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Expenses in Ecuador. Run by AI. Approved by you.Expenses in Ecuador. Run by AI. Approved by you.

Your team in Ecuador sends receipts on WhatsApp, in dollars or any currency. Clara fills in the expense and checks it against your policy. You make the call.Your team in Ecuador sends receipts on WhatsApp, in dollars or any currency. Clara fills in the expense and checks it against your policy. You make the call.

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09:41Draft created: Hotel Quito Centro · USD 148.50

  • DateSep 22, 2026
  • MerchantHotel Quito Centro
  • CategoryTravel
  • Amount148.50 USD
  • IVA13.50
  • RUC155704412-2-2021 DV 12

Extracted from receipt

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Receipt in. Payment report out.

No bank switch, no new card. Nothing changes in how your finance team pays in Ecuador.

  1. 01 · Employee
    Snap it. Send it.

    A receipt photo on WhatsApp, in dollars or any currency.
    Receive via WhatsApp
    Connected
    Send receipts from your phone. No app needed.
    1
    Link WhatsApp once
    2
    Send a photo of the receipt
    3
    Review the draft and submit
  2. 02 · Clara
    It fills itself in.

    Date, merchant, category, amount, IVA and RUC, read straight from the receipt.
    Reimbursement details
    Elena Employee · EXP-0003
    Date
    Sep 12, 2026
    Extracted from receipt
    Merchant
    Aeroméxico
    Extracted from receipt
    Category
    Travel
    Extracted from receipt
    Amount
    4,120.00 MXN
    Extracted from receipt
    VAT
    568.28
    Included in total
    Tax ID
    AME880912I89
    As shown on receipt
  3. 03 · Clara
    Checked against your policy.

    In policy, needs review or out of policy, with the reason. A person decides.
    Company reimbursements
    Filter: Policy check
    Requester
    Merchant
    Amount
    Policy check
    Elena Employee
    Aeroméxico
    MXN 4,120.00
    Within policy
    Valeria Sales
    Pujol
    MXN 3,860.00
    Needs review
    Elena Employee
    LinkedIn
    MXN 12,500.00
    Within policy
    Valeria Sales
    Quintonil
    MXN 9,400.00
    Outside policy
  4. 04 · Approver
    Routed by your rules.

    The first matching rule wins. Anything else goes to an admin.
    Approval rules
    Rules run in order. The first match wins.
    #
    Rule
    Outcome
    1
    Auto-approve small office expenses
    Office expenses under MX$1,000
    Auto-approve
    2
    Travel to the requester’s manager
    All travel expenses
    Route
    3
    USD software to Accounting
    Licenses billed in dollars
    Route
    4
    High marketing spend: two approvals
    Marketing over MX$10,000
    Multi-step
    5
    Reject excessive entertainment
    Over MX$5,000 per event
    Auto-reject
    ∞
    Fallback to administrator
    Route
  5. 05 · Finance
    Paid from your own bank.

    A payment report ready for local bank accounts, at the rate locked on submission.
    Avianca · EXP-0019
    Paid
    Valeria Sales · Flight to Bogotá
    USD 785.00
    →
    MXN 13,533.40
    Approved by
    Mario Manager · Aug 7
    Paid by
    Carla Accountant · Aug 10
    Bank
    BBVA México
    Reference
    SPEI-000019
Receive via WhatsApp
Connected
Send receipts from your phone. No app needed.
1
Link WhatsApp once
2
Send a photo of the receipt
3
Review the draft and submit
Reimbursement details
Elena Employee · EXP-0003
Date
Sep 12, 2026
Extracted from receipt
Merchant
Aeroméxico
Extracted from receipt
Category
Travel
Extracted from receipt
Amount
4,120.00 MXN
Extracted from receipt
VAT
568.28
Included in total
Tax ID
AME880912I89
As shown on receipt
Company reimbursements
Filter: Policy check
Requester
Merchant
Amount
Policy check
Elena Employee
Aeroméxico
MXN 4,120.00
Within policy
Valeria Sales
Pujol
MXN 3,860.00
Needs review
Elena Employee
LinkedIn
MXN 12,500.00
Within policy
Valeria Sales
Quintonil
MXN 9,400.00
Outside policy
Approval rules
Rules run in order. The first match wins.
#
Rule
Outcome
1
Auto-approve small office expenses
Office expenses under MX$1,000
Auto-approve
2
Travel to the requester’s manager
All travel expenses
Route
3
USD software to Accounting
Licenses billed in dollars
Route
4
High marketing spend: two approvals
Marketing over MX$10,000
Multi-step
5
Reject excessive entertainment
Over MX$5,000 per event
Auto-reject
∞
Fallback to administrator
Route
Avianca · EXP-0019
Paid
Valeria Sales · Flight to Bogotá
USD 785.00
→
MXN 13,533.40
Approved by
Mario Manager · Aug 7
Paid by
Carla Accountant · Aug 10
Bank
BBVA México
Reference
SPEI-000019

Local setup · Ecuador

Built for how Ecuador pays.

