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# Set up 'advanced' control on spending - Physical Cards

Keep control on your card spendings and avoid inappropriate use by setting up **Advanced Settings** on your cards.

# Add control to your spendings

With **More Control on Cards - Advanced** (available only on some billing plans) it's not only possible to control the budget, but also to **pre-select** which **categories** of spendings are allowed on a card and on what **day of the week** the card can be used.

**Administrators/Controllers**, this new feature will :

1. Enable finance/administration teams to reduce unwanted expenses
2. allow you to know how money is being spent (pre-approve spend categories and days)
3. reduce fraud
4. support Spendesk spending policies
5. improve spending habits

but also help to **solve problems at the corporate level**:

1. Approval / pre-approval process
2. Risk card sharing: each member can now have a personal card with its own limited categories.
3. Blocking of employees who do not have access to means of payment
4. Lack of visibility or control over expenses

# Set up / View / Edit a card's control settings

On Spendesk, only Account Owners and Admins can set up more control on cards.

* Go to the **Cards** tab.
* Select a card.
* Choose **Card settings.**
* Edit the monthly budget if needed.
* Allow/Refuse **cash withdrawal** and **online payments.**
* Choose the period of use of the cards and the timezones applied to the card.
* Choose authorized hours if needed.
* Authorize (or not) **contactless payments.**
* Click on '**Advanced settings**' if you'd like to choose spend categories.

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* Edit **Spending categories** limitations**.** On this example, all categories are authorized.

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* Click on **Save settings.**

For now, it is not possible to choose authorized hours within the day (only allowed days of the week).

# Requesters - Discover your card settings

Your Admin team has set spending limits for your card: you can check your card settings at any time.

It's very simple:

* Go to the **Card** tab.
* Go to your card details.
* Check your authorizations (cash withdrawal / online payment).
* Check your period of use.
* Check your spending limits.

Tip: As usual, if you need to change your card configuration or budget, contact your Account Owner or Administrator!