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title: "Beneficiary"
source_url: https://docs.rapyd.net/en/beneficiary.html
lang: en
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# Beneficiary

Defines the beneficiary (payee) of a payout.

When you create a payout, you can include a fully populated `beneficiary` object or the ID of a beneficiary that has been saved to Rapyd's vault.

Beneficiary Methods

- [Create Beneficiary](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/create-beneficiary.md "Create Beneficiary")
- [Create Extended Beneficiary](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/create-extended-beneficiary.md "Create Extended Beneficiary")
- [Update Beneficiary](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/update-beneficiary.md "Update Beneficiary")
- [Validate Beneficiary](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/validate-beneficiary.md "Validate Beneficiary")
- [Retrieve Beneficiary](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/retrieve-beneficiary.md "Retrieve Beneficiary")
- [Delete Beneficiary](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/delete-beneficiary.md "Delete Beneficiary")

Beneficiary Webhooks

- [Beneficiary Created Webhook](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/beneficiary-created-webhook.md "Beneficiary Created Webhook")

Related Information

- [Create Beneficiary Tokenization Page](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/create-beneficiary-tokenization-page.md "Create Beneficiary Tokenization Page")
- [BIC/SWIFT Numbers for Testing](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/bic-swift-numbers-for-testing.md "BIC/SWIFT Numbers for Testing")
- [IBAN Numbers for Testing](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/iban-numbers-for-testing.md "IBAN Numbers for Testing")