Add Ecuador as its own entity, next to the rest of your companies. It keeps its own currency, tax fields and bank details, fully isolated.

  • US dollars, and every other currency

    Employees submit in dollars or any other currency, wherever the team travels. The transaction-date rate is locked at submission.

  • RUC and IVA on every receipt

    Turn on the fiscal fields your accountant needs. Clara reads the merchant's tax ID, the tax amount and the invoice number from each receipt.

  • Payment reports for local bank accounts

    Formatted for bank transfers in Ecuador, grouped by currency and bank account. Pay from the bank you already use.

Coverage

Borders are a problem a setting.

Your team in Ecuador, and everyone else, submits in their own currency.

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Grouped by currency and bank account. A local bank account in Ecuador, CLABE in Mexico, CBU in Argentina, IBAN in Europe and more.

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  • Data isolation

    Each company's data is fully separated.

  • Field-level encryption

    Bank accounts and tax IDs, encrypted one by one.

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    Required for admins or your whole team.

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    Every approval, role change and payment, logged.

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  • No new app for employees.

    A receipt photo on WhatsApp. Clara reads it and sends the expense for approval.

    ClaraWhatsApp

    Receipt photo09:41
    Expense draftedHotel Quito Centro · USD 148.50Pending approval
  • Locked FX

    Transaction-date rate, locked at submission.

    Exchange rateLocked

    EURUSD

    Rate dateSep 22, 2026Transaction date

    1. Purchase
    2. Submitted
    3. Paid out
  • Describe your policy. Clara creates the rules. Pro

    Plain words in. Approval rules out, checked on every expense.

    Your policyMeals over 50 USD need a manager’s OK. Flights in economy only.

    Rules created

    • MealsOver 50 USD → manager approves
    • FlightsEconomy class only
  • Issues flagged for review. Enterprise

    Duplicates, inflated amounts and unusual patterns, each with a reason.

    • Hotel Quito CentroUSD 148.50Same merchant, amount and date as another expensePossible duplicate
    • Airport taxiAmount entered is higher than the receiptInflated amount
    • Team dinnerSaturday, outside the trip datesUnusual pattern
  • Not another bar chart. Enterprise

    Clara explains what changed and why, in plain language.

    • Jun
    • Jul
    • Aug
    • Sep

    Why did travel spend go up this month?

    Clara

    Two client trips in the same week: flights and four hotel nights. Meals and software are flat.

  • Keep the cards you already have. Enterprise

    Card spend and out-of-pocket in one flow. No card migration.Talk to sales →

    Corporate card•••• 4821Bank card•••• 0937Out of pocket

    One expense flow

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Ask your AI about us.

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Open a neutral prompt about Clara Global in Ecuador. It checks clara.com/global first.

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Questions from teams in Ecuador.

Can employees in Ecuador and the region submit expenses in any currency?

Yes. Employees submit in US dollars or any other currency, from wherever the team travels. Each expense is converted at the transaction-date rate and locked at submission.

How are reimbursements paid in Ecuador?

Clara Global prepares one payment report per currency and bank account in local currency, formatted for local bank transfers and processed from your current bank. This suits regional headquarters that pay people in several countries.

Can an Ecuadorian company deduct its team's travel expenses abroad?

It depends on local tax rules and on the type of income. Spend linked to foreign-source or exempt income may be restricted, and mixed-income companies often apply a proportional rule. Confirm the treatment with your accountant before relying on it.

Can a regional headquarters run several entities in one account?

Yes. One account can hold several entities, each fully isolated, with its own members, base currency, approval rules and payment reports. Admins switch between them without logging out. Pro includes multiple entities and Enterprise adds more.

Do we need a US entity or a corporate card?

No. Sign up from your home market, with no US EIN, no foreign incorporation and no corporate card program. Employees submit out-of-pocket expenses and you reimburse them from your existing bank. On Enterprise, you can bring the company cards you already have into the same approval flow.

From Ecuador to anywhere.
One expense flow.

No credit card, no US entity, no change to your bank.

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