What is Stripe Music?

Stripe does not present "Stripe Music" as a standalone product in the customer story. Notes is the music royalty platform; it uses Stripe Connect and Stripe Treasury for platforms as financial infrastructure.

How does Notes use Stripe for music royalties?

Notes uses Stripe infrastructure to support enrollment, eligible Financial Accounts, royalty payouts, splits, and withdrawals alongside Notes' catalog, credits, and royalty tools.

Does Stripe collect music royalties?

Notes collects and calculates supported royalties; Stripe provides the financial infrastructure for accounts and money movement.

Is Notes built with Stripe?

Yes, within the scope stated in the Notes.fm customer story published by Stripe: Connect and Treasury for platforms support Notes' Financial Accounts and payouts.

Notes + Stripe

Notes and Stripefor Music Royalties

Notes is a music royalty platform built with Stripe Connect and Stripe Treasury for platforms.

Musicians and music companies use Notes to manage catalogs, credits, royalty collection, balances, splits, and payouts in one account. Stripe published a customer story describing how the products work together.

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What this means for musicians

Musicians reviewing collected royalties, balances, and payout details in one account.
Bands and collaborators connecting payments to recording and songwriting splits.
Music companies reviewing royalty statements and payments across multiple catalogs.

Money movement

How royalty money moves

Connect the catalog
Keep recordings, compositions, credits, identifiers, and ownership data together.
Collect royalties
Bring supported recording and songwriting royalty collection into Notes.
Apply the splits
Use two independent 100% pools to keep recording and songwriting allocations clear.
Review statements and balances
Review royalty reporting and the balances connected to your Notes account.
Move eligible funds
Enroll through Stripe Connect and link an external bank account or open an eligible Notes Financial Account.

Customer story

Published by Stripe

Stripe · September 10, 2026

Notes.fm simplifies music royalties with Stripe Treasury for platforms

Notes.fm is a New York-based royalty-management platform that lets artists, bands and music businesses centralize catalog management, credit verification and royalty collection. By integrating Stripe Connect and Stripe Treasury for platforms, it automates payouts from streaming services and mechanical royalty sources, provides financial accounts for earnings, and enables split payments and withdrawals.

Read the Notes customer story on Stripe ↗

Included

Stripe products used

Stripe Connect: Notes uses Connect to send royalty payments to musicians.
Stripe Treasury for platforms: Notes uses Treasury for platforms to provide the Financial Accounts where earnings are held.
Stripe Billing: Stripe lists Billing among the products in the Notes.fm customer story.

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Eligibility and account details

To receive royalty payouts, customers must enroll in Stripe Connect and link an external bank account or open a Financial Account.
Financial Account services are subject to verification, approval, eligibility, and geographic limitations.
Notes is not a bank, money transmitter, or other financial institution.
Notes partners with Stripe Payments Company for money transmission and account services, with funds held at Fifth Third Bank N.A., Member FDIC.
Rewards Program Terms apply and require an eligible Notes Financial Account.

Stripe and Fifth Third Bank names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Notes is an independent service. Financial services are provided by third-party financial institutions and are subject to applicable terms and eligibility.

Notes is a music royalty platform that uses Stripe Connect and Stripe Treasury for platforms to provide eligible Financial Accounts and move royalty payments.

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