Payout basics
How money moves from your business to creators, artists, freelancers and partners.
What is a payout?
A payout is a payment a business sends to a person or company that earned money through it: a creator, artist, freelancer or partner.
Payout methods
A payout method is the rail that delivers money to the payee: bank transfer, digital wallet such as PayPal or Venmo, or stablecoin.
Cross-border payments
A cross-border payment is a payment where sender and payee are in different countries, which usually adds currency conversion, fees and compliance checks.
Settlement
Settlement is the moment money actually arrives and is final in the payee's account, as opposed to when the payment was sent.
Failed and returned payouts
A failed payout is rejected before it reaches the payee. A returned payout reaches the receiving bank or wallet and is sent back.