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Behind the Scenes of a Fraud Attempt: How Fraud Attempts Work

Behind the Scenes of a Fraud Attempt: How Fraud Attempts Work

Behind the Scenes of a Fraud Attempt: How Fraud Attempts Work As technology advances and the world becomes more connected, fraud is an ever-growing concern. Fraudsters are not a new threat. However, these criminals are becoming more sophisticated, using stealthy tactics to defraud consumers and businesses. According to the Association

Simran Handa Jun 10, 2025 • 6 min read
What are Interchange Fees and How Do They Work?

What are Interchange Fees and How Do They Work?

Learn about the intricacies of interchange fees in the payment card industry. Explore structure, rates, regulations, and more in this comprehensive guide.

Simran Handa Jun 3, 2025 • 7 min read
Measuring Success: KPIs for Evaluating Payouts API Performance

Measuring Success: KPIs for Evaluating Payouts API Performance

Explore key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess and enhance the effectiveness of your Payouts API and learn how to optimize performance here.

Simran Handa May 27, 2025 • 6 min read
How to Disburse Payments to Your Telehealth Doctors

How to Disburse Payments to Your Telehealth Doctors

With Dots, navigate compensating health practitioners to ensure smooth and fast payments in the telehealth industry, leading to happy physicians.

Simran Handa May 20, 2025 • 5 min read
What to Look for in a Telehealth Payouts API

What to Look for in a Telehealth Payouts API

Explore key factors for choosing a Telehealth Payouts API to streamline and enhance payment processes for health care providers.

Simran Handa May 13, 2025 • 5 min read
Strategies for Expanding Your Affiliate Marketing Network

Strategies for Expanding Your Affiliate Marketing Network

Supercharge your affiliate program with Payouts API! Explore strategies for seamless integration, real-time analytics, and scalable solutions for optimal affiliate payouts.

Simran Handa May 6, 2025 • 5 min read
How to Mitigate Payment Fraud

How to Mitigate Payment Fraud

Skimming, phishing and triangulation are just a few ways fraudsters target people and businesses. With help from Dots learn how to mitigate fraud!

Simran Handa Apr 29, 2025 • 11 min read
Everything You Need to Run a Successful Affiliate Program

Everything You Need to Run a Successful Affiliate Program

Creating a Successful Affiliate Program Affiliate marketing is a multibillion-dollar industry poised to experience substantial growth over the next decade. The concept is nothing new; the earliest iteration of affiliate marketing goes back to 1989. However, the rise of the World Wide Web made it a compelling marketing tactic as

Simran Handa Apr 23, 2025 • 10 min read
Digital Wallets: What Are They and Why You Should Offer Them

Digital Wallets: What Are They and Why You Should Offer Them

Digital Wallets: What Are They and Why You Should Offer Them Digital wallets first entered the financial scene in the late '90s, but it wasn't until smartphones became a ubiquitous part of everyday life that they truly took off. The latest estimates say that over half of

Simran Handa Apr 16, 2025 • 8 min read
How Empower Project Uses Dots to Reduce Payout Fraud
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How Empower Project Uses Dots to Reduce Payout Fraud

In 2024, Empower Project paid out millions of dollars to Community Mobilizers using Dots’ turnkey embedded payouts API. Dots Control helps Empower Project ensure that legitimate end users are effortlessly paid out while preventing bad actors from siphoning donor funds.

Tyler Apr 9, 2025 • 2 min read
A Guide to Paying Your Creative Freelancers

A Guide to Paying Your Creative Freelancers

Navigate the art of compensating creative freelancers with our comprehensive guide. Ensure smooth and fair payments in the creative industry.

Simran Handa Apr 8, 2025 • 11 min read
What are Real-Time Payments?

What are Real-Time Payments?

Discover the ins and outs of real-time payments and how they revolutionize financial transactions. Stay updated with the latest in instant payments.

Simran Handa Apr 1, 2025 • 9 min read
What is Know Your Business (KYB) and Its Relation to KYC?
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What is Know Your Business (KYB) and Its Relation to KYC?

The Ultimate Guide to Know Your Business (KYB) and How it Relates to Know Your Customer (KYC) We live in an increasingly globalized world where companies like yours can provide service, receive payments, send payouts, and more to consumers and corporate clients domestically and worldwide. While that's undoubtedly

Simran Handa Mar 25, 2025 • 9 min read
How Payouts APIs Improve the Freelance Creative Experience

How Payouts APIs Improve the Freelance Creative Experience

Discover the transformative impact of Payouts APIs on freelance creatives, streamlining payments and enhancing the overall work experience.

