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In practice it looks like this: Let’s say a photography studio employee is out shopping for props for an upcoming photo shoot, and their card limits them to spe

In practice it looks like this: Let’s say a photography studio employee is out shopping for props for an upcoming photo shoot, and their card limits them to spending $100. When they get to the register they discover that the actual cost is closer to $110. That employee can shoot a request over to their manager asking for an additional $15, and Dash will send a push notification to that manager. The manager can approve the additional funds right from their phone, or from within Slack (a popular office communication platform). Holy micromanager.

justinsb 11y ago
This could be used to micro-manage, but I think there's nothing stopping you multiplying those numbers by 10x or 100x if that makes more sense. I think this could be really interesting for peer-provided services like TaskRabbit/Instacart.
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lm741 11y ago
We're trying to build a system where companies feel comfortable giving cards out to all of their employees and then adjust the limits upwards as they build trust internally. The ad-hoc requests features from this example might be best for new/temporary employees or large purchases. Over time I'd hope that most employees will actually have a monthly budget and thus a greater degree of autonomy.
- rebootthesystem 11y ago
  We've been experimenting with a service that allows us to issue virtual fixed-limit cards. In other words, when we setup the card we deposit a certain amount into that card. Those funds are taken out of our bank account. Once that money is used-up the card is no-longer usable and a new one has to be issued. This is a pain. We've been looking for a solution that would allow us to create and issue virtual check cards linked to a central bank account. In this scenario the cards would still have spending limits but can be refreshed/renewed as needed. An API would be fantastic. Can your platform do this?
Retra 11y ago
You can obviously scale that to enable the amount of micromanaging you desire...

justinsb 11y ago

This could be used to micro-manage, but I think there's nothing stopping you multiplying those numbers by 10x or 100x if that makes more sense. I think this could be really interesting for peer-provided services like TaskRabbit/Instacart.

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lm741 11y ago

We're trying to build a system where companies feel comfortable giving cards out to all of their employees and then adjust the limits upwards as they build trust internally. The ad-hoc requests features from this example might be best for new/temporary employees or large purchases. Over time I'd hope that most employees will actually have a monthly budget and thus a greater degree of autonomy.

rebootthesystem 11y ago
We've been experimenting with a service that allows us to issue virtual fixed-limit cards. In other words, when we setup the card we deposit a certain amount into that card. Those funds are taken out of our bank account. Once that money is used-up the card is no-longer usable and a new one has to be issued. This is a pain. We've been looking for a solution that would allow us to create and issue virtual check cards linked to a central bank account. In this scenario the cards would still have spending limits but can be refreshed/renewed as needed. An API would be fantastic. Can your platform do this?

Retra 11y ago

You can obviously scale that to enable the amount of micromanaging you desire...