
Why Cardlay Expense?
Because expense management shouldn’t break as your organization grows
As organizations scale, expense management quickly becomes more complex, more cardholders, more entities, more rules, more systems.

Why Cardlay Expense?
Because expense management shouldn’t break as your organization grows
As organizations scale, expense management quickly becomes more complex, more cardholders, more entities, more rules, more systems.

Why Cardlay Expense?
Because expense management shouldn’t break as your organization grows
As organizations scale, expense management quickly becomes more complex, more cardholders, more entities, more rules, more systems.
Why most expense tools fail at scale
Why most expense tools fail at scale
Why most expense tools fail at scale
SME-focused tools are built for simplicity — not governance.
They work well early on, but struggle when organizations need:
SME-focused tools are built for simplicity — not governance.They work well early on, but struggle when organizations need:
SME-focused tools are built for simplicity — not governance.They work well early on, but struggle when organizations need:
Stronger control and approval structures
Consistent policy enforcement
Clean, reliable accounting data
Multi-entity visibility
Stronger control and approval structures
Consistent policy enforcement
Clean, reliable accounting data
Multi-entity visibility


The result?
The result?
The result?
The result?
Manual corrections
Manual corrections
Workarounds
Workarounds
Growing risk
Growing risk


Enterprise expense systems solve control — but at a cost. They often come with:
Enterprise expense systems solve control — but at a cost. They often come with:
Enterprise expense systems solve control — but at a cost. They often come with:
As organizations grow, expense management becomes a bottleneck
Heavy implementation projects
Long change cycles
High licence and consulting costs
Low employee adoption
Heavy implementation projects
Long change cycles
High licence and consulting costs
Low employee adoption
The Cardlay Expense difference
The Cardlay Expense difference
One platform for all your entities, currencies, and policies
One platform for all your entities, currencies, and policies
One platform for all your entities, currencies, and policies
As organizations grow, expense management becomes a bottleneck
Centralized configuration
Group-level control of policies, approvals, and cost structures.
Local VAT rules
Local compliance without sacrificing central oversight.
Unified reporting
One real-time view of spend across entities and currencies.


Real-time expense management,
not retrofitted
Real-time expense management,
not retrofitted
Real-time expense management, not retrofitted
As organizations grow, expense management becomes a bottleneck
Cardlay Expense is built specifically for AirPlus customers.
Card transactions and digital receipts flow in real time, making reconciliation part of the process — not a month-end clean-up.
Cardlay Expense is built specifically for AirPlus customers.
Card transactions and digital receipts flow in real time, making reconciliation part of the process — not a month-end clean-up.
Cardlay Expense is built specifically for AirPlus customers.
Card transactions and digital receipts flow in real time, making reconciliation part of the process — not a month-end clean-up.


Real-time spend visibility
Real-time spend visibility
Automatic receipt matching
Automatic receipt matching
Faster, more reliable reconciliation
Faster, more reliable reconciliation


ERP-ready data, faster close
ERP-ready data, faster close
ERP-ready data, faster close
As organizations grow, expense management becomes a bottleneck
Cardlay Expense delivers validated, structured expense data that fits your accounting setup — reducing rework and accelerating month-end close.
Cardlay Expense delivers validated, structured expense data that fits your accounting setup — reducing rework and accelerating month-end close.
A system employees actually use
A system employees actually use
A system employees actually use
Control only works if the system is used.
That’s why Cardlay Expense combines finance-grade governance with market-leading UX and a mobile-first experience.
Control only works if the system is used.
That’s why Cardlay Expense combines finance-grade governance with market-leading UX and a mobile-first experience.


