# Pay Out overview

> Streamline vendor payments with managed payables and turn AP into a revenue stream. Pay vendors via virtual card, ACH, or check while earning interchange on every transaction

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Payabli's Pay Out features cover getting your payables out of your bank and to your vendors. Throughout the docs, "Pay Out" is also referred to as "money out". You might be used to "payout" referring to getting your money from your processor. In Payabli, "payouts" are payments made *from* you *to* vendors you owe money to. Think of payouts as paying bills, not getting your check deposited.

Payabli's Pay Out capabilities include:

* Managed payables to make frictionless and secure payments to your vendors.
* Billing engine to centralize your pay-out tasks in Payabli to track, manage, and monetize payments to vendors.

These guides help you make the most of Payabli's Pay Out features.

## Vendors

Vendors are the entities that provide goods or services to paypoints and organizations. They're who gets paid when you make a payout transaction. These guides cover managing vendors in Payabli.

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  <Card title="Manage Vendors in the UI" icon="truck" href="/guides/pay-out-portal-vendors-manage">
    Learn how to add and manage vendors in the Payabli UI
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage vendors with the API" icon="buildings" href="/guides/pay-out-developer-vendors-manage">
    Learn how to add and manage vendors with the Payabli API
  </Card>
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## Bills

Bills are the invoices you receive from your vendors for goods and services. You can make payouts to vendors based on these bills. These guides cover managing bills in Payabli.

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  <Card title="Manage bills with the API" icon="envelope-open-text" href="/guides/pay-out-developer-bills-manage">
    Learn how to add and manage bills for vendors via the API
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bills & invoices" icon="file-invoice-dollar" href="/guides/platform-bills-vs-invoices">
    Learn the difference between bills and invoices
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage bills in the UI" icon="file-invoice-dollar" href="/guides/pay-out-portal-bills-manage">
    Learn how to add and manage bills in the Payabli UI
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage line items with the API" icon="pen-line" href="/guides/platform-developer-line-items-manage">
    Learn how to add and manage line items for products and services via the API
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage line items & the catalog from the UI" icon="square-list" href="/guides/platform-portal-catalog-manage">
    Learn how to manage products and services in the Payabli UI
  </Card>
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## Payouts

Payouts are the actual payments you make to your vendors. These guides cover managing payouts in Payabli.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Understand positive pay" icon="money-check" href="/guides/pay-out-checks-positive-pay">
    Learn how Positive Pay works to prevent check fraud
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get payout transaction check image with the API" icon="money-check" href="/guides/pay-out-developer-checks-get-image">
    Learn how to get the check image for a paid payout to a vendor via the API
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage payouts with the API" icon="envelopes-bulk" href="/guides/pay-out-developer-payouts-manage">
    Learn how to use the Payabli API to create, capture, and cancel payout transactions
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get Payout transaction check image in the UI" icon="money-check" href="/guides/pay-out-portal-check-images-get">
    Learn how to get the check image for a paid payout to a vendor from PartnerHub or PayHub
  </Card>

  <Card title="Understanding payables" icon="envelope-open-dollar" href="/guides/pay-out-payables-overview">
    Learn about managing your payables and payouts with Payabli
  </Card>

  <Card title="Audit payout transactions with the API" icon="magnifying-glass-dollar" href="/guides/pay-out-developer-payouts-audit">
    Learn how to use the Payabli API to track and audit payout transactions
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Troubleshooting

If you run into issues while using Payabli's Pay Out features, check out [the Pay Out troubleshooting guide](/guides/pay-out-troubleshooting) for help resolving common problems.