2021年6月17日

今天,Volt——領先的開放支付網關,引發了一係列2350萬美元基金擴張到新界和構建其全球即時支付足跡。投資,最大的係列開放銀行業的記錄,由EQT企業。現有投資者Augmentum和燃料企業也參加了,還有幾個天使投資人與廣泛的支付行業經驗和影響力。這些包括:羅伯特牛欄主席(Adyen創始人之一)和加布裏埃爾·德·Montessus非執行董事(FIS Worldpay集團總裁)。世界正在經曆一場戲劇性轉向數字支付;電子商務交易僅在2024年預計將達到6萬億美元。大流行創造了一個支付行業的拐點;麵對前所未有的網絡需求,商人和psp在重新考量的技術基礎設施支撐著他們的業務。同時我們的錢是如何改變。在曆史上我們有依賴維薩和萬事達作為全球電子商務的支柱,未來是不同的。 At EQT Ventures we believe that account-based instant payments are set to dominate the global payments landscape, because they’re: 1) Faster: payments arrive instantly, no more waiting days or weeks for card processors to pay out. 2) Cheaper: no card or interchange fees (i.e no card acquirers, issuers or schemes involved), resulting in significantly lower transaction costs vs. other payment methods. 3) Safer: payments are authorised by the consumer with their bank, reducing fraud and chargebacks costs. This is no longer a bold prediction, payment giants such as FIS expect account-based instant payments to be their main revenue stream by 2024. There are 58 countries rolling out their instant payment schemes, and across the globe, merchants and payment service providers (PSPs) are prioritising instant payments. Enter Volt, building the global instant payments platform — an orchestration layer that unifies instant schemes around the world to a single point of access. Volt has quietly and rapidly established itself as Europe’s leading open payments gateway. It offers seamless access to Open Banking payments in Europe, connecting over 5,000 banks across the UK and EU, and with this round they will expand further internationally. Their unique operating model removes single point of failure, provides unrivalled reach and smart routing based on performance, conversion and reliability. It also, translates and operationalises the real-time payments infrastructure, creating a highly flexible and scalable solution, and delivering a unified experience for Merchants and Payment Service Providers. In our first call with Tom, Jordan and Steffen we were immediately captivated by the combination of their merchant centricity, deep payments experience and bold global ambitions. They’ve built successful payments start-ups from scratch (IFX), led international expansion for the largest PSPs (Adyen) and recruited some of the world’s leading payment execs (PCN). Raw ingredients that together with their model puts them in a strong position to become the global category winner. With this funding round, Volt will be accelerating its international expansion and product development. We’re incredibly excited and honoured to be joining Tom, Jordan and Steffen in their journey towards building the global instant payments network.