Taxi & Medallion Fleets Payments & Payouts

Taxi fleets collect shift leases and card fares, then settle with drivers. Roots automates lease collection, fare settlement and driver payouts through licensed partners.
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Payment solutions for taxi & medallion fleets

How these solutions fit taxi & medallion fleets

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Gig Worker Payouts

For taxi & medallion fleets: Pay drivers and fleet operators from approved jobs or service records, with earnings and transfer status tracked together. Card fares minus lease and fee deductions settle to each driver automatically. Roots builds an earnings ledger and payout flow for your fleet management and meter systems, provided through our licensed banking and money-transmission partners. Workers can cash out on a schedule or on demand, and you get the tax data you need at year end.
  • Design payout timing and fee rules around your unit economics
  • Integrate job-completion events with the payout API
  • Set risk thresholds (tenure, dispute rate) for faster payout eligibility
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Instant Payouts

For taxi & medallion fleets: Plan faster disbursements to drivers and fleet operators, matching each transfer to approved earnings or completed work. End-of-shift cash-out replaces the cash office. Roots enables fast payouts through card networks and the RTP and FedNow real-time rails, provided through our licensed banking and money-transmission partners. Funds usually arrive within minutes, depending on the receiving bank.
  • Choose card-push versus real-time bank rails for your payee base
  • Set pricing and disclosure copy for any fast-payout fee
  • Implement eligibility and fraud thresholds
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ACH Payments

For taxi & medallion fleets: Offer bank-account payments for ride fares, service charges and transport bookings, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. Weekly lease payments can be collected by ACH debit from drivers who pay separately. Roots sets up ACH collections and disbursements for your business, including same-day ACH. Entry descriptions and fraud monitoring follow the Nacha rules that took effect in 2026.
  • Pick SEC codes and draft authorization language
  • Integrate ACH with your billing or payout system
  • Document the risk-based fraud monitoring Nacha requires
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Taxi & Medallion Fleets payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Gig Worker Payouts for Taxi Drivers, Fast Payouts for Taxi Drivers, ACH Payments for Taxi Fleets. Roots helps compare the setup, software and processing requirements around how you operate.
Yes. Bring your current POS, checkout or billing tools and recent processing statements. We review customer payments, recipient onboarding, payment calculations and payouts, then plan the changes your taxi & medallion fleets business needs.
Request a quote for your business. The review covers your payment mix, locations, software, hardware recommendations and implementation work. Consultations and payment reviews are free.
Bring recent payment statements, the systems you use and a record of how a customer places an order, receives a service or pays a bill. Tell us which taxi & medallion fleets workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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