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"Uber revealed today that it is doubling down on enterprise customers\u00A0as it took the wraps off a business-tier offering 'Uber for Business,' alongside the announcement of a partnership with\u00A0business travel and expenses company\u00A0Concur.\r\n\r\nThe Uber for Business page is up and running now, while the private car-for-hire service has been integrated with Concur to &amp;quot;make expensing ground transportation as effortless as requesting an Uber ride.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThis means that employees at companies\u00A0using Concur for expense management are able to connect and sync their Concur and Uber accounts. Once you have selected the option to do so, Uber will automatically send e-receipts and trip information into the Concur system.\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=&amp;quot;784242,784243&amp;quot;]\r\n\r\nSwitching to paying for a personal trip is also easy -- you just need to turn the Concur connection on or off in the payment selector screen.\r\n\r\nThe Concur partnership is &amp;quot;just one way&amp;quot; that companies can now tap on the convenience of Uber's business-tier offering. As\u00A0TechCrunch reported,\u00A0Uber for Business will have a dashboard for managers to invite employees into a shared payment account for rides made via the service. Uber also noted that the business platform will show\u00A0information about\u00A0key metrics including the number of trips and the total amount spent on travel weekly, month and annually.\r\n\r\nUber said a number of companies have already been piloting Uber for Business -- including Tesla, which gives customers Uber rides while their vehicle is being serviced, as well as online shopping site\u00A0Gilt, which uses Uber to transport models to and fro fashion shoots.\r\n\r\nThe sharing economy seems to be entering into a new source of monetization as enterprises are picking up on such services. Uber's move comes after Airbnb also just announced a\u00A0partnership with Concur\u00A0to allow users to book properties directly through the Concur TripLink\u00A0service, making it easier for companies to use the accommodation-booking service.\r\n\r\nRead\u00A0- Uber and Facebook reportedly in talks to bring car service to Messenger\r\n\r\nHeadline image via\u00A0PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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