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Glossary

Auto-Settlement​

A recipient preference that sends an incoming wallet payment to an available local settlement method automatically. Availability depends on the recipient's location and account.

Checkout Session​

One customer's payment through Website Checkout: created by a payment button or by your server through the API, with a hosted page the customer pays on. A session is open, complete or cancelled.

Corridor​

A supported payment route, typically defined by the destination country and its available delivery methods.

Fiatsend Checkout​

The online way for a customer to pay a business: USDC on Stellar from their own wallet, or from a Fiatsend balance. Confirmed automatically. Compare with manual payments (mobile money and bank transfer).

Fiatsend Console​

The business workspace at console.fiatsend.com for organizations using Fiatsend. See the Console guide.

Stellar Disbursement Platform (SDP)​

Stellar infrastructure Fiatsend uses to send single and batch USDC payouts from Console on testnet and (when enabled) mainnet.

Stellar Wallet Binding​

A business-linked Stellar account (G-address) connected in Console under Linked accounts, used for receiving USDC and operating Stellar payouts.

Local Settlement Reference​

An identifier for the off-chain / mobile-money leg of a payout (for example sim_momo_* in sandbox). Shown alongside the on-chain transaction hash in Console.

Fiatsend Wallet​

The recipient balance and activity experience in the Fiatsend app. Payouts sent through Fiatsend arrive here before a recipient manages or settles them.

Invoice​

A bill sent to a customer from Console, with items, a due date, and options for how to pay. Invoices have a public page, track their status through to paid, and send a receipt automatically. See Invoices.

Manual Payment​

A mobile money or bank transfer payment. The customer sends money to the business's own account and tells the business they've sent it; the business checks its account and confirms. See Accepting Payments.

Payment Button​

A reusable checkout for one product or price, created in Console and added to a website as a button or link. See Website Checkout.

A link or QR code that asks one customer to pay a set amount. See Payment links.

Payout​

A payment initiated by a business to a recipient through Fiatsend.

Recipient​

The individual who receives a Fiatsend payout in their wallet.

Settlement​

Moving funds from a Fiatsend wallet through an available local delivery option. Methods, availability, and timing vary by corridor.

Verification​

Account or identity checks required for a product feature, payment amount, corridor, or risk profile.

Webhook​

An automated event notification delivered to a business system, signed so the business can verify it came from Fiatsend. For example, checkout.session.completed is sent when a website checkout is paid. See Website Checkout.