Manual Claim Submission
Employees submitted expenses via email with attached receipts, with no structured record of what had been claimed.
FINTECH MVP CASE STUDY
Turning Expense Claims Into One Trackable Approval Workflow
Employees were submitting expense claims through email and paper receipts, with finance teams manually reviewing and approving each one. MVPHUB designed and built an expense management MVP that lets employees submit expenses while finance teams review, approve and monitor spending in one connected platform.
▣ One Workflow, Every Claim Expense submissions, approvals and spending records are managed from a single connected system.
♙ Built For Finance Teams Designed around how finance teams actually review and approve employee expense claims.
✦ Greenfield MVP Build Designed, built and shipped from a validated concept to a working first release.
Bringing Expense Submission And Approval Into One Connected Workflow
Submitting and approving expense claims through email and paper receipts makes it hard for finance teams to know which claims are pending, what's been approved, and how spending is trending across the company. As claim volume grows, this manual process becomes a bottleneck.
The expense management platform gives employees a simple way to submit expenses, and gives finance teams a structured workflow to review claims, manage approvals and monitor overall company spending.
▥IndustryFinTech & Finance
◇ProductExpense Management Platform
♙AudienceEmployees & Finance Teams
⌁DeliveryMVP Design & Engineering
The Challenge
No Central Approval Tracking
Finance teams had no shared view of which claims were pending, approved or rejected.
Limited Spending Visibility
Company-wide spending trends were difficult to see without manually aggregating individual claims.
What We Can Identified
A connected expense platform built around how employees submit claims and finance teams manage approvals.
Expense Submission
Employees submit expense claims with receipts directly, replacing email-based submission.
Approval Workflow
Finance teams review and approve or reject claims through a clear status workflow.
Spending Monitoring
Finance teams see aggregated spending trends across employees and expense categories.
Claim History
Employees and finance teams can review past claims and their approval status in one place.
Category Tracking
Expenses are tracked by category, helping finance teams understand where spending concentrates.
Approval Notifications
Employees receive updates as their claim moves from submitted to approved or rejected.
How MVPHUB Deliver The Expense Platform From Concept To MVP
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◇ Discover
We mapped how employees currently submit expenses and how finance teams currently review and approve claims.
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✎ Define
Core workflows for submission, approval and spending monitoring were prioritized for the first release.
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✦ Design
Screens and flows were designed around a clear claim lifecycle employees and finance teams could both follow.
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♢ Build & Verify
Our engineering team built and tested the core workflow, reviewing each approval stage for reliability before release.
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⌁ Launch
The MVP shipped as a working platform ready to manage real expense claims.
A connected expense platform turns email-based claims into a trackable process finance teams can actually rely on.
Engineering Behind The Platform
Structured Claim Data
Expense claims, approvals and spending records were modeled as connected records rather than scattered emails.
Reliable Approval Workflow
The claim approval process was built and tested so status changes remain accurate and auditable.
Built For Continued Growth
The MVP was designed so additional features can be layered on as the platform is validated with real finance teams.
The Outcome
Before: Manual, Email-Based Expense Claims
× Claims submitted through email with attached receipts
× No shared view of claim approval status
× Spending trends hard to aggregate manually
× No structured claim history
× Approval delays due to manual review
After: One Connected Expense Management Workflow
✓ Expenses submitted directly into the platform
✓ Claim status visible to employees and finance
✓ Spending trends tracked by category
✓ Claim history available to both sides
✓ A working MVP ready for real-world validation
An MVP Built To Run Real Expense Approval
Greenfield MVP Delivered
Expense submission & approval workflow
Spending monitoring by category
From Email Claims To A Connected Expense Workflow
Design around the real approval lifecycle. Build the core first. Validate with real teams.
Finance teams don't need every expense feature on day one — they need submission, approval and spending visibility to work reliably together. MVPHUB focused the first release on those core workflows, giving the client a working platform ready to be tested with real employees and finance teams.
THE MVPHUB PRINCIPLE
"An expense management platform doesn't need every feature to be useful on day one. It needs submission, approval and spending visibility to work reliably together, so real claims can be processed from the first release.
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Still Managing Expense Claims Over Email?
Bring us your expense management idea, existing manual process or early concept. MVPHUB can help you design and build a focused MVP that turns scattered expense claims into one trackable workflow.
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