Fintra Feature
Expense reports that approve themselves: within policy
What expense report software in Fintra does
The point of expense automation is not a prettier form: it is not having to review every expense. Fintra runs a deterministic policy engine that flags only the exceptions: over-limit amounts, missing receipts, out-of-policy categories, and duplicates. Everything clean auto-approves; only the flagged items reach a human. That is the Ramp-style “approve within policy, route exceptions” behavior.
- Deterministic policy auto-review: flags exceptions, not everything
- Receipt OCR that extracts merchant, date, amount, category, and tax
- AI-suggested GL coding from your and the company’s coding history
- Auto-approve within policy; blocking flags route to an approver
What gets flagged
| Flag | Trigger | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Over limit | Amount exceeds the category per-expense limit | Blocks, then approval |
| Missing receipt | At/above the receipt threshold with no receipt | Blocks, then approval |
| Out-of-policy category | Category not in the allowed set | Blocks, then approval |
| Duplicate | Same merchant, date, and amount as another | Blocks, then approval |
| Weekend | Dated on a Saturday or Sunday | Warn only |
An expense with no blocking flag auto-approves; any blocking flag routes it to a named approver. Warn-level flags (like weekend spend) are informational and do not block.
Receipts become coded drafts
Governed and posted to the ledger
- The policy engine is pure and deterministic, so results are testable and consistent
- Approved expenses journal to the ledger; reimbursements flow to the payroll seam
- Every flag, approval, and posting is logged for audit
- AgentFence governs AI coding; humans approve exceptions before posting
Questions people ask
How does Fintra auto-approve expenses?
A deterministic policy engine checks each expense for over-limit amounts, missing receipts, out-of-policy categories, and duplicates. An expense with no blocking flag auto-approves; any blocking flag routes it to a human approver. That means reviewers only ever look at the exceptions, not every line.
Does Fintra read receipts automatically?
Yes. Receipt capture extracts the merchant, date, amount, category, and tax from uploaded text, an email body, or a structured payload via the AI gateway, then validates the result deterministically and suggests GL coding from history. Low confidence never blocks: the fallback is a hand-fillable draft.
What expenses get flagged for review?
Over-limit amounts, missing required receipts, out-of-policy categories, and duplicates are blocking flags that route to an approver. Weekend or personal-looking spend is a warn-level flag that is informational only and does not block auto-approval.
Do approved expenses hit my books?
Yes. Approved expenses journal to the general ledger, and reimbursements flow through the payroll seam. Because expenses live on the same ledger as your accounting, there is no export-and-import step between an expense tool and your books.
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Review exceptions, not every expense
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