Tori Samples from the Stellar Development Foundation discusses the Stellar Disbursement Platform, a bulk payments tool enabling organizations to send up to 10,000 transactions in a single batch to recipients worldwide using stablecoins, with a live demo showing how recipients claim funds through integrated wallets.
In this episode of Around the Block, Tori Samples, Director of Product at the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses her journey building fintech products on Stellar and introduces the Stellar Disbursement Platform. Originally created to send cash assistance to displaced people in Ukraine via UNHCR, the platform now serves enterprises including the world's largest aid, development, and government funding organizations. The platform enables bulk payments of up to 10,000 transactions per batch using stablecoins, with recipients claiming funds through wallets like Beans or Vibrant without needing blockchain knowledge. The demo shows the seamless end-to-end experience: a financial administrator uploads a CSV of recipients, sends funds, and recipients verify via email or phone to claim payments. Tori highlights upcoming expansions including one-off payments, B2B transactions, and bank account payouts, positioning the platform as a comprehensive enterprise payment solution on Stellar.