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title: "Integrating OUSD"
url: https://openusd.dev/start/
description: "Choose a task: hold OUSD, send payouts, issue cards, mint or redeem, create wallets, convert, custody, or accept payments."
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# Integrating OUSD

Choose what you want to build.

## Choose a path

| I want to… | Guide |
| --- | --- |
| Keep an OUSD balance for my business | [Holding OUSD](https://openusd.dev/guides/hold-ousd/) |
| Pay recipients | [Sending payouts from OUSD](https://openusd.dev/guides/send-payouts/) |
| Give customers a card to spend with | [Issuing OUSD-funded cards](https://openusd.dev/guides/issue-cards/) |
| Exchange funds with an issuance service | [Minting and redeeming OUSD](https://openusd.dev/guides/mint-and-redeem-ousd/) |
| Give users a wallet | [Creating OUSD wallets](https://openusd.dev/guides/create-wallets/) |
| Exchange another asset for OUSD, or convert back | [Converting OUSD](https://openusd.dev/guides/convert-ousd/) |
| Choose who controls OUSD and withdrawals | [Managing OUSD custody](https://openusd.dev/guides/custody-ousd/) |
| Let customers pay my business | [Accepting OUSD payments](https://openusd.dev/guides/accept-payments/) |

New to stablecoins? Start with [What is OUSD?](https://openusd.dev/guides/what-is-open-usd/) and [Concepts](https://openusd.dev/guides/concepts/).

## Shared references

-   [Payment events, retries, and reconciliation](https://openusd.dev/guides/integration-architecture/) for the application logic shared across tasks
-   [Ecosystem directory](https://openusd.dev/ecosystem/) for provider details and access records
-   [Networks and contracts](https://openusd.dev/networks/) to identify Open Standard’s OUSD on the correct network