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title: "Opening new currency accounts for Administrators - Payhawk Help Center"
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description: "Open a Payhawk currency account in EUR, GBP, USD, RON, PLN, DKK, or CHF, and find out how the Compliance team reviews the request and when the account opens."
updated: 2026-10-27T14:17:15Z
published: 2026-10-27T14:17:15Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Opening new Payhawk currency accounts

To be able to do top-ups (linked bank accounts) and deposit funds (external bank accounts) into your company's Payhawk cards, you need to open a currency account in Payhawk for the desired currency.

> [!WARNING]
> When attempting to deposit money to your Payhawk currency account from a bank account that is not linked to Payhawk, [check if a payment reference is required](/help/loading-funds-to-your-payhawk-account).

## Specifics

- This article refers to adding new Payhawk currency accounts in specific currencies for European and UK-based entities.
- The Payhawk Compliance team reviews each new currency account request and typically opens it within 2 business days. Once the new account has been created, you will receive an email notification at the email address with which you registered in Payhawk.
- For outgoing bank transfers, you can have a single debit Payhawk account for each currency. For cards, you can have a debit and a credit Payhawk account in the respective currency.
- You can open Payhawk currency accounts and issue Payhawk cards in EUR, GBP, USD, RON, PLN, DKK, and CHF. You can pay bills in EUR, GBP, CHF, and DKK from these accounts, and reimburse employees from your PLN account, while USD bill payments are available for US-based companies only.

## Creating new currency accounts in Payhawk

To add a new Payhawk currency account in a specific currency, follow the steps:

1. In the [Payhawk Web Portal](https://portal.payhawk.com), go to **Funds**.
2. Click on the **+ New** button.
3. In the **Open a new account** panel, from the drop-down menu, select the desired currency of the account you want to be created. You will have the option to open accounts in currencies that you haven’t created yet.

![Open a new account panel with the currency drop-down and the Open account button.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Adm%3AFunds/open_new_account_ron_20261015_ai.png)
4. If you open a GBP account, select the checkbox to confirm you agree with Visa Cards Terms & Conditions.
5. Click on the **Open account** button. The next screen shows the notification that the new currency account request is pending.

## Useful resources

- [Checking funds availability for monthly card limits](/help/checking-funds-availability)
- [Loading funds to your Payhawk account](/help/loading-funds-to-your-payhawk-account)