We’re real-time
payments people
Find out more about who we are, how we started,
and why we’re so passionate about what we do.
About us
Our story
Volt was founded in 2019 on a simple conviction: that open banking would transform how businesses send and receive money. We spent our first years building the network that conviction deserved – direct connections to real-time rails across the UK, Europe and Australia, so merchants could accept account-to-account payments that settle in seconds.
Then we followed the money. A real-time payment needs somewhere to land, sit and move on – so we built the account layer: real-time Volt Accounts, Virtual IBANs and Named Accounts that give merchants complete control of their funds across currencies and markets..
Today, Volt runs it all on one platform. Fiat and regulated stablecoins, licensed in three regions – and built for wherever commerce goes next.
WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED
The journey so far
From our first real-time payments to the launch of the account
layer, take a closer look at how far we've come.
2019
Volt is founded in London
Nov 2020
First merchants go live
Jun 2021
$23.5m Series A secured
Jun 2023
$60m Series B secured; Worldpay partnership announced
Aug 2023
EU Payment Institution licence secured
Nov 2023
Volt launches in Australia on PayTo
Feb 2024
UK EMI licence granted by the FCA
Feb 2026
Volt’s full treasury suite launches across the UK and EU
Feb 2026
Stablecoin acceptance integrated across the network; NPP Identified Institution status secured in Australia
Jul 2026
First stablecoin-powered wallet top-ups go live via USDC
Payments people
Our leadership team
Introducing our C-suite.
Chief Executive Officer
Steffen Vollert
Chief Legal Officer
Stephanie Lopes
SVP Commercial
Elaine Smith
SVP Compliance & Risk
Ayo Salam
SVP Australia & New Zealand
Kristofer Rogers
VP Product
Mat Tuvesson
VP Engineering
Kamil Starski
What our Voltologists say
Our culture
A selection of Voltologists talk through what working at Volt is like, why our culture matters, and what their colleagues mean to them.
NEWSROOM
Latest Volt news
Business
Volt receives Australian Financial Services Licence from ASIC, completing direct regulatory authorisation across Australia, the UK and EU
Volt is now able to operate directly in a market where A2A is reaching feature parity with cards.
Business
Mitrade partners with Volt to power instant account-to-account deposits and payouts for EU traders
Mitrade, one of Asia’s best-known FX and CFD trading platforms, will use Volt to deliver instant SEPA deposits and real-time payouts to clients across the EU.
Business
Volt enables Profee wallet top-ups via USDC, bringing stablecoin pay-ins to cross-border remittance
Profee's acceptance of USDC top-ups marks the migration of stablecoins from crypto-native use cases to mainstream consumer financial services.