Today, the UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has decided that cards do not face effective competition. The PSR states that it has “provisionally” determined there is not enough competition in the supply of scheme and processing services to acquirers. Additionally, pricing is complicated, having risen… Read More
Volt is the next Fintech to be approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to be approved as an E-money service provider. Currently, Volt provides real-time payments. Frequently, once a platform is an E-money institution (EMI) they may offer additional financial services. Volt states… Read More
Payments Fintech Volt has announced the appointment of Irina Chuchkina as Chief Marketing Officer. Chuchkina was previously at Thunes. Prior to Thunes, Chuchkina held executive marketing roles at Rapyd, super-app Grab, and Visa. She has also served on the board of the Singapore Fintech Association…. Read More
Volt, the global real-time payments platform, has recently announced its partnership with embedded sustainability fintech, ekko. The collaboration enables consumers and retailers “to support the removal of plastic bottles from the ocean at checkout, which are then tracked in real time to measure the environmental… Read More
Volt, the global real-time payments platform, announces its expansion into Australia following a period of sustained growth for the UK-headquartered fintech company. Following Volt’s $60m funding round earlier this year, this development “marks the latest step in its ambitious growth plans to meet market demand… Read More
Volt, the global real-time payments platform, recently announced that Matt Henderson, former CEO of Stripe Europe, ex-Google, ex-Amazon, has now “joined as a Special Advisor to the Board.” Henderson reportedly joins Volt at a critical inflection point “for the company, following the successful completion of… Read More
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has published “guidance” for the US digital asset industry building upon its already widely utilized Bit Licence rules. Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris issued a statement explaining her goal of prioritizing regulations for “virtual currency policy” to… Read More
Primer, the payments automation platform offering the infrastructure for effortless commerce experiences, today announces its new partnership with Volt, the company building the global infrastructure for real-time payments, “enabling access to instant bank payments to Primer’s customers.” The tough economic climate in the UK, “driven… Read More
Payments Fintech Volt has raised a $60 million Series B funding round. The company said the backing was indicative of the confidence in the UK Fintech sector. The additional capital will be utilized to expand into new markets, including Asia Pacific and the Americas. At… Read More
Payment orchestration provider BR-DGE has announced today its latest partnership with global real-time payments gateway Volt to support merchants countering payment fraud. Through a single point of integration, BR-DGE’s merchants can “access a world of payment providers, fraud capabilities, and alternative payment methods.” This new… Read More
Digital wealth platform Yield App has partnered with Volt, the global real-time payments gateway, in order “to offer additional GBP and EUR on-ramps via FPS and SEPA Instant.” Yield App customers “can now buy cryptocurrency in real time directly with their bank, thanks to the… Read More
Tazapay, a Singapore-based cross-border payments provider, has partnered with leading global real-time payments gateway Volt “to add open banking to its growing stack of payment offerings, as it accelerates its international growth plans across the UK and Europe. The partnership will enable Tazapay’s customers “to… Read More
Volt, the global gateway for open banking payments in Europe, the UK and Brazil, and Kriptomat, one of the “fastest-growing” European cryptocurrency exchange platforms, are announcing a partnership “to enable Kriptomat customers throughout Europe to make real-time account-to-account payments to buy, sell and exchange cryptocurrencies.”… Read More
Volt, a high-profile digital bank operating in Australia, has taken the extraordinary measure of announcing it will close its business, and return its banking license to regulators. In a post on the digital bank’s website Volt announced: “Volt has made the difficult decision to close… Read More
Open Banking Fintech Volt, a UK-based company powering the growth of real-time payments in the UK and Europe, is launching Verify, which is described as “an ultrafast bank account authentication service for online merchants and businesses.” As confirmed in the update, Volt is launching Verify… Read More
Open Banking Fintech Volt has introduced a product aimed at helping merchants save on excessive debit card (interchange) fees by encouraging shoppers “to seamlessly switch to an open banking payment AFTER choosing to pay with a debit card at the checkout.” After recognizing the banking… Read More
Volt, which claims to be the leading Open payments gateway, has recruited payments veteran Matt Komorowski as its Chief Revenue Officer . Matt joins Volt after nearly a decade with PayPal, where for the past three years he has “been leading the payments giant’s channel… Read More
Parpera, a money management platform for sole traders, freelancers, and startup founders, has launched Australia’s “first” embedded finance business experience “using a debit card linked directly to deposit accounts,” in partnership with Railspay (the Australian arm of Railsbank) and Volt. The Parpera Business Debit Mastercard… Read More
Volt, the open payments gateway, has reportedly appointed Nathan Marion as General Manager LATAM, in order to lead its strategic expansion in Latin America (LatAm). This follows the Fintech firm’s integration of Brazil’s instant payments system, Pix. Marion joins from e-commerce platform VTEX. There, in… Read More
Open Banking in Brazil marked its first anniversary on February 1, 2022 – and the South American nation is looking set to strengthen its position as a (maybe unlikely) open banking pioneer. The Brazilian reserve bank’s phased approach is considered to be a success, through… Read More
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