WAVE225 Expense and Travel Accounting / Approval Package Solution Wins First Place in 'IT Trend First-Half Ranking 2026' Cloud-Based Expense Settlement System Category

NTT Data Wave Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Keiji Mizobuchi; hereinafter "NTT Data Wave") announces that its Travel and Expense Accounting / Approval Package Solution [WAVE225] has secured first place in the Cloud-Based Expense Settlement System category of the "IT Trend First-Half Ranking 2026", operated by Innovation & Co., Inc., a provider of IT product comparison and document request services.

About the Travel and Expense Accounting / Approval Package Solution [WAVE225]

[WAVE225] is an enterprise-grade expense settlement system built on "intra-mart", Japan's No.1 workflow platform by market share. It integrates expense accounting, travel expense reporting, payment requests, approval applications, and workflow management, with a broad track record of implementations ranging from mid-sized to large enterprises and corporate groups.

The solution offers exceptional flexibility, supporting large-scale organizations and complex approval workflows. It enables customized operations aligned with each organization's unique application and approval processes, making it ideal for companies seeking to enhance both the efficiency of expense management and internal controls.

[WAVE225] also supports compliance with the Electronic Record Keeping Law and the Invoice System, assisting companies in conducting legally compliant expense operations. By integrating with AI-OCR and supporting voucher management services, it can scan and digitize receipts and invoices, linking application data with supporting documents. This functionality helps prevent input errors and oversight by verifying required items for qualified invoices, thereby improving audit readiness, reducing the workload on accounting departments, and streamlining overall operations.

[WAVE225] provides a unified platform for expense accounting, travel expense reporting, payment requests, workflow management, integration with accounting systems, and voucher management. Its ability to be flexibly configured to match each company's business processes and approval rules makes it a powerful tool for driving digital transformation (DX) across back-office operations.

It is a suitable expense settlement system for companies evaluating solutions for "expense accounting", "travel expense reporting", or "workflow systems", especially those prioritizing support for complex approval workflows, compliance with the Electronic Record Keeping Law and Invoice System, and seamless integration with existing accounting and business systems.

For more information about WAVE225:

URL: https://wave225.com/

For inquiries about WAVE225:

Email: [email protected] (WAVE225 Team)

About the IT Trend First-Half Ranking 2026

The "IT Trend First-Half Ranking 2026" highlights the IT products that received the most user inquiries and document requests on the IT Trend website during the first half of 2026. It showcases the most supported IT products across various categories.

※ The ranking is calculated based on the number of document requests received between January 1 and May 31, 2026.

Details of the IT Trend First-Half Ranking 2026: https://it-trend.jp/award/2026-firsthalf

Our solution [WAVE225] was selected as the top service in the Cloud-Based Expense Settlement System category, specifically in the "Comprehensive" and "Large-Scale" subcategories, due to having the highest number of document requests from users during the evaluation period.

Award Page: First-Half Document Request Ranking 2026 for Cloud-Based Expense Settlement Systems | IT Trend

About intra-mart

intra-mart is an integrated platform designed to support corporate operational efficiency and digital transformation (DX). It provides an all-in-one suite of essential business functions, including workflow management, portals, low-code development, and system integration, offering flexible solutions for diverse industries and business models. To date, intra-mart has achieved the No.1 market share in Japan's workflow market for 18 consecutive years and is adopted by over 10,000 companies as a system platform, earning a high level of trust. (As of August 2025)

※ Source: NTT Data Intra-mart Co., Ltd.

What is intra-mart? | NTT Data Intra-mart

NTT Data Wave, with over 20 years of experience as an intra-mart partner, leverages its extensive expertise to not only provide the WAVE225 solution but also to offer proposals and development services for low-code application development and system integration platforms using the intra-mart platform.

About NTT Data Wave

Aiming to be an "IT agent that customers expect and trust," NTT Data Wave has accumulated extensive experience and know-how in planning, building, and operating large-scale core systems such as SCM and ERP over many years. Based on this expertise, the company provides a wide range of services to customers, including workflow systems to streamline business operations, and comprehensive support for desktop, network, and security systems to assist information technology departments with system operation and maintenance.

Company Name: NTT Data Wave Co., Ltd.

President and CEO: Keiji Mizobuchi

Headquarters: Sendagaya Intes, 1-14-5 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051

Established: August 2002

Business Activities:

We proactively respond to changes in customer business models, corporate environments, and IT landscapes. We provide end-to-end services across all phases of the system lifecycle—from consulting, planning, and proposal to construction, implementation, operation, and improvement—while also offering comprehensive IT infrastructure services, including business application development, and the setup of servers, PCs, and networks, enabling us to deliver one-stop solutions.