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Assigning roles to your team

Multi-user Access (MUA) lets your team have different levels of access to your Wise business account. 

You can give the following roles to team members on your Wise business account:

  • Viewer — can view the account, connect to accounting software, and download statements.

  • Employee — can spend with their own Wise business card(s) up to pre-set limits, and view their own activity.

  • Preparer — can set up single payments for approval, view the account, and download statements.

  • Payer — can make and manage payments, convert between balances, and download statements.

  • Admin — can view and manage everything, add and remove team members, and spend with business card(s).

Team members can only access the business account(s) you invited them to. They can’t access your personal account. 

Admins and Employees can have their own Wise business card in supported countries. You can simply transfer ownership of your Wise business account to another Admin.

Learn more about how to add people to your Wise business account.

Read on to learn what each role can do, or scroll down for a table on roles and permissions.


What can Viewers do?

Viewers can:

  • see all account activity

  • download statements

  • download receipts

  • manage accounting bank feeds

Viewers can’t do anything else — like make payments, or manage users or recipients.

This role lets you give your accountant, or anyone else who needs to do reporting for your business, access to your transactions.

What can Employees do?

Employees can get their own Wise business card, but they don’t have access to the business details or activity. They can’t do anything else — like make payments, or manage users or recipients.

This role is perfect for corporate buyers, or for the purpose of petty cash.

What can Preparers do?

Preparers can set up single payments of any amount that require approval from an Admin. This role gives Admins more control over payments.

Preparers can:

  • set up transfer orders

  • see all account activity

  • download statements

  • download receipts

  • manage accounting bank feeds

  • contact Customer Support for general advice

  • manage recipients

What can Payers do?

Payers can:

  • make and manage payments

  • manage accounting software feeds

  • convert balances

  • see all account activity

  • download statements

Payers have less authority on the business account than Admins. They can contact Customer Support on behalf of the business, but they can't manage members, get their own Wise business debit card, or open or close a balance.

This role is best suited for financial managers, or for anyone that needs to manage payments for the business.

What can Admins do?

Admins are authorised to do anything that the Account Owner can do. This role lets those with full authority represent your business manage the business account.

Custom Roles

Custom Roles is a feature which allows Admins and Owners to mix and match access and permissions for other team members.

To add a Custom Role, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Team tab.

  2. Select Roles.

  3. Click on Create role. You’ll see the option to add a role name (for example “HR Department”) and a short description.

  4. Toggle to select accesses for this role. You can choose from these categories: Payments and Receipts, Balances, Integrations, Cards, Team Management. 

  5. Assign an existing user to this role or set it up later — that’s it!

To edit a Custom Role:

  1. Go to the Team tab.

  2. Scroll down and edit the role by clicking on the three dots next to the role name. You can also assign this role to another team member. 

If you want to delete a Custom Role, make sure to reassign your team members to another role first. 


Roles and permissions

OwnerAdminPayerPreparerViewerEmployee
View transaction history, balances, users and recipients, manage accounting bank feed✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️❌
View own activity✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Download transfer receipts, statements, invoices, transfer history, or request a proof of account details letter✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️❌
Set up transfer orders, or cancel transfer orders before approval✔️✔️✔️✔️❌❌
Approve, or reject transfer orders, cancel pending transfers after approval, manage approval rules* (beta)✔️✔️❌❌❌❌
Set up batch payments, pay for batch payments or single transfers✔️✔️✔️❌❌❌
Set up Xero Pay payments✔️❌❌❌❌❌
Manage recipients✔️✔️✔️✔️❌❌
Manage accounting bank feed✔️✔️✔️❌❌❌
Top up, convert balances in the Wise account✔️✔️✔️❌❌❌
Open and close balances in the Wise account, or get account details for those balances✔️✔️❌❌❌❌
Get a Wise business debit card - in supported countries, spend with and manage their own Wise business debit card✔️✔️❌❌❌✔️
Manage Team members✔️✔️❌❌❌❌
Request changes to the Wise business account details✔️✔️❌❌❌❌
Represent the business regarding transfer related queries✔️✔️✔️❌❌❌
Close Wise business account, appeal closure or transfer ownership✔️❌❌❌❌❌
Get general advice from support✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️

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