FAQ · Updated October 2026
Employee reimbursement vs corporate card spend
With reimbursement the employee pays first and is paid back after approval. With a corporate card the company pays and reconciles the statement. Here is what each one needs, and where Reimgo fits.
Side by side
| Reimbursement (out of pocket) | Corporate card | |
|---|---|---|
| Who pays first | The employee | The company |
| The main risk | Late, lost or duplicated claims; wrong account paid | Unapproved spend already made; reconciliation |
| Core control | Approval before payment; a second person on the payout | Card limits and merchant rules; statement matching |
| What the process produces | A payment to the employee, usually via payroll | A statement to reconcile against receipts |
| Good for | Occasional travel and purchases, small teams, contractors who later become staff | Frequent spenders, subscriptions, travel-heavy roles |
| Reimgo | Yes: capture, approve, batch, and a file for your payroll | No: Reimgo does not issue cards or import card feeds |
What most small companies do
Most growing companies reimburse. A few heavy spenders may carry a company card, and those transactions are reconciled from the card statement rather than claimed. Reimbursement needs a tight process because the employee is out of pocket and the payment goes to a personal account; that is where approvals, bank-detail controls and payroll files matter.
If you issue cards to many people, you need a card platform. If you reimburse, you need a reimbursement process. Trying to run both through one tool often means doing one badly.
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