A complete guide to how money is distributed at the closing of a deal — who releases it, in what order, and how each party is paid.
How a slow or failed wire delays an entire closing, why funds transfer is the bottleneck, and how instant settlement protects the date.
How competing lienholders are paid from a single settlement, in what priority, and how the multi-party payout is executed cleanly.
How firms manage and distribute funds owed to clients and third parties, the duty of care involved, and how disbursement is documented.
How money is managed across a staged or deferred closing, how funds move between the steps, and how each release is settled.
How a personal injury award flows through counsel to the client after liens and fees, and how the net reaches the client faster.
How to guarantee each party receives the exact right amount at closing, where errors creep in, and how preset splits prevent mistakes.
An illustrative case study of an entire closing derailed because one wire didn't arrive on time, and the chain reaction it set off for every party.
How a trust pays out to beneficiaries, how the trustee manages distributions, and how each payment is recorded and settled.
How estate proceeds are distributed among heirs, how the executor manages it, and how each beneficiary is paid their share.
Why parties wait days for funds after a closing, where the delay sits, and how instant settlement gets everyone paid at closing.
How the proceeds of a legal settlement divide among client, counsel, liens and costs, and how each share is paid out.
How every party in a closing can be paid in the same instant instead of one after another, and how simultaneous payout works.
How paying out a closing onchain produces a permanent, verifiable record of who received what, and why that simplifies reconciliation.
How the fees owed to the professionals in a deal are collected at closing, when they're paid, and how the payout reaches each firm.
A forensic breakdown of how a multi-party closing payout goes wrong — the miscalculated split, the missed lien, the clawback that follows.
What a settlement statement is, how every debit and credit maps to a payout, and how it becomes the instruction set for disbursement.
How a title company collects, holds and releases funds at closing, its role in the money flow, and how disbursement is executed.