Tagged: Volt

November 12, 2021 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

European payments firm Volt has entered Brazil. Volt states that it has now integrated Brazil’s domestic instant payments network Pix – and established its physical presence in São Paulo. Volt states that it currently works with over 5000 banks in Europe on the PSD2 Open… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank (Railspay in Australia) and Douugh (ASX: DOU) have partnered to launch a “responsible financial super app.” The app is said to offer an embedded finance experience including bank accounts, payments, cards, money management, stock investing, crypto and more. The app will launch in Australia,… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s first digital bank Volt and one of the nation’s largest mortgage aggregators Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX:AFG) have introduced a personal finance app ‘Handl. by AFG’, and a white-label home loan product, ‘AFG Home Loans Sparc’, both “powered by Volt’s banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform,” according… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s neobank Volt has teamed up with virtual currency exchange BTC Markets (BTCM) in order to offer BTCM and its clients with improved speed, stability, and confidence when investing in crypto-assets, facilitated by Volt’s banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform. The partnership will offer integrated banking capabilities to… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Major brands in the Open Banking space have unveiled a new challenge: The VRP Hackathon. It’s organized by Open Future World, Ozone and UK Finance and supported by Accenture, Mastercard, VOLT and Worldpay from FIS. Until now, Open Banking has mainly been focused on settling… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 3:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week’s launch of Open Banking Excellence’s presence in Brazil could play a key role in the country’s emergence as an open banking stalwart, two executives from instant payments infrastructure provider Volt believe. CEO Tom Greenwood said Banco Central do Brazil has gone farther than… Read More

July 12, 2021 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s first neobank Volt has reportedly acquired neo-lending platform Australian Mortgage, enabling it to provide “fully-verified” approval times of less than 15 minutes on its new digital mortgage product. As mentioned in a release shared with CI: “This is a material improvement compared to many… Read More

June 18, 2021 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered Volt, an open payments gateway provider, has secured $23.5 million in capital through a Series A round that was led by EQT Ventures. Augmentum Fintech, Fuel Ventures, and angel investors including Adyen co-founder Robert Kraal and FIS non-executive director Gabriel de Montessus took part… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 9:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Volt, an Australian digital banking service, has partnered with Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX:AFG) – a large mortgage aggregator. The partnership with Volt is a significant sign of confidence for the emerging Fintech. Simultaneously, Volt has extended its Series E funding round. According to a… Read More

April 28, 2021 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Volt, an open payments gateway, revealed on Wednesday (April 28, 2021) that it has developed new cash management functionality. It offers merchants and payment service providers with full visibility of Open Banking payments made via the UK’s Faster Payments Service and the European SEPA Credit… Read More

March 18, 2021 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Railsbank, a Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform, has expanded into Australia in partnership with digital bank Volt. Founded in 2016, Railsbank is based in the UK and offers APIs and apps for financial services firms to offer modern services. Volt is the first digital… Read More

October 17, 2020 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian neobank Volt has confirmed that it’s planning to reduce the total interest rate on its Save account. The bank will slash the current rate by 20 basis points, so it will be lowered from the current 1.45% p.a. to 1.25% p.a. This new rate… Read More

February 24, 2020 @ 10:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian neobanking group Volt announced on Monday its new partnership global retailer, the Cotton On Group, introduce team members and customers to the Volt experience. Volt claims this is the first partnership of this type between a neobank and major retailer in Australia. Volt also… Read More

January 20, 2020 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Volt, one of Australia’s first neobanks to have received a full operational license in the country, has reportedly secured an additional $70 million in investments. Steve Weston, co-founder and CEO at Volt, stated: “The high levels of interest we are receiving from potential banking partners… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based digital bank Volt Bank has revealed details regarding one of its most anticipated and soon-to-be-released banking products, a new type of savings account with a decent interest rate. Volt Bank’s official website says that the digital bank will provide a 2.15% maximum ongoing interest… Read More