The Boring Backend Problem Nobody Talks About: Automating Expense Claims

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-boring-backend-problem-nobody-talks-about-automating-expense-claims. How OCR and rules-based automation are turning slow employee benefits claims into near-instant reimbursements, and why the eligibility logic is the hard part. Check more stories related to futurism at: https://hackernoon.com/c/futurism. You can also check exclusive content about #automation, #fintech, #productivity, #startup, #entrepreneurship, #machine-learning, #software-development, #backend, and more. This story was written by: @bablisundariya. Learn more about this writer by checking @bablisundariya's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Manual benefits claims are slow because of messy eligibility rules, not the tech. OCR is easy; automating eligibility logic is the hard part. Get that right, and reimbursements go from weeks to under 48 hours.