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title: "Viewing the activity of linked cards - Payhawk Help Center"
slug: "viewing-the-activity-of-linked-cards"
description: "See who linked, assigned, or changed a linked Amex, Mastercard, or Visa card and when, with fund and policy updates and failed transactions on its Activity tab."
updated: 2026-10-27T09:26:30Z
published: 2026-10-27T09:26:30Z
canonical: "payhawk.com/viewing-the-activity-of-linked-cards"
---

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# Viewing the activity of linked cards

Linked American Express, Mastercard, and Visa cards, and the virtual cards issued on top of them, have an **Activity** tab in the Payhawk Web Portal. Each entry shows who made the change and when.

Payhawk Administrators can view the activity of every linked card. Cardholders and their Team Managers can view the activity of their own cards.

## Viewing the activity of a linked card

To view the activity of a linked card:

1. In the Payhawk Web Portal, open the app switcher in the top-left corner and go to **Cards** > **Linked cards**.
2. Select the desired card and go to its **Activity** tab.

![Linked Mastercard card details panel with the Activity tab open, showing card reassignments, status changes, and a fund refill with who made each change and when.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Adm%3ACards/Viewing_the_activity_of_linked_cards_1_20261026_manual.png)

To view the activity of a virtual card issued on top of a linked card, open the app switcher in the top-left corner, go to **Cards**, select the virtual card, and go to its **Activity** tab.

## What the **Activity** tab shows

The **Activity** tab of a linked card shows the following updates:

- Card changes - The card being linked or unlinked, status changes, the card being assigned to an employee, reassigned from one employee to another, or unassigned, and the spend policy assigned to the card.
- Fund updates - Changes to the refill amount and the limit of the card.
- Policy updates - Changes to the spend policy of the card, such as its budget.
- Failed transactions - Declined payments with the card.

**Fund updates** and **Policy updates** appear in the **Show** menu only when the card has a spend policy. To sort the activity, click on the sort icon next to the **Show** menu.

## Useful resources

- [Viewing card activity](/help/viewing-card-activity)
- [Setting spend policies and card controls for linked cards](/help/spend-limits-and-card-controls-for-linked-cards)
- [Linking your corporate cards to Payhawk](/help/linking-your-corporate-cards-to-payhawk)