# Send an Outbound Payment

Source: https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/send-money/send-an-outbound-payment/add-a-new-recipient

# Create a recipient

Before sending money, ensure that GoCardless has the recipient's bank details. Recipients can either be:

- Existing customers who you already collect payments from
- New customers

If you've used the GoCardless API before, this process will be straightforward. If you're new to the API, take a moment to explore the API reference and examples via the links below. In summary, you'll need to work with two key endpoints:

- [Create a customer](/docs/api-reference/customer#create-a-customer)
- [Create a customer bank account](/docs/api-reference/customer-bank-account#create-a-customer-bank-account)

Once created, you can use the same recipient to send outbound payments as many times as needed.

## What's next?

  
#### [Initiate an outbound payment](/docs/send-money/send-an-outbound-payment/create-an-outbound-payment)

Create a regular outbound payment or withdrawal with the required parameters.

  
#### [Approve an outbound payment](/docs/send-money/send-an-outbound-payment/approve-an-outbound-payment)

Review verification results and approve the payment to send it.