Payments

Purpose-Built Payments for Royalties

Efficiently manage royalty payments by collecting payee information, generating payments from statements, and issuing global payouts with automatic currency conversions.

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How it works

How to use Payments on Curve?

To activate payments you can contact your client manager who will be able to enable the feature on your account. Follow the below steps and our getting started guide here to help you along.

Setup your payments account

Begin by completing our onboarding form to activate your payments account.

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Collect or enter payee payment details

Add your payees manually or automatically collect their payment information through the 'Curve for Creators' dashboard or by embedding a form on your own portal.

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Receive funds or top up your balance

Receive deposits in up to 24 different currencies or top up your balance from your external bank account.

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Pay out statements & advances

Issue payments globally to 180+ countries in up to 35+ different currencies, directly from your royalty statements within Curve.

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Payment Features

A complete royalty payments module.

Receiving funds, automatic conversions, paying out statements or advances, withholding tax, collecting payee details, payee identity checks & more.
Platform
Multi-Currency Royalties Account

Manage funds from multiple sources in up to 24 currencies, with local and SWIFT funding details per currency under your company's name.

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Artists
Automatic Payee Details Collection

Streamline the collection of payee bank details via the 'Curve for Creators' dashboard or by embedding the form on your portal.

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Flexible
Issue Payments in Bulk

Send a batch of payments directly from your royalty statements in Curve, simplifying payouts in one seamless workflow all within the one interface.

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Track Payment & Payee Statuses

Gain real-time visibility into payee statuses and verify their bank details are correct, ensuring smooth & secure payouts.

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Automatic Notifications

Receive alerts for events such as new payee detail updates or payment failures due to closed accounts.

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Security
Technology & Security

Our payments system is powered by a VISA-backed platform, ensuring fully partitioned account balances stored in tier 1 banks.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there additional activation or subscription fees to use the Payments Module?

No, the payments module is included in your standard Curve subscription package and is exclusively usage based. It relies on transaction fees with no added subscription add-ons, monthly minimums or onboarding fees. Contact our team to discuss our pricing here.

What countries are you able to onboard clients from?

Curve can support clients who are based in the US, UK or Europe. Clients outside of these areas can contact us to see when we will be expanding our onboarding coverage. View the client countries we can support here.

What currencies do you support?

Curve can enable you to store a balance in these 24 currencies. You can also convert to and issue payments in these 36 currencies. View the currencies we support here.

How do I top-up my balance?

Once your account is activated, you can view the funding details per currency and copy the details to your clipboard to share with third-parties or transfer funds to directly. View our top-up guide here.

What payment methods do you support?

Curve currently supports bank transfers via local and SWIFT to your payees. Contact us if you have alternative payment methods you need to support.

Can I pay out advances through Curve?

Yes, you can manually create once-off payments that are associated with a payee and a contract for ease of tracking against a contract's ledger. You can also import payments if sending out a batch of advances. Please see our guide here.

How long do payments take?

Bank transfers can arrive within a few hours depending on the payment method used, if a conversion is involved & when the payment is sent. If it is sent on the weekend, then payments generally arrive on Monday morning.

Can my payees enter their own payment details?

Yes, payee users can enter payment details via the Curve for Creators portal or by embedding the iFrame on their own custom artist portal. Clients can review & approve, deactivate or activate payees at leisure as well from Curve's interface. Please see our guide here.
Curve Features

Curve is a complete royalties toolset.

Advances, rate escalations, mechanical liability deductions, black box revenue distribution, for music publishing & masters - Curve covers it all for music companies.
Music
Publishing Royalties

From ingestion of sales data, through calculation on contract terms, to providing clear and readable statements, reports and analytics. Curve is the ultimate music publisher software.

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Artists
Recording Royalties

Fully manage your contract terms.
Create beautiful and informative statements. Manage your mechanical reporting to music publishers.

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Artists
Creator Dashboard

Curve enhances your service to artists & composers. Using the artist dashboard grant your artists or composers access to retrieve their royalty statements, data & analytics.

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Flexible
Highly Flexible

The contract database can be configured to match your needs. You decide which channels, formats, price tiers, territories etc. to target & make available.

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Team
Support

Our team has a collective 50 years of experience in royalties and the music industry. Our goal is to make YOU successful on the platform through training & documentation.

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Security
Technology & Security

Access to Curve is managed by the client, with user privileges assigned for different users – with View, Edit or Restricted access for each of the main areas.

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