Case Study: Patreon achieves real-time global T&E visibility and scalable spend management with TripActions

5 Reasons Why Patreon Chose TripActions

Patreon, a membership platform serving 200,000+ creators and 6M+ monthly patrons, was entering hypergrowth and planning to double headcount, prompting a review of its travel, corporate card, and expense systems. The company faced a fragmented T&E landscape—an inefficient Wells Fargo corporate card, pre-funded EMEA debit cards topped up manually, and multiple expense tools—leading to poor visibility, heavy manual reconciliation, and scalability risks as it prepared to grow and potentially go public.

Patreon selected TripActions’ all‑in‑one travel, corporate card, and spend management platform to gain real‑time global visibility and automation. TripActions delivers international issuing and local reimbursements, smart policy controls, Liquid virtual cards for vendor-level automation and rebates, and a consumer‑grade UX (local language and currency support). The move is expected to future‑proof T&E, reduce manual reconciliation, improve financial accuracy, and give employees a simpler booking and expense experience.

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Crystal Ryu

Senior Director of Financial Operations