The payments layer a gig platform runs on: charge users on local real-time methods, pay workers on the same rails, and reconcile both sides from one integration, even in markets where you have no local entity.

A gig platform is only alive if it can charge users and pay workers, in every market it wants to grow into. Think of a ride app: no charge, no business. The usual setup needs a card processor to collect, a payout provider per country to pay, no clean way to operate where you have no local entity, and a finance team reconciling two sides by hand at every close. Growth stalls on payments, not on demand.

One integration runs both sides. Collect from users on local real-time rails, pay workers on the same rails at T0, and get one reconciled ledger across collection and payout, so the ops team does not grow with the volume. It lets you operate in markets where you have no local entity, at a fraction of card cost, and with Smart Accounts each worker receives in the currency they choose.