Tiered KYC
Email and phone, then government ID and proof of residence, then payout method — progressive rather than all at once.
Global payouts
Compliance-aware settlement
Pay researchers anywhere, without building a tax department
Tiered verification, several payout rails, withholding calculated per jurisdiction and tax forms generated, e-signed and stored — with the calculation shown before money moves.
The platform handles withholding calculation, form generation and reporting workflows. It does not replace your own tax or legal counsel.
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- Program budgetmetered
- Reservedtracked
- Payout cyclescheduled
- Invoicereconciled
Capabilities
What settlement involves
The parts of paying international researchers that normally stall in finance rather than in security.
Payout channels
Digital wallets, local bank transfer, international wire and cryptocurrency, offered where they are available.
Thresholds and cycles
A global minimum plus per-channel minimums, with on-demand or scheduled runs.
Currency conversion
Real-time rates at execution time, with conversion and fees shown as separate lines.
Transparent calculation
Gross, fees, withholding and net shown to the researcher before payment.
Withholding by jurisdiction
Applicable treaty benefits applied where they exist; the rate and its basis recorded on the payout.
Digital tax forms
W-9, W-8BEN and W-8BEN-E generated, e-signed and stored against the researcher profile.
Annual reporting
Data assembled for 1099-NEC, T4A, Payment Annual Report and equivalents, driven by the transaction record.
AML-aware design
Identity verification before payouts, source and destination checks, step-up verification and a retained decision trail.
Payout rails
Channel availability depends on the researcher’s country and the program tier. An unavailable channel is not offered rather than offered and then failing.
- Digital wallets: PayPal, Payoneer and Skrill.
- Local bank transfer: ACH in the United States, SEPA in the European Union.
- International wire: SWIFT with BIC/IBAN.
- Cryptocurrency: USDT on TRC-20 and ERC-20, USDC and Bitcoin.
- Payout preferences are maintained by the researcher, not emailed to program staff.
- Failures return the reward to the queue with the reason recorded, so a channel problem does not lose the payment.
Settlement mechanics
The questions researchers and finance both ask.
- Verification
- Three progressive tiers; payouts require the tiers the method and jurisdiction demand.
- Minimums
- A global minimum plus per-channel minimums, so fixed channel cost does not exceed the reward.
- Timing
- On-demand runs or scheduled cycles that batch approved rewards together.
- Withholding
- Computed per payout, with the rate, treaty basis and amount recorded.
- Reporting
- Annual output generated from transactions rather than a separate reconciliation exercise.
- Automation
- Automated payout execution is Professional-tier; manual runs work on all tiers.
Documentation
Payouts and tax in full
Payouts and KYC
Verification tiers, channels, cycles and what the researcher sees.
Read the docTax and reporting
Residency, treaty benefits, withholding maths and annual reporting.
Read the docFinancial operations
Wallets, budgets and the transaction audit trail.
Read the docCommon questions
Payout questions we hear most
How does paying international researchers work?
Tiered verification establishes identity and tax residency, then payouts settle through the researcher’s chosen channel. Withholding is calculated per jurisdiction, forms are generated and e-signed in-platform, and annual reporting obligations are tracked.
Do we have to collect tax forms ourselves?
No. The platform collects the applicable form (W-9, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E) before a payout is released where a form is required, validates responses for obvious inconsistencies and stores the signed artefact.
What happens when a payout fails?
The failure and its reason are recorded, the reward returns to the queue, and the researcher can correct the payout method. Repeated failures on a channel surface to the finance team for review.
Is this tax advice?
No. The platform performs calculations, generates forms and produces reporting data. Your organisation remains responsible for its own tax and compliance position, with its own advisers.
Take the friction out of rewarding researchers.
We will walk through verification tiers, payout rails and withholding treatment for the jurisdictions your researchers are in.