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Unified, bank direct payments. Supercharged.
OUR UNIQUE APPROACH
WHY VOLT
Volt is a single aggregation point and gateway to the world of open banking. Our Switch technology is currently connected to the most robust network providers in Europe; we will follow the roll-out of Open Banking across the globe, bringing together the best performing networks and providing a one-stop solution for global connectivity.
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This unique approach not only scales to address our global ambition but builds resilience through redundancy and failover, ensuring you and your customers are always connected. Increase retention and digital sales by allowing your customers to initiate direct payments, from their bank accounts to yours in real-time - your checkout in super-drive, powered by Volt.
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The Volt team have recently brought their solution to market after eighteen months of intensive development. Volt’s network aggregation model has proven its capabilities across geographies wherever banks offer direct Payment Initiation APIs. Volt’s Switch provides failover and smart routing that gives merchants and PSPs alike the coverage and reliability needed to provide their clients with the upper hand in Open Banking - detecting and automatically routing payments through the most effective providers available.
Shorten the cash cycle Experience the advantages of real-time settlement. Eliminate clearance wait periods with instant payments allowing immediate cash-flow. World-class UX optimises conversion Eliminate friction with integrated and streamlined user experience, driving increased sales and fewer dropouts. Broaden the bottom line N ext-generation payment solutions are inherently more cost-effective. Bank direct payments are more secure by design.
Existing card payment processes became popular in the 1970s, but now they are inflexible and expensive. Considering this, Open Banking is a logical next step - Tom Greenwood | Volt CEO.
Reduce fraud, no chargebacks With Volt, card fraud and chargebacks are a thing of the past. Tokenised credentials and biometrics are the new standards.
Company Bio: VOLT was founded in 2018 and consists of a senior team of payment professionals, led by Chairman, Robert Kraal, former COO and member of the founding team at Adyen. The product strategy has been under intensive development for the past eighteen months, placing the company at the forefront of the sector. The founding team comprise Thomas Greenwood as CEO (former IFX Payments), Steffen Vollert as CTO (Former head of expansion Adyen) and Jordan Lawrence as CCO (CEO & Chairman at PCN Capital) Representative bio: Jordan Lawrence joined the founding team of Volt in 2019 bringing a wealth of industry knowledge and an unsurpassed network with which to hire from as well as service. Jordan is also CEO & Chairman of PCN Capital which comprises Payments & Cards Network, Digital Source & Sekura People. They have offices in Atlanta, Amsterdam & Singapore. He has been in recruitment since 2006 and started PCN during the last recession.
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