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# Payroll and contractor disbursements

> Pay workers and contractors in their local currency from a single USDC treasury wallet.

A platform holds USDC in a treasury wallet and needs to pay out to dozens or hundreds of recipients across different countries. Each recipient gets their local currency via ACH, wire, or SWIFT. OMS handles conversion and delivery per recipient in parallel, from a single disbursement run.

This replaces the operational overhead of managing multiple banking relationships and currency accounts. One wallet, one API, every corridor. Recipients without a bank account can be paid out to physical cash, covered in [Cash disbursements](#cash-disbursements) below.

**Who this is for:**

* Gig economy platforms paying drivers, couriers, or freelancers across markets
* Global payroll providers managing contractor payments in multiple currencies
* Marketplaces that settle earnings to international sellers on a weekly or monthly basis

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## How it works

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    <span style={{fontSize:"13px",color:"#141635",marginLeft:"4px"}}>Pulls USDC from treasury, initiates ACH/wire/SWIFT per recipient</span>
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Each payout is a separate quote-and-execute pair. All quotes for a disbursement run can be created in parallel. Idempotency keys on each transaction make retries safe if a run is interrupted.

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## OMS resources

| Resource                         | Role                                               |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Platform wallet                  | Central USDC treasury that funds all disbursements |
| Customer (per recipient)         | Identity record for each payee                     |
| External account (per recipient) | Registered bank account for delivery               |
| Quote                            | Locked rate + fee for one recipient's payout       |
| `cryptoToFiat` transaction       | Executes one recipient's disbursement              |

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## Cash disbursements

Recipients without a bank account can be paid out to physical cash. OMS converts the wallet balance, issues a time-limited pickup code, and the recipient collects bills at a retail counter or ATM. This is the disbursement counterpart to [cash-in funding](/payments/use-cases/consumer-on-offramp): together they form a complete cash loop, accepting cash into digital wallets and paying digital balances back out as cash.

A cash disbursement uses the same payout model as a bank transfer. Instead of an external bank account, the destination is a cash network, and the recipient redeems a pickup code rather than receiving an ACH or wire.

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Cash disbursements suit US fintech apps paying customers who prefer cash over ACH or card, remittance recipients in cash-dependent corridors, and relief or gig platforms paying recipients without bank accounts.

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