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How to resolve missing card transactions on Expenses

Card transactions sometimes don't appear on Expenses right away, or an expense stays Unlinked. This article covers the most common causes and what to check.

1. Understand where transactions show up

In the Expenses experience:

  • Draft (or Missing info, depending on your settings) — Expenses that need details, including draft expenses created from card transactions.

  • Unlinked — Expenses not linked to a card transaction.

Card transactions from connected cards create draft expenses on Expenses → Draft when they post.

2. Common reasons a card transaction is missing

Delayed bank sync — New charges can take 1–3 business days to appear. Pending transactions do not populate; the charge must be fully posted.

Card not connected — Verify the card is linked under Settings → Cards and mapped to the correct Payment account.

Expired bank credentials — Re-authenticate the connection in Settings → Cards.

Transaction already linked elsewhere — Use Global Search to search by vendor, amount, or date. The transaction may already be linked to another expense.

3. What to do

  1. Confirm cards are connected in Settings → Cards.

  2. Wait 1–3 business days for the transaction to post.

  3. Check Expenses → Draft for a draft expense created from the transaction.

  4. Check Expenses → Unlinked if you uploaded a receipt but no card transaction is linked yet.

  5. Use Global Search to find the expense or transaction by vendor.

For step-by-step troubleshooting after a receipt is submitted, see Finding and Managing Receipts in Expenses.


If you've followed these steps and still have issues, contact [email protected] with the vendor, amount, date, and which Expenses tab the item appears in.

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