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title: "Overview of Mastercard feed linking in Payhawk"
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description: "Learn how US and Canadian companies link Mastercard cards to Payhawk, individually or in bulk, to receive card transaction data, and what the limits are."
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published: 2026-10-20T07:14:36Z
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# Overview of Mastercard feed linking in Payhawk

Based on the partnership between Mastercard and Payhawk, US- and Canada-based companies can link their corporate Mastercard cards to Payhawk, thus enabling the system to receive authorization and settlement data for card transactions made by cardholders.

## Mastercard card feed linking in Payhawk

In Payhawk, Mastercard card feed linking means that you authorize Payhawk to connect to Mastercard for your entity and to receive authorization and settlement data for the card transactions.

## Types of Mastercard linking in Payhawk

Payhawk supports individual and bulk card enrollment (linking).

### Individual linking of Mastercards

Individual card linking (enrollment) means that after the connection between [Mastercard and Payhawk is initiated](/help/connecting-payhawk-to-mastercard), each employee registered in Payhawk can log in and add their Mastercard to Payhawk by themselves.

![Diagram of individual Mastercard enrollment: an employee enrolls their card and Payhawk receives its transactions](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Help%20desk%20images%20moved/Overview_of_Mastercard_feed_linking_1_20261015_manual.jpg)

For more information, see the following resources:

- [Connecting Mastercard and Payhawk](/help/connecting-payhawk-to-mastercard)
- [Linking your Mastercard to Payhawk](/help/connecting-payhawk-to-mastercard)

### Bulk linking of Mastercards

Bulk card linking (enrollment) enables companies to onboard with Payhawk, minimizing the need for individual employee involvement. The process allows all eligible cards under a company’s card program to be enrolled at once, with only the Payhawk Administrator required to take action.

![Diagram of Mastercard bulk enrollment: the customer's bank enrolls all customer cards and Payhawk receives their transactions](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Help%20desk%20images%20moved/Overview_of_Mastercard_feed_linking_2_20261015_manual.jpg)

For more information, see the article about [linking Mastercard cards in bulk](/help/linking-mastercard-cards-in-bulk).

## Synced transactional data of linked Mastercard cards

When a Mastercard card is linked to Payhawk:

- Payhawk will start receiving authorization data about the transactions made with that card as of the moment the card was linked.
- Payhawk will receive settlement data for the linked card transactions when cleared.

## Specifics

- Mastercard feed linking in Payhawk is available only for companies based in the US and Canada, and applies to corporate cards issued in employees’ names.
- For group entities, only those registered in the US or Canada can use thе Mastercard feed linking feature.
- Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs Mastercard cards are supported through special partnerships that enable integration with other banks.
- Wells Fargo does not provide real-time transaction updates for its Mastercard cards.
- Linked Mastercards can only be viewed in the Payhawk Web Portal.
- Card controls and spending limits cannot be set for linked Mastercards, as Payhawk only accesses and displays their transactional data.
- Certain smaller issuing banks may impose fees for enrolling their cards.

## Reconciliation in the case of card feed linking

For Payhawk, reconciliation is the process of mapping and transferring your accounting data into exports and the ERP or accounting software systems you are using.

With the card feed linking capabilities, each transaction on the linked Mastercard cards appears as a payment executed through Payhawk. You can map each linked card to a different General Ledger account.

## Useful resources

- [Connecting Payhawk to Mastercard](/help/connecting-payhawk-to-mastercard)
- [Linking your Mastercard to Payhawk](/help/connecting-payhawk-to-mastercard)
- [Linking Mastercards in bulk](/help/linking-mastercard-cards-in-bulk)