---
title: "Setting up cash management"
slug: "setting-up-cash-management"
tags: ["Associate App configuration", "cash management", "Associate App", "configuration", "cash drawer"]
updated: 2026-05-20T17:00:23Z
published: 2026-05-20T17:00:23Z
canonical: "docs.newstore.com/setting-up-cash-management"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Setting up cash management

> [!WARNING]
> Technical configuration
> 
> The following section involves working with technical configurations and APIs. Contact your IT support team for more information.

Retailers must first enable the cash management capabilities before setting up the cash drawer configurations within the stores. Enabling cash management is done at the retailer's global level.

Turning on this capability will make options available for setting up and configuring cash drawers within each store via Associate App. While enabling cash management globally makes the capability available to the stores, each store must still complete its specific cash drawer configuration to use all the features.

### Enabling cash management globally

This enables cash management globally for your business, across all stores configured to use NewStore Associate App. This feature also enables users to set up cash drawers via NewStore Associate App.

To enable cash management:

1. Use the [Update app configuration](https://docs.newstore.net/api/configuration/apps/associate-app-config-api_config/#operation/putConfig) method.
2. Set `capabilities` > `cash_management` to true.

#### Configuring cash management settings

After enabling the feature, users can continue configuring stores to use cash management and set up cash drawers using Associate App. See [in this article](/v1/docs/managing-cash) how to do that.

After this feature is enabled, users can add cash drawers via Associate App.

## Setting up stores to use cash management

While using Associate App tap ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c2d22fcd-a44b-4e1e-bf3a-84f0ffba0dbe/Images/Documentation/8c9d79b2-8ef9-44f6-b4f8-829f18482e36.png) within the App to access cash management. Users with the correct permissions should see the `Cash Management` menu. Retailers should decide which type of cash drawer configuration to use within the store. Stores can only have one type of cash drawer configured within each store location: integrated or non-integrated.

> [!TIP]
> Note
> 
> Integrated cash drawers leverage Associate App and its checkout and payment flow to initiate the automatic opening of the cash drawer during sales, refunds, and non-sales transactions.
> 
> Non-integrated cash drawers will require the user to physically open the drawer during the checkout and payment flow using a key or other mechanism. Associate app records transactions for each drawer type but only interacts with the opening of integrated cash drawers.

### Using integrated cash drawers within a store

Retailers who want to use integrated cash drawers must first ensure they have installed and configured their cash drawers by connecting them to the store network. The cash drawer must be connected to the same WiFi network as Associate App. To learn which integrated cash drawers are supported, refer to the list of supported cash drawers [here](/v1/docs/hardware-and-software-support#supported-hardware).

To set up and configure the integrated cash drawer, follow these steps:

1. Connect integrated cash drawer(s) to the same WiFi network as Associate App.
2. Tap ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c2d22fcd-a44b-4e1e-bf3a-84f0ffba0dbe/Images/Documentation/8c9d79b2-8ef9-44f6-b4f8-829f18482e36.png), and select `Cash Management`.
3. Tap `Settings`.

> [!TIP]
> Note
> 
> When setting up a store for the first time, users will select the `Do not use Cash Management` option under the `Store Operation Mode`. Users must add a drawer type before they can enable `Cash Management`.

1. Tap `Add an integrated drawer`.
  - A scanning window appears, scan the barcode on the cash drawer.
  - Define the drawer name.
  - Define the recommended cash float for the drawer.
    - Drawer uses local currency defined for the store.
  - Save the drawer configuration.
2. In the `Store Operation` section of the configuration, select `Use Integrated Cash Drawers`.
3. If the retailer has more than one integrated cash drawer in a single store, repeat steps 1 to 4, and then continue with the daily open process.

### Using non-integrated cash drawers within a store

Associate App does not interact with a non-integrated cash drawer to unlock the drawer. However, all transactions are tracked in NewStore, and daily summaries are also available.

To set up and configure the non-integrated cash drawer, follow the steps below:

1. Tap ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c2d22fcd-a44b-4e1e-bf3a-84f0ffba0dbe/Images/Documentation/8c9d79b2-8ef9-44f6-b4f8-829f18482e36.png), and select `Cash Management`.
2. Tap `Settings`.
3. In the `Non-Integrated Drawers` screen tap `Configure non-integrated drawer`.
  - Define the drawer name.
  - Define the recommended cash float for the drawer.
    - Drawer uses local currency defined for the store.
  - Save the drawer configuration.
4. In the `Store Operation` section of the configuration, select `Use Non-Integrated Cash Drawers`, and then continue with the daily open process.

## Displaying the expected amount for cash counting

1. Retrieve the current configuration using the [Get cash drawer configuration](https://docs.newstore.net/api/configuration/payment/payment_config_api#operation/getCashDrawerConfiguration) method.
2. Set `expose_count_expected_amount` to `true`.
3. Apply the updated configuration using the [Update cash drawer configuration](https://docs.newstore.net/api/configuration/payment/payment_config_api#operation/putCashDrawerConfiguration) method.

Once configured, NewStore Associate App displays the expected amount when the associate performs a cash audit for the associated drawer. See [Performing an intra-day audit count of cash drawer](/v1/docs/managing-cash-in-the-store#performing-an-intra-day-audit-count-of-cash-drawer).

## Enabling cash rounding

To enable cash rounding in Associate App for countries where this is a requirement:

1. Use the [Update Associate App Configuration](https://docs.newstore.net/api/configuration/apps/associate-app-config-api_config#operation/putConfig) method to enable cash rounding. This setting applies to **all** countries.
  1. Set `release_toggles` → `cash_rounding_enabled` to `true`. Once set to `true`, **all stores in countries subject to cash rounding** will now have cash rounding enabled.
2. **For the United States ONLY,** an extra configuration step is required, as cash rounding in the United States is applied at the **store level**.
  1. To enable cash rounding at the `STORE LEVEL` in the United States, use the [Payment Options API](https://docs.newstore.net/api/configuration/payment/payment_config_api/#operation/getRounding). `GET /config/rounding` — Retrieves the current rounding configuration `PUT /config/rounding` — Updates the rounding configuration
  2. To enable rounding, call the endpoint `PUT /config/rounding` and use the format: `"enabled_store_ids": ["STOREID", "STOREID"]` to enable cash rounding for specific US stores.

## **Related topics**

- [Performing an intra-day audit count of cash drawer](/v1/docs/managing-cash-in-the-store#performing-an-intra-day-audit-count-of-cash-drawer)
- [Setting up cash management in the store](/v1/docs/setting-up-stores-to-process-cash-transactions)