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wispy pendant
hey there 👋 can you provide some more context about what you're trying to set up, and what you mean by a 'transfer'?
for example, are you trying to enable your users to transfer funds between Stripe accounts? are you trying to accept bank transfer payments? or something else?
pliant hemlock
It's something similar to a commission function. Money is saved to Stripe and users can withdraw it. We hope to use Stripe for transferring funds.
But I can't find such a function. I hope to get some help.
wispy pendant
ok, what part of this are you trying to implement, and what have you already set up?
pliant hemlock
Right now, I really need to figure out how to implement this function, but I can't find the corresponding API.
The money can be transferred to the user's balance or bank card by the method of cash withdrawal.
wispy pendant
sure, and we can help with that, but it's not really clear what you're trying to do
for example, by 'make a transfer', do you mean:
(a) send funds to you/your Stripe account?
(b) transfer funds between Stripe accounts?
(c) pay out funds from Stripe to a bank account?
if we can understand the flow of funds better, we should be able to help you find which API to use
pliant hemlock
We need to implement a withdrawal functionality that allows users to transfer their balance from our system to their external bank accounts or digital wallets.
wispy pendant
ah perfect! then in that case, the Payouts API (i.e. Create Payout) is the right API to use, but you'd need to ensure that you're using the right Stripe Connect setup to allow your platform to send funds to users like this
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wispy pendant
https://docs.stripe.com/api/payouts/create
https://docs.stripe.com/connect/manual-payouts
this is suitable when you want to manually decide when to send funds via the API ^^
another option is use automatic payouts to allow Stripe to control the timing of payouts automatically
uneven mason
👋 taking over for my colleague. Let me know if there's any follow-up Qs I can answer!
pliant hemlock
ok
Could you please tell me the purpose of this "pai"?
Can I transfer money to an unfamiliar account?
uneven mason
this API let's you create a manual payout. A payout is a transfer from a Stripe balance to an external account (bank account or credit card)
you can use it to help your Connect Accounts transfer their Stripe available balance to their external account
pliant hemlock
uneven mason
yes exactly
pliant hemlock
What is the purpose of this? Could you also explain it?
Are there any differences between these two?
uneven mason
no, one is the API reference, the other is the actually integration doc
you can start by reading the doc https://docs.stripe.com/connect/manual-payouts
pliant hemlock
Then if I need to use it, I need to check which one to use.
uneven mason
sure let me know if you need any more help
pliant hemlock
ok，thank you