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04Businesses with significant card spend or a card program

Make every dollar of card spend work harder.

Card spend is one of the few costs that can also pay you back. We help businesses see where spend goes, route it to the right cards, control it with policy, and, where it makes sense, launch a card program of their own.

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Spend routing · This month
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Earned vs. default card

+$1,284

  • Cloud hostingCard B3.0%
  • Ad platformCard A2.0%
  • AirlineCard C4.0%
  • Office supplierCard A1.5%
A hand tapping a green metal card on a card terminal at a café counter

Where it hurts

Problems we hear again and again.

If any of these sound familiar, there's usually a well-scoped fix that doesn't require replacing everything you have.

  • BeforeSPEND ON WHATEVER CARDSTATEMENT · DAY 304x card unused
    Problem 01

    Rewards left on the table

    Spend lands on whichever card is to hand, not the one that earns the most for that category or vendor.

  • BeforePURCHASES, NO CHECKSSTATEMENT · DAY 30receipts missing
    Problem 02

    Little visibility or control

    Statements arrive after the fact, and policies live in a document nobody checks at the point of purchase.

  • BeforeIssuer A termsIssuer B termsRebate model.xlsxPartner emailshard to compare
    Problem 03

    Programs are hard to evaluate

    Comparing issuers, rebates and program economics takes more modelling than most teams have time for.

What we build

Software shaped around how you already work.

Typical builds for businesses with significant card spend or a card program, each shown as a sample run. Every engagement is scoped to your systems and team, so treat these as starting points, not packages.

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  1. Build 01

    Spend analytics

    Categorised, vendor-level views of card spend across cards and entities, refreshed automatically.

    Spend · This monthIllustrative
    1. Transactions syncRunning…
    2. Auto-categoriseQueued
    3. By vendor & categoryQueued
    4. Flag outliersQueued
    ResultSeen before the statement arrives
  2. Build 02

    Rewards optimisation

    Rules that route each vendor and category to the card that earns the most, and show what you would have earned.

    Rewards · Routing rulesIllustrative
    1. Category detectedRunning…
    2. Compare earn ratesQueued
    3. Route to best cardQueued
    4. Track rewardsQueued
    Result+$1,284 vs the default card
  3. Build 03

    Spend controls and policy automation

    Limits, approvals and receipt collection enforced in your workflow, not after the statement closes.

    Controls · At purchaseIllustrative
    1. Limits & rulesRunning…
    2. Card swipedQueued
    3. Receipt matchedQueued
    4. Approved & exportedQueued
    Result94% of spend arrives already coded
  4. Build 04

    Card program design and issuing integrations

    Modelling, partner evaluation and the engineering to launch cards for your team or your customers.

    Card program · LaunchIllustrative
    1. Program applicationRunning…
    2. Card controlsQueued
    3. Issue cardsQueued
    4. Activate & monitorQueued
    ResultEvery card ships with its limits set

These runs are illustrative: placeholder names and numbers that show the shape of the software, not a client’s results.

How it would run

A short path from conversation to code.

  1. 0130 minutes

    Intro call

    Tell us what's slowing the business down. We'll ask a lot of questions and tell you honestly whether we're the right people to help.

  2. 021–2 weeks

    Discovery

    We map the workflow, the systems and the constraints, then write up a plan with scope, timeline and cost you can hold us to.

  3. 03Weekly increments

    Build

    Working software early and a demo every week. You see progress in your own environment, not in a slide deck.

  4. 04Ongoing, if you want it

    Launch and handover

    We deploy, document and train your team, then stay on for support and improvements, or hand over cleanly.

Before the first call

Three questions worth thinking about.

No preparation needed, but these are where we’ll start.

  1. 1

    Roughly how much do you spend on cards each month?

  2. 2

    How many cards, entities and approvers are involved?

  3. 3

    Are you optimising existing spend, or exploring your own program?

Card spend and rewards · Start a conversation

Let’s look at your workflow together.

A 30-minute call with the people who would do the work. No pitch deck, no obligation. You'll leave with an honest view of what's possible.

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