# Global Payouts

Send payouts to more than 160 markets.

Use Global Payouts to send payouts to customers, affiliates, sellers, or any third party. Send payouts to bank accounts through local bank networks, Fedwire, or SWIFT, or send payouts to debit cards or crypto wallets.

## 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 licenses required to move money themselves and want a payouts-only solution decoupled from payments. If you aren’t certain whether Global Payouts or Connect is the best fit for your business, you can review [a detailed comparison](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/cross-border-payouts-to-recipients/compare-global-payouts.md).

## 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 payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts/send-money.md) to more than 160 markets with a variety of payout methods.
5. [Monitor and manage your payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts/manage-payouts.md) by tracking statuses and downloading reports.

## Availability

Businesses located in the following countries can use Global Payouts to send payouts:

- GB
- US

### Private preview (Private preview)

Businesses located in the following countries can request private preview access to use Global Payouts to send payouts:

- 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"}'
```