Navan to Offer Travel, Expense Tools to Citizens Clients

Navan will offer its travel and expense management tools to Citizens Financial Group corporate cardholders under the terms of a new agreement, the companies announced Tuesday.

Navan's Connect technology will allow Citizens’ corporate card clients integrated access to a travel and expense platform with joint branding, Navan said in a blog post. 

"The new co-branded travel and expense platform is designed specifically for Citizens, offering its commercial card customers a T&E solution with the modern experience they have come to expect," Navan Expense CEO Michael Sindicich said in a statement.

Available now, Navan will bill Citizens clients for use of the platform, a spokesperson confirmed to BTN, adding that Citizens "is considering" the possibility of using the feature as a value-add at some point.

Citizens is a U.S regional bank that operates predominantly in New England, the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic regions. 

The partnership is the latest between Navan and a large financial services provider. Navan last year partnered with Citi to offer Citi Commercial Bank cardholders jointly branded travel and expense product using Navan Connect technology.

It also furthers a trend of tying travel and expense features to corporate cards, a key angle that some travel suppliers are using to approach in particular the small and midsized market. Navan CEO Ariel Cohen last year told BTN that the company's travel value proposition can attract CFOs to the notion of a well-managed program.