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4. Issue a spend limit

  • Introduction to spend limits
  • Issue a spend limit

Introduction to spend limits

Just like setting credit limits on other cards, with Brex, you can issue a user an employee card with a built in limit or issue a "Spend Limit." Spend limits can be spent via employee cards, virtual limit cards, physical cards, virtual cards, reimbursement, or bill payment. Purchasing cards come with a built-in limit for operational spend.

If you choose, Brex can automatically apply the transaction to the appropriate limit if the employee enables Automatic limit selection.

To get started, we recommend provisioning a single spend limit to your core team members.

Issue a spend limit

In the same Invite a user flow, you will then be prompted to set a user limit. You can also issue a spend limit at any time by going to Cards & Limits > Create Spend Limit.

  • When setting up the user limit, you’ll have the option to determine whether the limit is flexible, allowing employees to exceed their assigned spend amount.

  • Over-limit expenses will be hard blocked and unauthorized.

  • Selecting "No Hard Limit" ensures purchases are never declined for surpassing the spend limit.

  • Additionally, you can specify recurrence and start/end dates for the limit, although these are optional.


5. Issue cards to your team 

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