# Create a recipient

Before sending money, ensure that GoCardless has the recipient’s bank details. Recipients can either be:

- existing customers who you already collect payments from;
- new customers.

If you’ve used the GoCardless API before, this process will be straightforward. If you’re new to the API, take a moment to explore the API reference and examples via the links below. In summary, you’ll need to work with two key endpoints:

- ["Create a customer"](https://developer.gocardless.com/api-reference#customers-create-a-customer)
- ["Create a customer bank account"](https://developer.gocardless.com/api-reference#customer-bank-accounts-create-a-customer-bank-account)

Once created, you can use the same recipient to send outbound payments as many times as needed.

### What’s next?