Create a payout link
Create a payout link to send money even when you don't have the full banking details of the counterparty.
After you have created the link, send it to the recipient so that they can claim the payment.
This feature is available in the UK, the EEA, AU, and SG.
For more information, see the guides: Send money via payout link.
Request
Payout link to create
Example: "John Smith"
The name of the counterparty provided by the sender.
Default value: false
Indicates whether to save the recipient as your counterparty upon link claim.
If false then the counterparty will not show up on your counterparties list, for example, when you retrieve your counterparties.
However, you will still be able to retrieve this counterparty by its ID.
If you don't choose to save the counterparty on link creation, you can do it later from your transactions list in the Business app.
Example: "5a7fcb46-4be4-47d4-a56f-27a2e5b78dd1"
The ID of the request, provided by the sender.
To ensure that a link payment is not processed multiple times if there are network or system errors, the same request_id should be used for requests related to the same link.
Example: "85f515e4-588f-4496-a6a5-a7615a193e6b"
The ID of the sender's account.
Example: 105.6
The amount of money to be transferred.
The amount must be between £1 and £2,500, or equivalent in the selected currency.
Pattern: Value must match regular expression ^[A-Z]{3}$
Example: "GBP"
ISO 4217 currency code in upper case.
Example: "Rent"
The reference for the payout transaction, provided by the sender.
Possible values: [revolut, bank_account, card]
Example: ["revolut","bank_account","card"]
Default value: revolut,bank_account
The list of payout methods that the recipient can use to claim the payout, where:
revolut: Revolut peer-to-peer (P2P) transferbank_account: External bank transfercard: Card transfer
Possible values: >= P1D and <= P7D
Example: "P3D"
Default value: P7D
The period after which the payout link expires if not claimed before, provided in ISO 8601 format.
The default and maximum value is 7 days from the link creation.
Example: "property_rental"
The reason code for the transaction. Transactions to certain countries and currencies might require you to provide a transfer reason.
You can check available reason codes with the GET /transfer-reasons operation.
If a transfer reason is not required for the given currency and country, this field is ignored.
Response
Created payout link details
The ID of the payout link.
Possible values: [created, failed, awaiting, active, expired, cancelled, processing, processed]
The state that the payout link is in. Possible states are:
created: The payout link has been created, but the amount has not yet been blocked.failed: The payout link couldn't be generated due to a failure during transaction booking.awaiting: The payout link is awaiting approval.active: The payout link can be redeemed.expired: The payout link cannot be redeemed because it wasn't claimed before its expiry date.cancelled: The payout link cannot be redeemed because it was cancelled.processing: The payout link has been redeemed and is being processed.processed: The payout link has been redeemed and the money has been transferred to the recipient.
The date and time the payout link was created in ISO 8601 format.
The date and time the payout link was last updated in ISO 8601 format.
Example: "John Smith"
The name of the counterparty provided by the sender.
Default value: false
Indicates whether you chose to save the recipient as your counterparty upon link claim.
If false then the counterparty will not show up on your counterparties list, for example, when you retrieve your counterparties.
However, you can still retrieve this counterparty by its ID.
If you didn't choose to save the counterparty on link creation, you can still do it from your transactions list in the Business app.
Example: "5a7fcb46-4be4-47d4-a56f-27a2e5b78dd1"
The ID of the request, provided by the sender.
Possible values: >= now + 1 day and <= now + 7 days
Example: "2023‐07‐20T15:09:24Z"
Default value: now + 7 days
The date and time after which the payout link expires in ISO 8601 format. If the recipient doesn't claim the money before then, the payout link expires and is no longer available.
The default and maximum value is the date and time of creating the link + 7 days.
Possible values: [revolut, bank_account, card]
Example: ["revolut","bank_account","card"]
The list of payout methods that the recipient can use to claim the payout, where:
revolut: Revolut peer-to-peer (P2P) transferbank_account: External bank transfercard: Card transfer
Example: "85f515e4-588f-4496-a6a5-a7615a193e6b"
The ID of the sender's account.
Example: 105.6
The amount of money to be transferred.
The amount must be between £1 and £2,500, or equivalent in the selected currency.
Pattern: Value must match regular expression ^[A-Z]{3}$
ISO 4217 currency code in upper case.
The URL of the payout link. Returned only for active payout links.
Example: "Rent"
The reference for the payout transaction, provided by the sender.
Example: "property_rental"
The reason code for the transaction. Transactions to certain countries and currencies might require you to provide a transfer reason.
You can check available reason codes with the GET /transfer-reasons operation.
If a transfer reason is not required for the given currency and country, this field is ignored.