Participant payments, handled in seconds
Pay study participants automatically on reloadable Visa cards or by bank transfer, triggered from REDCap, a spreadsheet, or your own systems. GiveCard handles participant support and 1099s.
Set the rule once, and payments follow
Most study payments still depend on someone checking completions, then buying, mailing, or logging each payment by hand. Participants wait, and everything is tracked manually on spreadsheets.
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A participant completes a step
A survey, a visit, or any milestone you track.
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GiveCard pays them automatically
A card gets issued, funds get loaded, or a bank transfer is sent, on your cadence: one time, scheduled, or recurring.
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Every step is logged
Each action carries timestamps and user attribution, ready for audits and sponsor reporting.
Your PIs get back to the research
Every hour spent managing payments is an hour taken from enrolling more participants.
No checks or messy gift card inventory
Virtual cards go out by email instantly, and physical cards ship in bulk or to each participant.
No manual triggers
GiveCard’s survey integration capabilities allows staff to build the payment into the survey flow
No re-entering participant lists
Upload a spreadsheet or sync from your systems to issue hundreds of cards at once.
No participant calls to your site
GiveCard's in-house team handles lost cards, balance questions, and disputes, seven days a week.
No 1099 scramble
The 1099 Tax Compliance Suite collects W-9s, creates 1099s, and e-files them once participants pass IRS reporting thresholds.
No reconciliation by hand
Payment records tagged by study and participant ID sync to QuickBooks or NetSuite, or export to CSV.
Paid within seconds, not weeks
Timely payment is a crucial part of the participant experience. With GiveCard, they can get access to funds within seconds of finishing a step.
Virtual cards arrive by email and can be added to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet
Bank transfers go instantly where the participant's bank supports RTP or FedNow
Works anywhere in the US that takes Visa debit
Recipient materials translated into 16+ languages
Participants receive 100 percent of what you send, with no inactivity fees or penalties
How research teams use GiveCard
UChicago pays survey participants within seconds of each survey
Staff at Chapin Hall used to check REDCap survey completions daily, verify eligibility, and trigger each payment by hand. Now GiveCard's REDCap integration detects each completed survey and loads funds to the participant's card, with no staff action needed. Participants are paid within seconds, and the team saves hours of admin work each week.
“GiveCard has allowed us to automate survey payment for survey completion, ensuring our participants get paid in a timely manner for their contributions to research. This is extremely valuable when working with vulnerable populations who may rely on research incentives for basic needs.”
Dr. Sara Semborski, University of Chicago
RAND Corporation
“GiveCard provides a robust and yet easy to use platform for disbursal of funds, and timely and effective customer service for both administrators and participants.”
Beverly Weidmer, Senior Survey Director @ RAND Corporation
University of Pennsylvania
“I had a GREAT experience working with them and think they have the best, most cost-effective way of paying study participants. For example, GiveCard makes it super easy to send digital or physical cards, restrict spending at the store, category, or zip-code level, get unused funds back if someone doesn’t use their funds within a certain period, reload funds to a card (useful if you need to pay people repeatedly over a period of time), and it opens up a new world for spending data.”
Wendy De La Rosa, Principal Investigator, Financial Well-Being Lab @ University of Pennsylvania
Built for the questions your IRB and finance office will ask
Participant data
Only the essential information required: an email for a virtual card, a mailing address for a physical card, or bank details verified through GiveCard Intake
Tag cards and transactions with study IDs, participant IDs, or grant codes
Optional spend restrictions if a study needs them
HIPAA: BAA available for studies that need one
Audit and money
Every payment logged with timestamps and user attribution
Real-time spend and payment reports, exportable by study
Pull unspent funds back to your account at any time
24/7 fraud monitoring; disputes handled end to end
Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC; funds FDIC insured up to the standard limit
Start from a survey, a spreadsheet, or your own systems
Run payments from the no-code dashboard with spreadsheet uploads, connect your CTMS or popular survey software like REDCap or Qualtrics so milestone completions trigger payments automatically, or use GiveCard's API to pay from your own study systems. Payment data syncs to QuickBooks, NetSuite, or Salesforce.
Your next study can launch on GiveCard this month
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Two to five days to launch
That's for the no-code dashboard. No IT project required.
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One to two weeks for the API
That's for a full API integration with your own study systems.
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A dedicated team
Personalized setup and a dedicated customer success team.
For cardholders
24/7 support
In-house support
Available 24/7
Trauma informed practice
Multiple languages
Tailored onboarding
For customers
Dedicated team
Personalized setup
Customer success team
Implementation expertise
Feature requests
Live monitoring
Questions research teams ask us
How fast do recipients get paid?
Recipients can get access to funds within seconds.
How does someone receive and use their card?
Physical cards ship in bulk to a location for in-person pickup or directly to each recipient's mailing address. Virtual cards arrive instantly in the recipient's email inbox and can be added to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet for tap-to-pay right away.
What information do you need about the people we are paying?
GiveCard does not require personally identifiable information from recipients. It needs an email address to deliver a virtual card, a mailing address to deliver a physical card, or bank details collected and verified through GiveCard Intake for a bank transfer. Once recipients pass the 1099 threshold, our tax compliance suite can handle that additional data collection.
Can recipients without a bank account use a GiveCard?
Yes, a recipient does not need to have a bank account to be able to receive and use a GiveCard.
Do you handle 1099s?
Yes, we provide a 1099 Tax Compliance Suite that automates the W-9 collection, 1099 creation, and e-filing of those records.
Can we track which card belongs to which program, grant, or person?
Yes. Program names, recipient IDs, grant codes, or any other identifiers can be attached to cards and to transaction events through GiveCard's custom fields.
How is GiveCard different from gift cards or rewards platforms?
GiveCards are more flexible and configurable than gift cards or rewards platforms. GiveCards are VISA cards that work anywhere, and can be reloaded remotely on-demand. They can similarly be restricted down to only work in certain categories (e.g., grocery or gas stations), or even created to be a gift card-like experience to a specific store if desired.
Do you support languages other than English?
Recipient-facing materials are human-translated into 16+ languages. Our live support utilizes live translation services that provide coverage over most languages.
How much does GiveCard cost?
A flat monthly software fee, set by the annual dollar volume of disbursements, plus fulfillment costs: $5 per physical card, $0 per virtual card, and about $0.75 per bank transfer. No inactivity fees, no cardholder penalties, no per-transaction costs.
Paying participants on your next study?
Tell us about your study, how participants get paid today, and roughly how many payments you send each month. We'll show you how it would run on GiveCard.
Colin or someone on the team will reply within one business day.
Already a GiveCard cardholder? Email support@givecard.io or call 908-529-0955, available 24/7.
Cards are issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc.