Medius Introduces ‘Bring Your Own Card’ Capability for Expenses

Thursday 1st October, 2026

Medius has announced the launch of Bring Your Own Card functionality in Medius Expense, developed in partnership with Astrada. Astrada is the data layer for autonomous finance, providing real-time visibility on business spend through a single API.

The capability enables businesses to connect existing corporate card portfolios to Medius Expense, allowing transactions to flow automatically into the platform and become expenses without requiring customers to switch banks or card issuers.

For larger businesses, accessing card-led expense automation has often meant moving to cards issued by a spend management provider. Bring Your Own Card removes this barrier by connecting existing corporate banking infrastructure with Medius Expense automated expense workflow, helping organisations retain established card programs, terms, and controls while improving visibility and reducing manual reconciliation.

“Finance teams shouldn’t have to choose between the corporate cards their people already use and the automation they need to control spend,” said Ekaterina Dzhalchinova, VP, Product Management, Medius. “Bring Your Own Card gives businesses the flexibility to keep their existing card programs while accelerating reconciliation, improving visibility, and reducing manual work.”

“Businesses want automation without disruption,” added Salman Syed, CEO, Astrada. “Astrada enables spend platforms like Medius to turn everyday business card spend into ready-to-review expenses, helping customers modernize expense management without changing their existing card programs.”

Bring Your Own Card forms part of Medius’ wider strategy to unify AP automation, payments, and expense management in one connected spend management platform. It will be available to net-new Medius Expense customers at launch, alongside a support-assisted migration cohort for priority existing customers currently using bank file imports.