Presented by Mastercard

T&E Trends From 2024 and Beyond

Open to all

Description
Mastercard's own payment experts, Cindy Finley and Tracey Wopperer, will present an energizing session focused on T&E trends and insights. Hear from end-user, Shelley Shearer on her organizations experience and perspective from the past year in their T&E program. This session will provide an understanding of:

• Where travel and expense policies are headed
• Feedback of business travelers and satisfaction with their T&E program
• Payment options most used, preferred and/or required
• Who has Corporate Card programs and what their billing agreement is
• Variances in responses—by industry, headcount, travel spend
• Sustainability and carbon footprint within booking tools and aligning suppliers with ESG goals
• End-user insights on trends they saw and what's working and what's not working in her program

Target Audience
This broad topic is for anyone in the industry.

Speakers

Cindy Finley, Director, Commercial Payments Solutions Consultant, Mastercard

Cindy Finley is a commercial B2B payments consultant at Mastercard, responsible for strategic consulting for her portfolio of North American financial institution customers across the Mastercard commercial product team, working in partnership with the account management team. Throughout her career, Cindy has served as a senior sales executive and strategist who has delivered revenue growth through strategy, sales leadership, and innovation in treasury management and payment solutions in the banking industry.  

Shelley Shearer, CPCP, Director, University Payables, George Washington University

Shelley is the director of University Payables at the George Washington University. Her department covers the P-Card program, supplier maintenance, invoice and expense. In her nine years with GW, Shelley's main area of concentration has been on moving from a paper environment to one that focuses on online processing and automation. She is now active in furthering the use of artificial intelligence and reporting.

Tracey Wopperer, Senior Principal Services Commercial Business Development, Mastercard

Tracey Wopperer joined Mastercard in 2022 with over 24 years' experience in the commercial banking and payment industry. She leads commercial business development for Mastercard Services to optimize payments, improve working capital and creates strategies to grow card spend. Previously, she worked for Bank of America across various roles in Commercial Card and treasury management, developing payment strategies and efficiencies to grow card spend for her portfolio of corporate and public sector clients with over $1B in annual card volume.

Fee

Complimentary to members and subscribers.

What Do You Receive?
A link to the recorded virtual event through the GoToWebinar tool.

Duration
This presentation is approximately 60-minutes in length.

Continuing Education Points
Viewing this virtual event earns 0.25 CPCP points towards initial eligibility or re-certification.

Original Presentation Date
March 6, 2025