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title: "Get Started as a Merchant"
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# Get Started as a Merchant

The [Rapyd Merchant API](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/merchant-api-reference.md "Merchant API Reference") enables you to integrate global financial services into your applications, fostering your growth in the fintech world. Merchants with different businesses in many different fields leverage Rapyd to manage their funds, accept online payments, disburse funds across the world, and utilize custom eWallets to deliver better services to their customers.

### Overview

[Account Setup](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/account-setup.md)

Set up an account to start your Rapyd journey. Test our key features and integrations using the Rapyd Client Portal.

[Make Your First API Call](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/make-your-first-api-call.md)

Begin with Rapyd using step by step instructions by testing in Postman and calculating the Request Signature in any coding language. Find and input your API keys, before sending your request for a successful response.

[Account Activation](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/account-activation.md)

Learn how to activate your account, understand the integration steps, and smoothly navigate the activation process. Bring your business into production and go-live with Rapyd.

[Community Resources](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/community-resources.md)

Find helpful resources to build your integration, connect with the Rapyd Developer Community to ask questions and get answers directly from other developers and Rapyd team members.

### Use Cases

Rapyd's practical use cases are developer lifesavers, offering real-world solutions to common challenges and unblocking your path to innovative and efficient fintech application development. Here are a few to get you started.

[Accept Payments Online](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/card-payments.md)

Rapyd Collect is designed to enable ecommerce businesses to quickly accept hundreds of different payment methods from all over the world.

[Mass Disbursement](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/mass-payouts-overview.md)

Rapyd Disburse has helped clients pay employees, contractors, or vendors anywhere in the world using payout methods that their beneficiary prefers.

[eCommerce Now](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/rapyd-checkout-overview.md)

The Rapyd Checkout shopping cart can be built in minutes. Rapyd Hosted Checkout enables merchants to accept local payment methods from all over the world.

[Escrow Now, Release Later](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/managing-escrow.md)

Rapyd escrow can hold and release funds, creating better cash flow management for handling high value purchases, custom orders, or professional services.

[Global Subscriptions Simplified](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/subscriptions.md)

Set up subscription services with Rapyd Collect in countries that prefer alternative payment methods such as: direct debit, eWallets, cash, and vouchers.

[White Labeled Wallets](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/rapyd-wallet.md)

With the Rapyd Wallet, our clients can create accounts in multiple countries and keep balances in different currencies. Manage your funds with efficiency and ease.

Additional Platforms and Features

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| [Rapyd Platforms](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/rapyd-platforms.md "Rapyd Platforms") | Get a snapshot of Rapyd's products. |
| [Payment Methods](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/payment-method-types.md "Payment Method Types") / [Payout Methods](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/payout-method-types.md "Payout Method Types") | Discover hundreds of different payment and payout method types. |
| [Supported Currencies](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/supported-currencies.md "Supported Currencies") | View any supported currency with Rapyd. |
| [Client Portal Guide](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/client-portal-guide.md "Client Portal Guide") | Start navigating Rapyd's Client Portal features. |
| [Request Signatures](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/request-signatures.md "Request Signatures") | Review the signature header parameter and code for REST API requests. |
| [Checkout](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/rapyd-checkout-overview.md "Rapyd Checkout Overview") | You can build and customize your checkout experience with Rapyd Hosted Checkout. |
| [Rapyd Issuing](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/rapyd-issuing.md "Rapyd Issuing") | Issue cards and bank accounts with Rapyd Issuing. |