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Payments for gig and contractor platforms

Pay workers fast, often, and reconciled every time

On a gig platform the payout is the product. Workers want paying fast, often same-day or instant, and they want it right every time. Doing that at volume, from a float you fund and reconcile, is the operation that keeps workers on the platform.

Fast, frequent, high-volume payouts

Workers expect to be paid quickly after a job, sometimes instantly, because fast pay is a large part of why they choose one platform over another.

The payouts are high in volume and frequency: many workers, many jobs, many small payments, each of which must be correct and referenced.

The money to pay them sits in a float the platform funds, and keeping that float topped up, segregated and reconciled against every payout is the part a manual process cannot keep up with.

The payment mix that fits

Not one rail. The two to four that match how money actually moves here.

Faster Payments

Pay workers the same day or instantly after a job, each payout referenced to the worker and job.

Settlement accounts

Hold and reconcile the payout float in a segregated account, so every payout ties to funded money.

Pay by Bank

Top up the float over a bank link, cleanly and without card fees.

Your flow of funds, orchestrated

The platform funds a payout float, topped up over Pay by Bank and held in a segregated account. As workers complete jobs, they are paid over Faster Payments the same day or instantly, each payout referenced to the worker and job. Every payout reconciles against the float on one ledger, so a high volume of fast payments stays provable and the float never runs down unnoticed.

Faster PaymentsSettlement accountsPay by Bank
Money in
Collected on the rail that fits
Credit Canary
Routes, retries and references each one
Reconciled
Matched to the account on arrival
Money out
Paid out and settled
We will curate this with you

Every book moves money differently. We map your flow of funds and quote one integration across the rails that fit.

Curate your flow of funds

Payments for gig and contractor platforms: FAQs

How fast can workers be paid?

The same day or instantly over Faster Payments after a job, which is a large part of why workers choose and stay on a platform.

How is the payout float managed?

Held in a segregated account, topped up over Pay by Bank, and reconciled against every payout on one ledger, so the float ties to funded money and does not run down unnoticed.

Can this handle high payout volume?

Yes, many frequent payments each referenced to the worker and job, reconciled against the float, which a manual process cannot keep pace with.

Tell us how you get paid

Send us the mix of payments you take and make, and we will quote one integration across the rails that fit, priced on your volume.