Why Your Auto-Reimbursement Timing Matters: The 25th Rule

Auto-reimbursements run on a steady monthly schedule. When you know how the timing works, it’s much easier to understand exactly when you can expect payments to land.

How the cycle works:

• On the 25th of each month, StretchDollar pulls the funds from the employer’s connected bank account
• Those funds are sent out to employee bank accounts around the 1st of the following month

What this means for you:

If you're an employee setting up AR:

• If you finish your setup and your admin approves it before the 25th, your first payment should arrive around the 1st of next month

• If setup or approval happens after the 25th, your first payment won’t arrive until the 1st of the month after that.

  Example:

  Setup completed October 27 → your first payment arrives December 1, not November 1

  
  

  If you're missing a reimbursement for any month, you can submit a One-Time Reimbursement to your admin.

  
  

If you're an admin:

• Approving employee reimbursements before the 25th helps ensure they’re included in the current cycle
• Reimbursements approved after the 25th will be queued for the next cycle