Cultivating Platform Loyalty Through Payouts - GDS Group

Cultivating Platform Loyalty Through Payouts

ROUNDTABLE
27 January 2026, America 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EST
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How much are payouts influencing your platform’s ability to compete for workers?

In today’s competitive gig landscape, scaling your supply side isn’t enough. Workers stay where they’re paid fast, flexibly, and with features that support their financial well-being.

Payouts have become a core product capability, shaping adoption, engagement, and loyalty. Modern, embedded payment solutions enable marketplaces to deliver fast, reliable disbursements, simplify operations, and introduce value-added financial tools. Done right, payouts shift from a cost center to a growth engine, unlocking new revenue streams and keeping workers active and loyal.

Join Branch and a select group of your peers as we explore how scalable payout strategies can elevate your product experience, maximize platform ROI, and future-proof your roadmap.

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Event host

Ahmed Siddiqui

Ahmed Siddiqui

Chief Payments Officer
Ahmed Siddiqui is Chief Payments Officer at Branch, where he spearheads product innovation, strategy, and find out more
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About Branch

Branch is the leading workforce payments platform that helps businesses deliver fast, flexible options for workers to get paid.

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Discussion topics

Payouts as a competitive differentiator

Embedded payments as a growth engine

Turning payouts into ROI

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