Quick pay
Quick pay is a broker's offer to pay a carrier in a few days instead of the standard term, usually for a fee taken off the rate.
Last updated 11 October 2026.
The standard term might be thirty days. Quick pay might be a couple of days, or a week, at a discount the carrier accepts. The carrier gets cash sooner. You keep the fee. The customer still pays you on the customer's term.
There is no single quick-pay price across the industry. Whatever you charge is your offer, and the carrier takes it or waits for the normal term. The fee should be on the rate confirmation or in the carrier agreement, as a choice the carrier makes before the pickup. A fee that shows up for the first time on the settlement, after the truck delivered, is how you lose the carrier.
Quick pay is your program. You are still the one paying the carrier, just sooner. If a factor has a notice of assignment on that carrier, quick pay does not override the notice. The factor's instructions win, or you pay the wrong party.
FreightScout creates the payable from the rate on the load and the POD. It does not invent a quick-pay fee. If your term and your fee are already on the load, they are what billing uses. A person approves a payable that does not match the rate confirmation. How FreightScout handles carrier payables.
Questions people actually ask
When should a carrier agree to a quick-pay fee?
Before the pickup, on the rate confirmation or in the carrier agreement. A discount that shows up after delivery is a surprise, not a program.
Does quick pay override a factor notice?
No. A notice of assignment still tells you who to pay. Quick pay is your faster term. It does not move the money to the carrier when a factor owns the invoice.