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Payment limits and approvals

Set a daily limit for the team and the amount above which members need an owner or admin to approve.

Payment rules let you keep control without approving everything yourself. Only owners and admins can change them. Find them under Settings, then Payment rules.

  • Daily limit: the most your team can send in a day, in total. A payment that would go over it is blocked until the next day.
  • Approval threshold: payments above this amount sent by members wait for an owner or admin to approve them first. Owners and admins can send without approval.
  • Receipt threshold: card payments at or above this amount need a receipt. See Receipts inbox and receipt rules.

Limits are measured in one currency that you choose. Payments in other currencies are not checked against them. Leave a limit blank for no limit.

Approving a payment

  1. Open Approvals. Held payments are listed with who sent them, the amount and the beneficiary.
  2. Check the details, then approve or reject.
  3. An approved payment is sent; a rejected one is not, and the sender is told.

The same rules apply to payments prepared by Athena: it cannot go around a limit or an approval, and it never sends until the person confirms.

Last updated 26 September 2026.

Common questions

Why is my payment waiting for approval?

Your business has an approval threshold and the amount is above it, so an owner or admin has to approve it first. It appears under Approvals for them. Owners and admins can send without approval.

Who can change payment rules?

Only owners and admins. Members and viewers can see that a rule applies but cannot change it.

Why was my payment blocked as over the daily limit?

The total your team has sent today plus this payment would go over the daily limit. It can be sent tomorrow, or an owner or admin can raise the limit under Settings, then Payment rules.

Still need help?

Write to the team and you will get a confirmation straight away and a reply from a real mailbox.