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title: "Payout Method Type"
source_url: https://docs.rapyd.net/en/payout-method-type.html
lang: en
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# Payout Method Type

Information about payout method types you can assign to beneficiaries (payees).

A **payout method type** is a type of payout method that the client can use to pay money out of the Rapyd wallet, for example **es_general_bank**, bank transfer to Spain. The name of the payout method type starts with a prefix for the country, the 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. If the payout method is valid in multiple countries, the prefix is **xx_**. The payout method type has a suffix with one of the following values:

- **_bank** - Bank transfer
- **_card** - Credit card, debit card or other card
- **_cash** - Cash
- **_ewallet** - Local eWallet

If the payout method is a card, the sensitive card details or the beneficiary can be handled only by a merchant that is [PCI compliant](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/glossary.md#UUID-945d98cf-adae-e1cf-2606-c7fae8b4a7e1_dss "Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard") or an app that is under the exclusive control of the card holder. A merchant that is not PCI compliant can use a beneficiary ID ('token') that is generated by a hosted page. To generate a beneficiary ID, use one of the following methods:

- [Create Beneficiary](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/create-beneficiary.md "Create Beneficiary") - For clients with PCI clearance.
- [Create Beneficiary Tokenization Page](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/create-beneficiary-tokenization-page.md "Create Beneficiary Tokenization Page") - For all clients.

Methods

- [List Payout Method Types](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/list-payout-method-types.md "List Payout Method Types") - Lists payout method types that meet defined search criteria.
- [Get Payout Required Fields](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/get-payout-required-fields.md "Get Payout Required Fields") - Returns the fields that are required by a specified payout method type.