Case Study: The Association of Pickleball Players Achieves Fast Global Prize Payouts with Payment Labs

How Payment Labs Transformed Payouts For APP

The Association of Pickleball Players (APP), which runs a leading professional and amateur tournament series, needed a fast and compliant way to pay a rapidly growing number of event winners across multiple countries. Their previous payment process was a bottleneck, taking weeks or months to complete. The organization partnered with Payment Labs for a specialized payment solution to handle these global prize payouts.

Payment Labs implemented an automated system to streamline the APP's payouts and tax compliance. This solution enabled the APP to pay over 800 athletes across more than 300 tournaments, distributing over $6 million in prize money. With Payment Labs, winners now receive their payments within 48 hours of a tournament's conclusion, removing a major operational hurdle and allowing the APP to scale its events effectively.

The Association of Pickleball Players

Tom Webb

Director Global Business Operations