Finix, the payments technology provider enabling businesses to accept and send payments online or in-person, announced today the launch of Payouts, its latest standalone product line. Payouts enable businesses across all industries to efficiently send money at scale, regardless of whether they utilize the broader Finix payments platform.

Businesses often encounter challenges when they need to disburse funds due to siloed payment flows and need to manage multiple vendor relationships to send and receive payments through various payment methods. In addition, businesses can be delayed waiting for bank approvals and integration resources. Now, Finix Payouts enables fast and reliable money movement–to one or many recipients at once–via a single developer-friendly API. Payouts have many use cases such as business-to-business (B2B) account payables, gig economy wages, insurance claims, tax refunds, sales commissions, tips, contractor payouts, and more.

"Businesses can encounter many challenges when sending money at scale. Teams may face cumbersome technical integrations, manual payment operation workflows, and cash flow challenges, which can create a reconciliation nightmare," said Richie Serna, CEO and co-founder of Finix. "With Finix Payouts, companies of all sizes can get started in a few hours, configure their payment flows and methods to satisfy their business needs, help alleviate complications and intermediaries, and start sending money without spending an extensive amount of time or resources. Instead, they can focus on what matters most: their product, customers, and business growth."

"Launching this separate product line, Payouts, is further evidence that Finix is continually and rapidly evolving to meet the dynamic needs of businesses," said Anthony Sharett, President of Pathward®, N.A. and Pathward Financial, Inc. "Pathward is proud to deepen our partnership with Finix and continue working together to broaden accessibility to the financial system."

Finix will utilize Mastercard Send™ and Visa Direct to enable card-based payouts allowing U.S. businesses to quickly send money to bank accounts or eligible cards. 

Key features of Payouts include:

24/7 Card Payout Availability:

• Disburse funds to cards in near real-time1, 365 days a year – including weekends and holidays.

Real-time Bank Account Validation:

• With Finix's integrations, businesses can get up and running quickly and seamlessly link and validate bank accounts in real time.

Flexible Payment Maximums Based on Industry:

• Businesses can have custom disbursement limits for push-to-card and bank transfers to effortlessly scale their processes.

All-in-One Platform:

• By integrating with Finix's complete solution, users can send payments via ACH, real-time payments, and to cards with Mastercard Send™ and Visa Direct, in a single API.

Embedded Compliance:

• Finix conducts the necessary compliance checks on recipients ahead of sending money between parties.

Reliable, Detailed Reporting:

• Businesses can manage their payout services with out-of-the-box tools, customizable reporting, and detailed recordkeeping.

"In today's digital environment, it's vital that businesses of all sizes can securely access and send funds in near real-time, whenever and wherever their work takes them," said Silvana Hernandez, Executive Vice President, Product and Engineering, North America, Mastercard. "By working with Finix, we're helping businesses meet the demands of our always-on digital world, enabling them to seamlessly integrate Mastercard Send into their day-to-day operations to move money safer, faster and more efficiently."

"Visa Direct provides a single point of access and reach to over 8.5B+ endpoints capability, including 3B+ eligible cards, 3B+ bank accounts, and 2.5B+ wallets around the world," said Yanilsa Gonzalez-Ore, North America Head, of Visa Direct. "This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to streamlining global money movement and we're excited to bring streamlined disbursement capabilities to more businesses across the U.S., enabled by Visa Direct."