Volt
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About
Volt provides real-time account-to-account payments for businesses, connecting domestic real-time payment systems into a harmonised solution. Its products include instant payments, refunds, payouts, Volt Accounts, virtual IBANs, Circuit Breaker, Transformer, and Verify. Merchants can send payment links or QR codes through Pay by Link using channels such as email, SMS, chatbots, and invoices. Integration methods include hosted checkout, API-only, and mobile SDK, and listed e-commerce integrations include Shopify, Prestashop, Shopware, Adobe Commerce, and WooCommerce. Plugins are available for Shopify, Shopware, and Adobe Commerce, with other platform support available through its support team. Volt lists 2,500 connected banks, 31 territories, and 618 million bank accounts covered on its homepage; market coverage is also listed as 1,900 connected banks, 10 payment rails, and 12 currencies. Payouts are available in the EU, UK, and Australia, disabled by default, and may have business-specific limits. Pricing is on request.
Who it is for
Volt suits scaling and enterprise businesses that want to accept real-time payments, initiate payouts, or manage funds. Merchants can choose among hosted checkout, API-only, and mobile SDK integration methods.
What is good
- Offers hosted checkout, API-only, and mobile SDK options
- Pay by Link supports links and QR codes
- Lists integrations with five e-commerce platforms
- Payment webhooks and refunds are supported
What to know first
- Pricing is on request
- Payouts are disabled by default
- Payouts may have business-specific limits
- Safeguarding is not deposit protection
Verdict
Volt combines account-to-account payment acceptance with refunds, payouts, and fund-management products. Businesses should review payout availability and limits, and request pricing for their use case.
Compared on open banking payment platforms
Facts
- Product
- Volt provides real-time account-to-account payments for businesses globally.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Network
- Volt connects domestic real-time payment systems into a single harmonised solution.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Scale
- Volt’s homepage states 2,500 connected banks, 31 territories and 618 million bank accounts covered.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Products
- Volt offers instant payments, refunds, payouts, Volt Accounts, virtual IBANs, Circuit Breaker, Transformer and Verify.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Pay by Link
- Pay by Link lets merchants send secure payment links or QR codes through channels including email, SMS, chatbots and invoices.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- E-commerce integrations
- Volt is integrated with Shopify, Prestashop, Shopware, Adobe Commerce and WooCommerce.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Integration methods
- Volt supports hosted checkout, API-only and mobile SDK integration methods.docs.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Plugins
- Volt provides plugins for Shopify, Shopware and Adobe Commerce, with additional platform support available through its support team.docs.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Market coverage
- Volt lists 1,900 connected banks, 10 integrated payment rails and 12 supported currencies.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Payout availability
- Volt Payouts are available in the EU, UK and Australia, are disabled by default, and may have business-specific limits.docs.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Safeguarding
- Volt safeguards customer funds through segregation under UK electronic-money and Polish payment-institution licensing, and states that safeguarding is not deposit protection.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Regulation
- Volt lists FCA authorisations in the UK, KNF authorisation in Poland, and ASIC and AUSTRAC registrations in Australia.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- Volt provides technical support at [email protected] and states customer support operates from 9am to 5pm CET.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
- Target customers
- Scaling and enterprise businesses use Volt to accept real-time payments, initiate payouts and manage funds.docs.volt.io · 30 Sept 2026
Company
- Founded
- 2019volt.io · 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomvolt.io · 28 Sept 2026
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Sources
- volt.io· checked 30 Sept 2026
- volt.io/pay-by-link/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- volt.io/ecommerce/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- docs.volt.io/get-started/quick-integration-guide· checked 30 Sept 2026
- docs.volt.io/get-started/e-commerce-plugins· checked 30 Sept 2026
- volt.io/market-coverage/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- docs.volt.io/implementation/volt-accounts/payouts/in· checked 30 Sept 2026
- volt.io/legal/safeguarding/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- volt.io/legal/regulatory/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- volt.io/legal/consumer-duty/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- docs.volt.io/branding/volt-faqs· checked 30 Sept 2026


