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Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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Re: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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> Navigate to the Payouts section of your Balances page > Filter by “method” I have no "method" filter on that page, only "date", "amount" and "status". Also they talk about 2 business days payments as default but in the settings you can only choose between automatic every day / week / month. Since the instant payout is kind of a loan and you have to request it, pretty sure it doesn't affect me but it's all very conf…

They likely meant the ACH is 2 business days.

Re: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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Why is this such an important news? Do people regularly use instant pay out? I would think that it's mostly for emergency situations. Normal payout is still free.

I think stripe was a YC funded company at some point. Algos on hn pump them hard.

Founder still lurks HN as well.

Re: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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post #20

> Navigate to the Payouts section of your Balances page > Filter by “method” I have no "method" filter on that page, only "date", "amount" and "status". Also they talk about 2 business days payments as default but in the settings you can only choose between automatic every day / week / month. Since the instant payout is kind of a loan and you have to request it, pretty sure it doesn't affect me but it's all very conf…

They likely meant the ACH is 2 business days.

Stripe could choose to support FedNow instant payments and push these funds for pennies (up to $100k at a time), assuming the receiving institution hosting the deposit account(s) is set to receive on those rails. They would arrive within 20 seconds, per FedNow’s SLA.

Only costs ~$25/month to plug into these rails, plus a few cents per transaction.

https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow/organi...

https://www.frbservices.org/resources/fees/fednow-2024

https://www.frbservices.org/binaries/content/assets/crsocms/...

Re: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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post #4

Why is this such an important news? Do people regularly use instant pay out? I would think that it's mostly for emergency situations. Normal payout is still free.

For gig workers, instant payout is a nice deal and increases the value of the platform, so being able to flow from customer to worker seamlessly is a value add.

Re: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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The title feels a bit disengenious. Technically, yes, it was increased by 50% of what it was, but it is a shift from 1% to 1.5%, not up to 50% of each transaction.

A rule of thumb: if it is really bad it will not be reported by the actual company doing it. It will be buried in the TOS and then discovered by angry users, and picked up by media.

Re: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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post #4

Why is this such an important news? Do people regularly use instant pay out? I would think that it's mostly for emergency situations. Normal payout is still free.

Ask your Uber driver on a Thursday!

I've met drivers who have had to pay out multiple times per day.

Re: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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The title feels a bit disengenious. Technically, yes, it was increased by 50% of what it was, but it is a shift from 1% to 1.5%, not up to 50% of each transaction.

Yes, it's editorialized. The actual title is "June 2024 pricing update for Instant Payouts for businesses in the United States"

I understand why companies want to bury bad news under generic titles but that doesn't mean we have to play along. This is a case where "editorializing" the title seems helpful.

Re: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They likely meant the ACH is 2 business days.

Stripe could choose to support FedNow instant payments and push these funds for pennies (up to $100k at a time), assuming the receiving institution hosting the deposit account(s) is set to receive on those rails. They would arrive within 20 seconds, per FedNow’s SLA. Only costs ~$25/month to plug into these rails, plus a few cents per transaction. https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow/organi... https:…

Interesting to see from that list that Bank of America, Citigroup, Capital One & PNC missing from the list.

Appears they are still lagging in adopting FedNow (while Wells Fargo and US Bank have adopted)

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