# Payouts to connected accounts

Manage payouts and external accounts for your platform's connected accounts.

> This page is for developers building platforms with Stripe Connect. If you’re a business or individual receiving payouts through a platform, contact that platform directly for help with your payout settings and status.

By default, any [charge](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/charges.md) you make on behalf of a connected account accumulates in the connected account’s [balance](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/account-balances.md) and is paid out on a daily rolling basis. Depending on the configuration of your connected accounts, your platform can manage their payouts as follows:

- Schedule [the frequency of automatic payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/manage-payout-schedule.md)
- Perform [manual payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/manual-payouts.md)
- Settle funds [instantly](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/instant-payouts.md)
- When using [destination charges](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/destination-charges.md) or [separate charges and transfers](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/separate-charges-and-transfers.md), retain funds in your platform balance

## Payout management configurations

For connected accounts with access to the full Stripe Dashboard or Express Dashboard, the account holder manages their external *payout* (A payout is the transfer of funds to an external account, usually a bank account, in the form of a deposit) accounts (bank accounts and debit cards), but the platform can schedule payouts. To schedule payouts for an account that has access to the full Stripe Dashboard, the platform must configure [Platform controls](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/platform-controls-for-stripe-dashboard-accounts.md) for the account.

For connected accounts without access to a Stripe-hosted Dashboard, the platform manages their external payout accounts and can schedule their payouts.

## Supported settlement currencies 

To see which currencies you can use to settle funds in a particular country, select that country from the following dropdown.

> For a list of supported presentment currencies, see the [currencies](https://docs.stripe.com/currencies.md#presentment-currencies) documentation.
[See table on original page](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/payouts-connected-accounts)
Platforms can also enable their connected accounts to settle funds and pay out to banks in certain non-primary currencies, or pay out to non-domestic bank accounts in the local currency. In some cases, Stripe charges a fee. For more information, see [multi-currency settlement for Connect marketplaces and platforms](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/multicurrency-settlement.md).

## Payout status 

The [Payout object’s](https://docs.stripe.com/api/payouts/object.md) `status` field reflects where funds are in the payout lifecycle:

- **`pending`**: The payout has been created and is waiting to be submitted to the bank. Funds haven’t left Stripe yet.
- **`in_transit`**: Funds have been submitted to the bank and are on their way to the external account.
- **`paid`**: The payout has arrived at the external account. For standard payouts, this typically occurs 1–2 business days after submission.
- **`failed`**: The payout couldn’t be completed. The Payout object’s `failure_code` property indicates the reason. When a payout fails, the external account involved is disabled and can’t receive payouts until the platform updates the connected account’s external account details.
- **`canceled`**: The payout was canceled before funds were submitted to the bank.

For most payouts, the full lifecycle takes several days. [Instant payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/instant-payouts.md) typically reach the account within 30 minutes.

If a connected account holder isn’t seeing expected funds, they need to contact the platform they work with—the platform controls payout settings and schedules for their connected accounts.

### Track payouts with webhooks 

You can track all payout activity on connected accounts by creating an [event destination](https://docs.stripe.com/event-destinations.md) and listening for these events:

- `payout.created`: Sent when a payout is created (status: `pending`).
- `payout.updated`: Sent when payout details change, such as the estimated arrival date.
- `payout.paid`: Sent when the payout reaches the external account (status: `paid`).
- `payout.failed`: Sent when a payout fails (status: `failed`). Stripe also sends an `account.external_account.updated` event because the failed external account is disabled.

> #### Accounts v2 API
> 
> Regardless of the Accounts API version that you use, payouts trigger only the v1 events described here. They don’t have equivalent v2 events.

## Next steps

- [Manage payout schedules](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/manage-payout-schedule.md)
- [Create manual payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/manual-payouts.md)
- [Enable instant payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/instant-payouts.md)
- [Manage external accounts for connected accounts](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/payouts-bank-accounts.md)