to all customers on October 21, 2026.

Simplify the receipt upload process by dragging and dropping receipt image files from your desktop directly into your Wallet. With drag and drop, users save time on the expense report creation process so they can return to more strategic work.

Drag and drop functionality is live for all customers and can be used on the Add Receipts and Wallet pages.

My Wallet page showing drag-and-drop receipt upload from the desktop into the wallet.

Submitted Date Added to Expense Report Folder

Deployment Schedule: Available to all customers on October 21, 2026.

The expense report submitted date has been added to the expense reports folder on the Pending Approval, Pending Payment, and Archived tabs. This column replaces the Expense Report End Date column.

My Reports table on the Pending Payment tab showing the Submitted column for expense reports.

ADMIN

Expense Categories: Cash Expense Type Renamed to Miscellaneous

Deployment Schedule: Available to all customers on October 21, 2026.

View and Edit Expense Categories table showing expense categories with the Miscellaneous expense type.

The Cash Expense expense type has been renamed to Miscellaneous to better reflect the purpose of the expense categories. No additional functionality changes or logic changes have occurred, other than renaming the expense type.

Expense categories that use the Miscellaneous expense type continue to require Vendor and Location values, just as was required for Cash Expense type expenses.

Add Expense form showing Department, Category, Vendor, Location, and Receipt fields.

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