Clearing & Payouts
Payouts are the periodic payments Cleverbridge issues to clients, representing the total revenue collected from their sales during a defined clearing period, minus applicable fees, refunds, and taxes as stipulated in the corresponding clearing documents.
This section describes the payout process and explains how to access your clearing documents, along with the information each document provides.
About payouts
Payouts are the regular payments Cleverbridge makes to you, representing the revenue earned from your processed transactions within a specific clearing period.
About clearing documents
Clearing documents play a crucial role in maintaining financial transparency and trust between Cleverbridge and our clients. At Cleverbridge, we strive to ensure that every payout is clear, traceable, and fully supported by accurate documentation.
Clearing report structure and fields
The clearing report is an Excel spreadsheet that contains several worksheets. The documents available to your account depend on the type of clearing documentation configured for your account. In the sections below, select the tab that correspond to your type of clearing documentation.
Downloading clearing documents
Cleverbridge provides clearing that ensure and support and the payout, ensuring transparent reconciliation and accurate accounting. The documents and their content depend on the type of clearing documentation configured for your account. Select the appropriate tab below.
Additional security (SSH keys)
Some clients historically used SFTP with password authentication to download clearing files from CA. These passwords were often weak, shared across users, and rarely rotated, which increases breach risk. Moreover, new requests for SFTP access use SSH key–based authentication, and we strongly encourage existing users to migrate. SSH keys are stronger, resistant to brute-force and phishing, support local encryption with passphrases, and enable safer automation.