Protect and manage access
Tide Expense cards give your team flexibility for easy expenses, yet are secure too. Manage all your team’s cards directly in the Tide app.
- Freeze and cancel cards
- View and manage PINs
- Order replacement cards
*Get 3 Tide Expense Cards for free for 3 months. Use code EXPENSES. T&Cs apply.
Tide Expense Cards are our company Mastercards for your business current account. From sole trader to limited company expenses, enjoy the smart way to manage your business purchases.
Order a Tide Expense Card for up to 50 people per account for just £5 + VAT per card
Set individual spend limits per card to help you manage costs
No more expense claims – your team can scan and upload multiple receipts at once
See all transactions itemised by both person and spend category
Tide Expense cards give your team flexibility for easy expenses, yet are secure too. Manage all your team’s cards directly in the Tide app.
Keep a rein on expenses by setting spending limits for each team member. Or opt for no limit at all in the Tide app.
Swap paper expense claims for a smart expense solution. View transactions and receipts in real-time to keep track of costs. Both you and your team members can:
Tide’s accounting categories will automatically label all your transactions, helping you to stay on track of spending.
View your team’s spend all in one place. Keep a hold on business expenses by seeing who has spent what.
Here's how to set up spending limits for your team in an instant.
Here at Tide, our mission is to save small businesses time and money on their finance admin.
Our company Expense Cards provide an all-in-one expense management solution. Say goodbye to receipts and make paper expense claims a thing of the past. Empower your team with individual spend limits, track spend at a glance and sync with your accounting software. All designed to help you get on with running your business.
Jenna Hill
Director at Chill Gas Ltd | London, UK
No – however, we recommend that they do. From July 2023, in order for your team to make online purchases of £30 or more, they’ll need to download the Expenses app.
No – they’ll still only be able to spend within the monthly spend limit you’ve set.
No – your team will only be able to view their own transactions, spend limit and receipts.
We’ve now rolled out our new Expenses app, which allows your team to verify their own online purchases. However, you’ll continue to receive the verify payment prompt until your team member approves the payment in their app. Please make sure your team members know how to approve their own online expenses while you continue to do what you do best.
Tide Expense Cards are intended for your team members. For any business purchases you’d like to make yourself, you can use the Tide card you received when you opened an account with us.
The invite email that you send your team member is only valid for 48 hours.
You will have to re-send your team member an invite email. You can do this by going to your team member’s profile in the Team access app and selecting ‘re-send login link’
Unfortunately not. The way this works at the moment, you would need to edit your team members’ spending limit for one month and remember to change it back for the next month.
In your Tide app, tap More > Expense Cards and select the name of the team member whose limits you want to change. From here, you can also set enhanced spend control for your team by limiting online payments, gambling payments and ATM withdrawals. You can do this any time and as many times as you like. If your team member makes a purchase that goes against the limits you’ve set, their transaction will be declined.
You can order company expense cards in the Tide app.
If your team member passes our security checks, the card will arrive at your trading address within a week.
Tide Expense Cards, our company expenses cards, are £5+VAT per calendar month. You’ll be charged £5+VAT per month for every Expense Card you’ve ordered (whether you activate it or not).
The fee is taken automatically from your Tide account on the fourth of each month.
Depending on your membership, you could get one or more Expense Cards for free. On Plus you’ll get 1 free, on Pro you’ll get 2 free and on Cashback or Premium, you’ll get 3 free.
Please see our Tide Terms for full details.
If you’re already with us, you’re eligible to apply. 🙂
You can order up to 50 Expense Cards per account.
If you have your Expense Cards linked to additional accounts, these count towards the overall account maximum of 50.
If you have more than one Tide account, you can have a maximum of 50 Expense Cards for each account.
You can activate, manage and cancel your team’s expense cards in the Tide app. Go to More > Expense Cards
If you can’t see the Expense Cards feature, go to the app store and check your Tide app is up-to-date.
The main account holder can manage all your Tide Expense Cards.
Expense Cards are a step towards building full team access. For now, team members can manage Expense Cards through the Tide app that belongs to the main account holder. Team members can also use the Tide Expenses app to view their own transactions and upload receipts.
The main user can fully manage access for the team – they can freeze and cancel cards, as well as share and view PIN codes. And, of course, they can see who’s spent what.
The main account holder can freeze or unfreeze individual or all company expense cards.
When you cancel an expense Card, you’ll be charged £5+VAT per Expense Card on the 4th of the following month. Any Expense Cards ordered within the same month will be billed on the 4th of the following month (there will be no further payment after that). There’s no pro-rata fee refund when you cancel an Expense Card.
Remember, if you have Plus membership, 1 free Expense Card is included.
And if you have Cashback or Premium membership, 3 free Expense Cards are included.
Yes, your team members can view their own transactions and add receipts for any business purchases they make with their Expense Card.
To take full advantage of this feature, invite your team members to the Tide Expenses app.
Then, we’ll email your team member with an invitation to register and download the Expenses app.
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