Global reimbursements

Overview

Account admins, card admins, managers, and any other users with the specific product capability can reimburse employees in select international locations. To get started, global employees need to connect their personal bank account. Employees will be reimbursed in the same currency that their bank account is set up in (generally local currency). For example, if an employee sets up their bank account in Italy, they’ll be reimbursed in Euros. Global reimbursements leverage the comprehensive approval, compliance, policy, automation, and accounting capabilities of Brex’s spend platform.

Fees

We don’t charge any foreign transaction fees for global reimbursements. All cross-currency reimbursements are converted at an exchange rate at the time of approval, selected by Brex or its third-party partner. This will include a FX rate markup determined by us. See our Payments Agreement for more details. Employees shouldn’t expect any bank fees for the receipt of their reimbursements. If your employees experience any bank transmission fees, please contact Brex Support for more information.

Currencies

By default, global reimbursements are funded in USD from your company’s U.S. bank account and paid out to an employee’s local bank account in the local currency.

Note: Your company’s bank account must be US-based with a valid account and routing number. To request a reimbursement for a purchase made in a currency different from that of their bank, the employee can check This purchase was made in a different currency during the submission process.

Local funding

To fund reimbursements from your company’s local bank account using local currency, follow the steps in this help article to connect your local bank account.

Once set up, have your international employees connect their local personal bank account by following the steps in this help article to receive locally funded reimbursements.

Supported locations

You can send global reimbursements to an employee with a connected bank account from any of the countries in the table below. Note: The list is ever evolving and is subject to change. For the complete list, please view the currency dropdown when requesting a reimbursement.

Please keep in mind that some currencies have minimum and maximum requirements. Since these limitations are put in place by Brex’s global money movement partners, they cannot be circumvented.

Delivery timeframe

Timing for reimbursements depends on several internal factors, including your payment cycle configuration and local banking rails. In the Brex dashboard, your employees can see the estimated payment arrival time in the details panel for a given reimbursement.