Simran Handa Mar 18, 2025 • 5 min read
Supporting Your Growing Business With a Payouts API
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Supporting Your Growing Business With a Payouts API

Discover how a Payouts API can support your growing business, streamline operations, enhance customer satisfaction, and enable scalability. Learn more here!

Simran Handa Mar 11, 2025 • 4 min read
Boosting Efficiency with Payouts API for Vacation Rentals & Property Owners
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Boosting Efficiency with Payouts API for Vacation Rentals & Property Owners

Elevate your vacation rental business! Explore the benefits of Payouts API - faster, secure transactions for property owners. Streamline success now!

Simran Handa Mar 4, 2025 • 4 min read
Payouts API vs. Traditional Payment Methods
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Payouts API vs. Traditional Payment Methods

What is the Advantage of Using a Payouts API vs Traditional Payment Methods? Businesses in every industry handle countless transactions every month. Regardless of your company's size, your accounts payable needs are likely substantial. Mass payouts can be a nightmare, whether you're sending payouts to local

Simran Handa Feb 25, 2025 • 6 min read
How to Avoid Payout Failures
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How to Avoid Payout Failures

Avoiding Payout Failures: A Comprehensive Guide to Optimizing Payouts If your business is responsible for sending payouts en masse, ensuring every payment goes smoothly is important. Whether you're sending funds to gig workers, marketplace sellers, or contractors in another country, reliable payment systems can help you avoid chaos

Simran Handa Feb 19, 2025 • 6 min read
5 Best Practices for Global Contractor Payment Compliance

5 Best Practices for Global Contractor Payment Compliance

Learn best practices for ensuring compliance when paying global contractors, from tax laws to payment methods and record-keeping.

  • Kartikye Mittal
Kartikye Mittal Jan 30, 2025 • 6 min read
What to Know About Compensation in the Construction Industry

What to Know About Compensation in the Construction Industry

Understanding Compensation in the Construction Industry In a sector where skilled labor and specialized expertise are in high demand, understanding the intricacies of compensation is essential for attracting and retaining talent. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the various aspects of compensation, the different types, factors influencing wages,

  • Kartikye Mittal
Kartikye Mittal Aug 26, 2024 • 6 min read
Changelog - Aug 26
Changelog

Changelog - Aug 26

New Features Support for Quickbooks classes You can now set a default Quickbooks class to all payouts and payout links in the Dashboard settings or set a class on a per payout or payout link basis. This can be done both on the dashboard or through the API like this:

  • Kartikye Mittal
Kartikye Mittal Aug 26, 2024 • 1 min read
Changelog - Aug 9
Changelog

Changelog - Aug 9

New Features CSV Upload now supports idempotency keys CSV Upload on the Dots Dashboard now supports idempotency keys to prevent double payouts. A CSV template generator has also been added. JS window event for App Compliance Flows In an enhancement to the app compliance flows, we have added a JavaScript

  • Kartikye Mittal
Kartikye Mittal Aug 8, 2024 • 1 min read
What to Know About Gig Worker Classification
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What to Know About Gig Worker Classification

Navigating Gig Worker Classification: A Guide for Businesses An Overview Classifying gig workers accurately is essential for businesses. This guide provides insights into the factors influencing gig worker classification, the implications for both businesses and workers, and best practices for ensuring compliance. Check local, state, and federal laws for the

  • Kartikye Mittal
Kartikye Mittal Jun 27, 2024 • 2 min read
The Role of Payouts APIs in Transforming Class Action Settlements
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The Role of Payouts APIs in Transforming Class Action Settlements

How Payouts APIs are Changing the Class Action Landscape Class action lawsuits are notoriously challenging. Not only do they often take years to litigate, but they're also more complex due to the number of plaintiffs involved. Lead plaintiffs represent an entire group of affected individuals, called class members.

  • Kartikye Mittal
Kartikye Mittal Jun 26, 2024 • 5 min read
What to Know About Compensation in the Construction Industry
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What to Know About Compensation in the Construction Industry

Understanding Compensation in the Construction Industry In a sector where skilled labor and specialized expertise are in high demand, understanding the intricacies of compensation is essential for attracting and retaining talent. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the various aspects of compensation, the different types, factors influencing wages,

  • Kartikye Mittal
Kartikye Mittal May 31, 2024 • 4 min read
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