Solving the Payout Paradox: How i-payout and SHAZAM Orchestrate Instant Trust at Scale

In the relentless race for global scale, a silent paradox holds companies back: the faster you grow, the slower—and more painful—your payments become. While your platform attracts thousands of new creators, affiliates, or gig workers, your finance team drowns in spreadsheets, partners grow frustrated by delays, and compliance risk multiplies in every new market.

This operational chaos isn't just inefficient—it's a direct threat to growth. When over 70% of consumers and partners prefer real-time payment options, delays directly impact your platform's appeal and erode trust. You're not just moving money; you're managing relationships, and that relationship is becoming instantaneous.

Today, the solution arrives. The strategic partnership between i-payout and SHAZAM, Inc. marks the shift from simply managing payouts to intelligently orchestrating them. This fusion of i-payout's award-winning global disbursement platform with SHAZAM's premier U.S. instant payments network turns a costly operational headache into a tailored competitive advantage for every key leader in your organization.

The Unsustainable Cost of "Making It Work"

For scaling platforms, the traditional model is broken. It’s a cycle of compromise: manual spreadsheets and CSV uploads, a patchwork of regional providers, delays eroding loyalty, and the constant manual burden of navigating cross-border compliance. This isn't just a back-office issue; it's a strategic constraint.

Orchestration, Not Operation: The New Standard

The solution is moving from operation—juggling discrete, manual tasks—to orchestration—seamlessly conducting every element from a single, intelligent platform. This partnership creates that command center.

"Real-time payments are not just an advantage; they are a necessity in today's fast-paced economy. Our partnership with i-payout ensures businesses can operate with the speed and agility they require, " — Terry Dooley, Chief Operating Officer of SHAZAM

The outcome is transformative: real-time payouts, often in as little as 30 seconds for U.S. disbursements, via SHAZAM’s network, fully integrated into i-payout’s global multi-rail platform. This is the cornerstone of solving the payout paradox.

Orchestrating Success for Every Leader

1. For the COO & Head of Operations: Scale Without Friction

Your pain: Manual bottlenecks, vendor sprawl, and support overload.

Your orchestrated advantage:

• Automated Workflow Intelligence: Funds are routed automatically via the fastest, most cost-effective rail (ACH, RTP, card, or SHAZAM instant)—all based on rules you set.
• Unified Vendor Control: Replace multiple provider logins and contracts with a single command-center dashboard for all global activity.
• Reduced Ticket Volume: Instant, reliable payouts drastically cut "Where's my money?" inquiries, freeing your team for strategic work

2. For the CFO & Head of Finance: Govern Growth, Mitigate Risk

Your pain: Hidden fees, cash flow friction, and manual compliance risks.

Your orchestrated advantage:

• Dynamic Cash Flow: Instant settlements transform working capital, providing superior liquidity and enabling faster financial decisions.
• Embedded Compliance: KYC, AML, and tax form collection (e.g., 1099s) areautomated within the workflow, creating an audit-ready trail and reducing manual risk.
• Total Financial Transparency: Gain a single source of truth for all globaldisbursements, with real-time visibility into fees, FX costs, and cash positions.

3. For the VP of Partnerships: Fuel Loyalty with Instant Trust

Your pain: Partner churn due to slow payouts and a mediocre payout experience.

Your orchestrated advantage:

• Speed as a Retention Tool: Offer 30-second earnings access as a powerful differentiator to attract and retain top-tier talent.
• Branded, Frictionless Experience: Provide partners with a white-label portal to choose payment methods and track payments instantly, reinforcing your brand.
• Reputation for Reliability: Consistent, instant payments build unparalleled trust, turning your payout process into a key driver of network growth and advocacy.

The Unified Strategic Advantage

While each leader benefits differently, the partnership creates a unified strategic advantage that aligns the entire organization:

This alignment enables orchestrated growth—where scaling your business automatically enhances speed, control, and trust across the entire organization. As the real-time payments market surges toward $72 trillion by 2026, this partnership provides the infrastructure to not just keep pace but to lead.

The Future, Orchestrated

The partnership between i-payout and SHAZAM is a declaration of a new standard. The "Payout Paradox" is a choice, not a fate. You can continue to let scaling complexity slow you down, or you can choose to orchestrate your success with a platform that turns global disbursements from a fragmented cost center into a seamless engine for growth.

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