Cancel cash transfers

OverviewCancel a transferTransfer refunds

Overview

You might run into a situation where you want to cancel a cash transfer from your Brex business account that you’ve already initiated. Depending on the type of transfer, this may be possible, though some transfers cannot be canceled, even if they’ve yet to finalize. With Checking, Treasury, Vault Transfers between your Checking, Treasury, and Vault accounts cannot be canceled.


Cancel a transfer

With Checking, Treasury, Vault You can only cancel transfers made from your Checking accounts to external vendors.

Wires

Once you’ve initiated a wire transfer from your Brex business account, you won’t have the option of canceling it. If necessary, you can get in touch with your receiving institution to arrange for the transfer to be sent back after it arrives. You can send amendments after your wire transfers have gone out if you need to make adjustments to the instructions.

ACHs

In your dashboard Without Checking, Treasury, Vault

Depending on the time your ACH was sent, admins can cancel ACHs by following the steps below. Step 1: Navigate to Account > Business account > [Brex business account name] > Transactions. Step 2: Select the payment and click the ⊘ icon. Step 3: Click Cancel.

In your dashboard With Checking, Treasury, Vault

Step 1: Navigate to Account > Business account > Select the Checking account > Transactions. Step 2: Select the payment and click the ⊘ icon. Step 3: Click Cancel.

Payments without the cancel button are already being processed or have already been delivered and can no longer be canceled. The cancellation window may be shorter if the ACH is initiated between any of the following times:

  • 6:30 am and 7:00 am PT
  • 10:30 am and 11:15 am PT
  • 12:30 pm and 1:15 pm PT

If you no longer have the option to cancel from within your dashboard, you can reach out to the receiver to request a return.

Checks

Admins and users can cancel outbound checks from the Brex dashboard following the steps below.

In your dashboard

Step 1: Navigate to Accounts > Business account > [Brex business account name]. Under the Transactions tab, you’ll see a list of processing or future payments. Step 2: Select the check payment and click the ⊘ icon on the left side of Download transaction.

In your dashboard With Checking, Treasury, Vault

Step 1: Navigate to Accounts > Business account > Select the Checking account. Under the Transactions tab, you’ll see a list of processing or future payments. Step 2: Select the check payment and click the ⊘ icon on the left side of Download transaction.

Once the check has been canceled, a notification will be emailed to all admins and users on the account. Note: Payments that do not have the cancel button available have already been delivered and can no longer be canceled.

Recurring deposits

Recurring transfers that have not yet begun to process can be canceled as follows:

In your dashboard Without Checking, Treasury, Vault

Step 1: Navigate to Account > Business account > [Brex business account name] > Transactions. Step 2: Select the payment and click the ⊘ icon on the left side of Download transaction. Step 3: Click Cancel to cancel all future transfers.

In your dashboard

Step 1: Navigate to Account > Brex Business account > Select your Checking account > Transactions. Step 2: Select the payment and click the ⊘ icon on the left side of Download transaction. Step 3: Click Cancel to cancel all future transfers.

Note: You can edit a recurring transfer by clicking the three dots > Edit up until the first time that the transfer goes through. Changes can no longer be made to a recurring transfer after the first payment/deposit.


Transfer refunds

ACHs and wires

Your best, and fastest, option to get funds from an ACH or wire returned is to request that the receiver manually initiate a refund for the full amount. If that’s not possible, we can make a best-effort attempt to recall electronically transferred funds. However, this is dependent on the cooperation of the recipient and recipient’s bank, and not something we can guarantee.

Checks

Once an outgoing check has successfully been processed, it’s very unlikely that we will be able to retrieve those funds. If you’d like the funds returned, please try contacting the receiver to ask them to initiate a refund.

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