# Global Payouts

Send payouts to customers, affiliates, contractors, or other third parties in more than 160 countries.

If you need to send money directly to people or businesses that aren’t Stripe account holders, such as customers, contractors, or claimants, use Global Payouts to pay them in their local currency.

Use the Dashboard or Stripe-hosted forms to get started with little to no code, or build your own UI with the API for full control over the integration. You can also manage multi-currency balances that are eligible for FDIC insurance in the US.

## Who uses Global Payouts

- **Marketplaces** that pay sellers, service providers, and gig-economy workers
- **Insurance companies** that send fast auto, home, and health claim payouts
- **Fintechs** that send loan payouts, cash-outs, investment withdrawals, and peer-to-peer transfers
- **Platforms** that pay creators, affiliates, and contractors for ad-revenue shares, royalties, and promotional work
- **Businesses** that send vendor reimbursements, refunds, trade-in credits, and other reimbursements using an email address
- **Government agencies** that distribute financial aid, public claims, and relief funds

Global Payouts is best for businesses that already hold the Money Transmitter License (MTL) required to move money themselves and want a payouts-only solution decoupled from payments. If you need Stripe to hold funds on your users’ behalf or provide licensing, or you’re only sending to other Stripe-profile businesses, see [Compare with Connect](https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts/compare-with-connect.md) to find the right fit.

## How it works

1. Global Payouts requires [Treasury](https://docs.stripe.com/treasury.md). Check for Treasury in the Stripe Dashboard. You might need to activate your account or complete additional information.
2. If you haven’t, [fund your financial account](https://docs.stripe.com/treasury/add-funds.md).
3. [Create recipients](https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts/recipient-creation.md) with the API or have recipients enter in their own information using prebuilt information collection forms.
4. [Send money](https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts/send-money.md) to more than 160 countries with a variety of methods.
5. [Monitor and manage your payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts/manage-payouts.md) by tracking statuses and downloading reports.

## Availability

Global Payouts is available to businesses located in the following countries:

- GB
- US

### Private preview (Private preview)

Global Payouts is in private preview for businesses in the following countries:

- AT
- AU
- BE
- BG
- CY
- DE
- EE
- ES
- FI
- FR
- GR
- HR
- IE
- IT
- LT
- LU
- LV
- MT
- NL
- PT
- SI
- SK

If your business is located in one of these countries, [sign up for early access](https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts.md#global_payouts_country_access_preview).

### Interested in Global Payouts for your country?

Enter your email to request access.

```bash
curl https://docs.stripe.com/preview/register \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Referer: https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts" \
  -d '{"email": "EMAIL", "preview": "global_payouts_country_access_preview"}'
```