Payouts

Payouts and mass disbursements in Mozambique

Paying many people in Mozambique — sellers, drivers, field staff, beneficiaries, suppliers — is usually done by hand. It does not have to be.

Payouts and mass disbursements in Mozambique

Who needs disbursements

Marketplaces paying sellers, logistics and delivery operations paying couriers, agricultural buyers paying producers, NGOs and programmes paying beneficiaries or stipends, and companies paying commissions, refunds or per-task fees.

How our payouts work

Payouts move through recorded, controlled steps rather than a spreadsheet and a phone call.

  • A payout is requested against an available balance, never against an estimate.
  • The balance is checked and reserved; insufficient funds are rejected immediately.
  • Approval is required, protected by two-step verification for administrators.
  • The transfer is sent to a mobile wallet or bank account.
  • Every state change is written to an immutable ledger and an audit log.

Controls that matter at scale

Amount limits per transaction, velocity limits per period, risk scoring, blocked-account checks and role-separated approvals. Direct database writes are not possible from the application layer, so no payout exists without a matching ledger entry.

Collections and payouts together

Most platforms need both: money in from buyers, money out to sellers. Running them on the same balance and the same ledger removes the reconciliation gap between two providers, and the 10% fee applies the same way in both directions with no monthly charge.

Reporting for finance and funders

Every disbursement carries a destination, amount, status, timestamp and reference, exportable for accounting or donor reporting. For programme funding, that record is usually the difference between a smooth audit and a painful one.

Discuss your disbursement flow

Write to suporte@pay.co.mz or call +258 82 7369 480 with your volumes, methods and target launch date, and we will come back with a written scope.

Frequently asked questions

Can we send payouts by API?
Payout requests and approvals are available to merchant accounts, with approvals protected by two-step verification. Programmatic access is scoped per partner during onboarding.
Where can money be sent?
To Mozambican mobile wallets and bank accounts, in Meticais.
How do you prevent duplicate payments?
Requests are idempotent and balances are derived from an immutable ledger, so a repeated request does not create a second disbursement.

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