--- title: "Using cards for custom needs for Administrators - Payhawk Help Center" slug: "using-payhawk-cards-for-your-custom-needs" description: "Set up Payhawk cards for specific uses such as learning, work-from-home allowances, travel, projects, suppliers, subscriptions, and fuel, with the right limits." updated: 2026-10-20T07:19:52Z published: 2026-10-20T07:19:52Z canonical: "payhawk.com/using-payhawk-cards-for-your-custom-needs" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://payhawk.com/help/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Using Payhawk cards for your custom needs You can use the different types of Payhawk cards to cover a huge array of scenarios within your company that meet the individual requirements of your employees, projects, and corporate strategy. While it is easier to issue a single card that can be used for many suppliers, projects, or purposes, it is a good practice to have dedicated cards that address a specific use case. For example, issuing [cards for approved suppliers](/help/using-payhawk-cards-for-your-custom-needs#h_27a24ffea4) only facilitates after-payment supplier tracking, decreases the risk of fraud, and makes Financial teams more efficient. ## Learning and development You can use Payhawk cards as benefit cards for learning and development. In this way, you will provide your employees with an annual budget or stipend they can spend on training, courses, or education. When you [issue learning and development cards](/help/issuing-virtual-cards), set an annual limit and select **Education** as their merchant category, or choose your preferred merchants such as Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, and so on. ## Work-from-home allowances You can use Payhawk cards as benefit cards for work-from-home (WFH) allowances. In this way, you will enable employees to accumulate funds over time or spend as per company policy, and purchase office equipment for their homes, pay their Internet provider, and so on. When you [issue WFH allowance cards](/help/issuing-virtual-cards), choose the **Increase limit with** setting, set recurrence to your policy, and select the relevant merchant categories or choose your preferred merchants. ## Travel and entertainment You can use Payhawk cards as cards for travel and entertainment (T&E) which your employees can use when on a business trip. T&E cards. In this way, you will proactively ensure spend policy compliance across the company and minimize the risk of fraud through the automated deactivation when the trip ends. When you [issue T&E cards](/help/issuing-virtual-cards), set a start and end date for the card’s active period, select the relevant merchant categories, such as **Taxis**, **Parking**, **Accommodation**, or **Restaurants**, and define the relevant country or region. ## Temporary projects You can use Payhawk cards as temporary cards dedicated to a specific project and being active only for the duration of that project. Thus, you will streamline your company's expense management, gain better visibility on project spend, and automate card management with temporary cards that are active only when they’re needed. When you [issue temporary project cards](/help/issuing-virtual-cards), set a start and end date for the card’s active period, select the relevant merchant categories, such as **Taxis**, **Parking**, **Accommodation**, or **Restaurants**, define the relevant country or region, and day and time if needed. ## Merchants You can use Payhawk's cards as cards that only work with approved suppliers. Thus, you will gain better visibility, and centralize and limit payments to preferred third parties. When you [issue supplier cards](/help/issuing-virtual-cards), set a spend limit per transaction, define the recurring limit, and select the relevant merchants. ## Subscriptions You can use Payhawk cards as cards that are dedicated to recurring payments only and create a subscription card for each of your company's suppliers thus ensuring optimal visibility and enabling easy tracking, pausing, or canceling subscriptions. When you [issue subscription cards](/help/issuing-virtual-cards), set a spend limit per transaction, define the recurring limit, select your preferred merchants, enable online payments, and block ATM withdrawals and fund requests. ## Fuel You can use Payhawk cards as cards that drivers use to fuel up their company vehicles. Thus, your drivers will use the fuel cards at your preferred gas stations, and your company will be able to report its expenses by truck, driver, date, or all at once, and also track carbon emissions. When you [issue fuel cards](/help/issuing-virtual-cards), set a recurring limit, select your preferred merchants, and block online payments and merchant categories. ## Useful resources - [Issuing virtual cards](/help/issuing-virtual-cards) - [Spend limits](/help/overview-of-cards-card-limits-and-advanced-card-controls-for-administrators) - [Card controls](/help/overview-of-cards-card-limits-and-advanced-card-controls-for-administrators)