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An authorization control limits spending by specified users at specified merchants. You can limit spending at a single merchant or at a group of merchants, and you can limit spending by a single user, users with a particular card product, or all users. You can block spending at all merchants by default and then allow it for specific merchants, or you can allow spending at all merchants by default and block it at specific merchants.
Tip
See Controlling Spending for a tutorial that walks you through the creation of a spend control, as well as links to more information about merchant category codes.

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