If your company is based in the US but has a few international employees, we can enable International Mode for your account to allow you to activate it for them. If you are on this screen, chances are we have already enabled this for you. But if your company does not have International Mode, please reach out to Support.
What does this mean for your company's finance team?
Any employee who enables International Mode will not be reimbursed through Emburse Spend. So you'll have to arrange their reimbursement directly. It may be easiest to look at the total amount of expenses in Emburse Spend once a month and then arrange for payment (for example, add the payment to your payroll).
Will International Mode expenses be synced to my accounting software?
No. Since no payment processing is occurring, we do not sync reimbursable expenses to your accounting software if they are associated with an employee in International Mode.
Activate International Mode for an Employee
If an employee does not have a bank account connected to their Emburse Spend account, admins may assign International Mode to that employee.
1. On the Admin tab in the left nav bar, click People.
2. Find the desired employee and click the pencil icon next to their name in order to edit that person's user profile.
3. At the bottom of the Edit User Profile pane, click International to toggle it on, then click Save.
Deactivate International Mode
The only way to turn off International Mode is to have the employee connect a personal bank account to their Emburse Spend account. But first, an admin must switch that employee's Home Currency to USD via their record on the People screen.
1. On the Admin tab in the left nav bar, click People.
2. Find the desired employee and click the pencil icon next to their name in order to edit that person's user profile.
3. Use the Home Currency drop-down to select USD and click Save.
Once the employee's currency has been set to USD, they may follow the steps in Connect Your Personal Bank Account to Emburse Spend to connect their US-based bank account and disable International Mode.