# Early pay

Early payments pay down your Brex balance at your desired credit utilization threshold to prevent card declines.


**URL Source:** https://www.brex.com/product-announcements/early-pay

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**Date:** 2024-02-29

**Domains:** Expense management, Payments

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If you use up your credit limit and need to manage it manually with one time payments, our early payments feature can automatically manage it for you. Early payments pay down your Brex balance at your desired credit utilization threshold to prevent card declines.  
  
Once the utilization trigger is reached, an early payment is scheduled that you can cancel the payment within a 24 hour timeframe. You can disable early payment triggers at any time.  
  
Learn more in this [help article](https://www.brex.com/support/what-options-do-i-have-for-automating-my-limit-management).