March 2026 Updates
March was about meeting you where you already are: WhatsApp, your bank's export file, a search bar. Underneath it, every feature we shipped connects to the same layer that works while you don't. More on that soon. Here's what shipped.
Expensicat now lives in your WhatsApp conversations.
- Send a receipt photo and Cat extracts, categorizes, and files it
- Get notified when a transaction matches, an invoice gets paid, or a bank connection needs attention
- Structured messages for confirmations, reminders, and summaries, rather than plain text blasts
Your finance tool no longer requires a browser tab. Snap a photo of a dinner receipt, send it to Expensicat, and it's categorized before you get to the car. Telegram and SMS are next.
Smarter Cat
Cat now remembers what you were talking about, shows results inline, and connects to external tools.
- Pick up where you left off: close the app, come back tomorrow, your conversation is still there with full context
- Rich results in chat: ask about your expenses and see actual charts, transaction tables, and invoice lists right in the conversation, instead of walls of text
- External tool access: Cat can now talk to services outside Expensicat, so you connect your other tools and Cat works across all of them
- Faster responses and more reliable actions across the board
Transaction import
Not every bank has a direct connection. You can now import transactions from your bank's CSV or XLSX exports.
- Drag and drop a file, map the columns, and import
- Your currency is automatically set on first import
- Imported accounts work the same as connected ones: same matching, same categorization, same everything
If your bank isn't directly supported, you're no longer locked out.
Better search
Search now matches on meaning as well as the exact words you type.
- Search "office supplies" and find transactions labeled "Staples" or "Amazon, printer ink"
- Results show useful context instead of generic descriptions
- Works just as well on your phone
- Fast enough to use as your daily way to find anything in Expensicat
Smarter matching
The system that connects your invoices to bank transactions learned a few new tricks.
- Learns from you: matching now considers your past accept and reject decisions, so suggestions get better the more you use it
- Fewer, better suggestions: 5 high-confidence matches instead of 10 maybes
- If the amount matches exactly, it shows up first
- Invoices now match across their entire payment window, not just a narrow date range
Mobile
Every screen now works properly on a phone.
- Tasks, transactions, and documents open in swipeable drawers instead of clunky full-page views
- All panels have proper close buttons, so there's no guessing how to dismiss something
- Scrolling and layout work consistently across screen sizes
Everything else
A few more things that made March count:
- Notification emails got a redesign: branded, actionable, and they link directly to the thing that needs your attention
- Tasks page redesigned with clearer layout and date range filtering
- Feedback button in the sidebar, for telling us what's broken or what you want next
- Hundreds of reliability and performance fixes under the hood
That's March. Between WhatsApp, Cat, and file import, you can now use Expensicat without ever opening a browser.
The pattern behind all of it: bank sync that runs while you sleep, matching that learns from your decisions, an AI that acts on real data instead of guessing, and channels that come to you instead of waiting for you to log in. That's the direction we're building toward. More soon.