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Invoicing and payment processing often come bundled as one solution, but they do two different jobs. Invoicing creates and sends the request for payment. Payment processing verifies the card or bank account and moves the money once your client pays. Understanding how the two work together helps you compare solutions and decide what you need if you want to build billing into your own software. Finix is a direct payment processor that handles card and bank payments, invoicing, and merchant onboarding for growing businesses in the US and Canada.

Payment processing for professional services means accepting client payments by card and bank transfer, and knowing what each one costs you to collect. If you run or manage the finances at a consulting, accounting, legal, or agency firm, your invoices are likely large and infrequent, which changes the math on every pricing model. Finix is a direct processor with interchange-plus pricing, online and in-person payments, and support you can reach by phone when you need it.

Automated payouts are payments that go out when triggered by a schedule, rule, or business event, without someone sending each one manually. Marketplaces, gig platforms, and software companies use them to pay sellers, contractors, and partners at scale. Automating payouts saves time, but it also means an error can reach multiple recipients before the sender realizes. Finix is a payments platform that enables businesses to accept payments and send automated payouts through one system.

Instant payouts move money to a recipient in seconds or minutes instead of the one to several business days a standard bank transfer takes. If your business pays sellers, contractors, or customers, choosing which payouts move instantly affects what you spend on each one and how quickly people get paid. Finix is a certified direct processor that sends payouts to bank accounts and eligible Visa and Mastercard debit cards through a single integration, with next-day, same-day, and instant options available.

Payment disbursement services move money out of your business to the people you owe: marketplace sellers, contractors, drivers, claimants, and borrowers. Once you're sending payouts in volume, the disbursement service provider you use affects what each payout costs, how quickly funds land, and how much compliance work stays with your team. Finish supports payment acceptance alongside payouts to bank accounts and eligible debit cards through a single integration. As a certified direct processor, Finix connects directly to Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover.

Push payments send money to a recipient’s card in minutes rather than days, and Mastercard Send is Mastercard’s platform for processing them. For businesses paying sellers, drivers, or contractors, the processor they use can affect how quickly funds arrive, which cards are supported, and what each payout costs. Finix is a certified direct processor that provides payment and payout solutions for software companies, marketplaces, and growing businesses. This article explains how the process works and what Mastercard Send can power.