• 29/10/2026
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Importing Mastercard transactions

Continia supports automatically importing Mastercard transactions directly into Continia Expense Management. Depending on your situation, choose the option that suits you best:

  • Directly from Mastercard - (for Mastercard corporate cards) and company cards that use Mastercard SmartData
  • From your bank – this option is for other card types or if Mastercard SmartData isn't supported

Import transactions directly from Mastercard

If your company uses Mastercard corporate cards that have Mastercard Smart Data enabled, then you can have your card transactions imported directly into Expense Management straight from Mastercard.

To set up imports directly from Mastercard:

  1. Reach out to your banking relationship manager to set up a transaction feed to Expense Management.
  2. (Optional) Forward the Mastercard feed setup guide to your banking relationship manager as this will help them with the process.

Note

Mastercard Smart Data is fully supported by Continia, but not by all banks. To find out if your bank supports it, contact your banking relationship manager.

Import transactions from your bank

If your bank doesn't support Mastercard Smart Data or your organization uses other card types than Mastercard corporate cards, then you need to use this option.

Expense Management can import card transactions from your bank, provided that the bank can send transactions to Expense Management. Most banks can, however some have technical setups that can sometimes pose certain challenges.

To set up imports from your bank, contact your bank:

  1. Contact your bank and tell them that an an import agreement must be made with them so Mastercard transactions can be imported from the bank into Expense Management. When this agreement is in place, Mastercard transactions automatically import into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on a daily basis.
  2. (Optional) If you encounter any problems, or are unsure about the process, then ask the bank to reach out to your Continia partner (who will then work with Continia to find the best possible solution for your organization).

Transactions are exchanged between your bank and Continia via SFTP, which is a very widely used network protocol to transfer files between clients and servers.

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