A payout refers to the distribution of funds from a business, platform, or payment system to a recipient, such as a vendor, freelancer, or customer. It typically occurs when a company disburses earnings, refunds, commissions, or withdrawals.PayWay provides two different types of payout services:
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Payout: Distribute fund from your settlement account to recipients.
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Split & Payout : Collect, split and distribute funds of a purchase transaction to recipients. Split and Payout is available for the following PayWay products:
Before making a payout to a beneficiary or recipient, you must first add them to your beneficiary list. This ensures that the recipient is registered and eligible to receive payments.To add a beneficiary to the list, follow the Add a beneficiary to whitelist API specification. Once the beneficiary is added, it is automatically enabled and can start receiving the payments.When using Payout or Split & Payout, you must include the beneficiary details along with the payout amount in the payout instruction parameter. This step ensures that the payment is directed to the correct beneficiary with the specified amount.If you want to disable the beneficiary, follow the Update a beneficiary status API specification.
The beneficiary must be either an ABA Account holder or ABA Merchant. For ABA account holders, you just need to have their ABA Account and for ABA Merchant, you need to have their MID.
Payout
Split and Payout
To distribute funds from your settlement account to beneficiaries, please follow Payout API specification.