A workflow designed for all
A workflow designed for all
A workflow designed for all
A workflow designed for all

Built natively for AirPlus

Control and compliance by design

Frictionless reconciliation

Built natively for AirPlus

Control and compliance by design

Frictionless reconciliation


Built for finance teams, not workarounds
Built for finance teams, not workarounds
Built for finance teams, not workarounds
As organizations grow, expense management becomes a bottleneck
Controls, policies, approvals, and audit trails are embedded directly into the expense flow, ensuring compliance without slowing the organization down.
Finance teams get structured, audit-ready data — with fewer exceptions and manual corrections.
Controls, policies, approvals, and audit trails are embedded directly into the expense flow, ensuring compliance without slowing the organization down.
Finance teams get structured, audit-ready data — with fewer exceptions and manual corrections.
Clean ERP exports
Structured cost codes and dimensions
Faster close, better reporting
Designed to grow — not to be replaced
Designed to grow — not to be replaced
Designed to grow — not to be replaced
As complexity increases — more entities, users, and rules — Cardlay Expense scales without forcing reimplementation
or new systems.
You get a stable foundation today, with flexibility for tomorrow.
As complexity increases — more entities, users, and rules — Cardlay Expense scales without forcing reimplementation
or new systems.
You get a stable foundation today, with flexibility for tomorrow.


Take control of expense —
without enterprise complexity or cost
Take control of expense —
without enterprise complexity or cost
Take control of expense —
without enterprise complexity
or cost
Purpose-built for AirPlus customers.
Designed for finance teams. Adopted by employees.
Purpose-built for AirPlus customers.
Designed for finance teams. Adopted by employees.
Purpose-built for AirPlus customers.
Designed for finance teams.
Adopted by employees.


expense
Cardlay is a Danish FinTech company founded with a clear purpose: We want to drive effortless corporate spend by making it easy for businesses to handle cards, payments, and expenses.
With presence in Europe and US, Cardlay has disrupted the fintech industry by enabling both regional issuers and some of the worlds largest financial institutions and technology corporations to launch new digital innovative solution catering for both SMEs and global enterprises.
Odense office
Kochsgade 31D, 3 • DK-5000 Odense c
Copenhagen office
Langebrogade 4 • DK-1411 København K
• CVR. 37447285 • Copyright © 2025 Cardlay A/S
Made with ❤️ by Cardlay Design team
Get Cardlay now?
Ready to transform your spend management to the next level?
Reach out. We are here to help.

expense
Cardlay is a Danish FinTech company founded with a clear purpose: We want to drive effortless corporate spend by making it easy for businesses to handle cards, payments, and expenses.
With presence in Europe and US, Cardlay has disrupted the fintech industry by enabling both regional issuers and some of the worlds largest financial institutions and technology corporations to launch new digital innovative solution catering for both SMEs and global enterprises.
Odense office
Kochsgade 31D, 3 • DK-5000 Odense c
Copenhagen office
Langebrogade 4 • DK-1411 København K
• CVR. 37447285 • Copyright © 2025 Cardlay A/S
Made with ❤️ by Cardlay Design team
Get Cardlay now?
Ready to transform your spend management to the next level?
Reach out. We are here to help.

expense
Cardlay is a Danish FinTech company founded with a clear purpose: We want to drive effortless corporate spend by making it easy for businesses to handle cards, payments, and expenses.
With presence in Europe and US, Cardlay has disrupted the fintech industry by enabling both regional issuers and some of the worlds largest financial institutions and technology corporations to launch new digital innovative solution catering for both SMEs and global enterprises.
Odense office
Kochsgade 31D, 3 • DK-5000 Odense c
Copenhagen office
Langebrogade 4 • DK-1411 København K
• CVR. 37447285 • Copyright © 2025 Cardlay A/S
Made with ❤️ by Cardlay Design team
Get Cardlay now?
Ready to transform your spend management to the next level?
Reach out. We are here to help.

expense
Cardlay is a Danish FinTech company founded with a clear purpose: We want to drive effortless corporate spend by making it easy for businesses to handle cards, payments, and expenses.
With presence in Europe and US, Cardlay has disrupted the fintech industry by enabling both regional issuers and some of the worlds largest financial institutions and technology corporations to launch new digital innovative solution catering for both SMEs and global enterprises.
Odense office
Kochsgade 31D, 3 • DK-5000 Odense c
Copenhagen office
Langebrogade 4 • DK-1411 København K
• CVR. 37447285 • Copyright © 2025 Cardlay A/S
Made with ❤️ by Cardlay Design team
Get Cardlay now?
Ready to transform your spend management to the next level?
Reach out. We are here to help.
