Pay creators compliantly. Anywhere in the world.

Onboard creators, generate compliant contracts, and process payments in 60+ countries - all from one platform. Built for UK talent agencies and brands.

60+
Pay-in countries
Minutes
Onboarded → invoice-ready
100%
Audit trail
stridehq.ai/payouts/run
5 of 5 clearing
Run total
£0
Creators
5
Currencies
3
Audit ID
0xA4F1·26
ID
Creator
Status
Amount
State
STR-1042
🇬🇧 A. Okafor
Outside IR35
£4,800
STR-1043
🇸🇪 M. Lindqvist
Self-billing
€12,500
STR-1044
🇯🇵 R. Tanaka
Self-billing
¥920,000
processing
STR-1045
🇬🇧 D. Mensah
Outside IR35
£3,200
queued
STR-1046
🇬🇧 S. Patel
Inside IR35
£5,400
queued
SHA-256 verified · DAC7 export ready auto-reconciles to Xero
The problem

Your finance team is reconciling creator payments in spreadsheets.

There's a better way.

PROBLEM 01

Hours per creator onboarded

Tax forms, KYC, contracts, banking details. Each creator burns hours of admin before they're invoice-ready.

creator_001.pdfW-8 missing!
creator_002.pdfUTR pending!
creator_003.pdfBank ✓
creator_004.pdfDOB invalid!
PROBLEM 02

Multi-currency reconciliation chaos

Paying creators across UK, US, EU, and AU means juggling banks, FX, and reconciliation across systems.

£GBP
EUR
$USD
¥JPY
PROBLEM 03

No defensible audit trail

When HMRC asks how you classified a creator engagement, your answer is buried across email, DocuSign, and spreadsheets.

email slack docusign sheets drive notion
Pay-in countries · local rails · multi-currency
🇬🇧 UK Faster Payments 🇪🇺 SEPA Instant 🇺🇸 ACH · Same-day 🌐 SWIFT · 60+ countries 🇦🇺 NPP / PayID 🇨🇦 Interac e-Transfer 🇯🇵 Zengin 🇧🇷 PIX · Real-time 🇮🇳 IMPS · UPI 🇸🇬 FAST 🇲🇽 SPEI 🇿🇦 RTC
What we do

Onboard, contract, and pay - in one platform.

Onboard creator Step 2 of 4
Legal name
Adaeze Okafor
Tax residency
United Kingdom · UTR verified
Bank · UK Faster Payments
04-29-09 · 8814
🇸🇪 Lindqvist €12,500
🇯🇵 Tanaka ¥920k
🇺🇸 Reyes $8,400
🇧🇷 Souza R$22k
Audit · STR-1042 SHA-256 verified
14:02creator.onboardeda4f1·26
14:08ir35.classified · Outsideb2d9·71
14:09contract.generatedc81e·44
14:21contract.signed · 2 partiesd9a3·17
15:00payout.sent · £4,800e740·92
DAC7-ready export 5 events · sealed
How it works

From creator request to creator paid, in 4 steps.

One workflow. Compliance attached at every step.

Step 01
+

Add creator

Send a creator the onboarding link. KYC and tax forms collected automatically.

Step 02
§

Generate contract

Select template, set deliverables and rate, send for e-signature.

Step 03

Approve invoice

Creator submits invoice against contract. One-click approval from your team.

Step 04
£

Pay creator

Funds hit creator's bank in their local currency. Reconciled to your books.

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Who it's for

Built for the teams managing creator spend at scale.

For Agencies

Onboard your roster in minutes. Bill clients in one click.

Stop juggling W-8s, Wise transfers, and a spreadsheet of who-paid-whom. Run finance and ops for hundreds of creators across dozens of clients from one ledger.

See it for agencies
For Brands

Procurement-grade compliance. Without slowing campaigns.

One approved vendor instead of six-week onboarding per creator. Hash-signed audit trail, IR35 + DAC7 ready, every payout tied to a PO.

See it for brands
Compliance, built in

Every creator engagement
is a compliance event.

UK, EU, US - we map your roster to the right rails, the right tax forms, the right paper trail.

01 UK · Off-payroll

IR35 classification

Status determined per engagement using HMRC-aligned criteria. SDS generated automatically and stored against the contract.

02 EU · DAC7

DAC7 reporting

Creator earnings, jurisdictions, and tax IDs collected at onboarding. One-click export in the format your accountant needs.

03 US · 1099 / W-8BEN

Cross-border tax

W-8BEN / W-9 collected, retained, and renewed. Tax treaty rates applied at payment time, not reconciliation time.

Paying creators across multiple countries used to be a nightmare. StrideHQ handles it all from one dashboard.
MH
Maddie Hall
Co-founder & Talent Manager, The Coup Management
Common questions

What teams ask before they switch.

How does the IR35 classification actually work?+
Each engagement is scored against HMRC's status indicators - control, substitution, mutuality of obligation, and others. The platform produces a Status Determination Statement (SDS) per engagement, attached to the contract and audit trail. If a status changes, you re-run it; the history is preserved.
What about data security and certifications?+
SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified. Data is encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.3). UK and EU data residency. Full DPA available, GDPR-aligned. Penetration testing reports on request.
Which accounting and HRIS systems do you integrate with?+
Native sync with Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, and Sage. CSV exports for everything else. HRIS integrations with HiBob, Bamboo, and Workday for in-house creator marketing teams. Single sign-on via Okta, Google Workspace, and Azure AD.
How is StrideHQ priced?+
Book a demo to find out more.
How long does implementation take?+
Most teams are live in under two weeks. Onboarding includes legal-entity setup, contract templates, integration mapping, and a kickoff with your finance lead. We migrate your existing roster from CSV - no manual re-entry.
Get started

Stop running creator payments
in spreadsheets.

Book a 15-minute demo and see how StrideHQ works for your team.