United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Volt Technologies Holdings Limited
Volt Technologies Holdings Limited is a private limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom and based in London. The FCA authorises it as a payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, with permissions for payment initiation and account information services (FRN 925340). It heads the Volt group, and its directors state that the group has no ultimate controlling party. The group's merchant accounts are provided by sister companies: Volt Technologies Limited, an FCA-authorised electronic money institution, and Volt Technologies sp. z o.o., which the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) authorises. Volt describes its offer as account-to-account "Pay by Bank" payments, payouts and account verification for merchants and payment service providers.
Licences and registrations
Held by Volt Technologies Holdings Limited (LEI 21380036LA1ULHP1FI20). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 925340 | United Kingdom | Active | 2020-09-17 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Volt (FCA-PSD)
- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- VOLXGB22XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Reverse billingThe institution is connected to Swift. Messages sent to it are billed to the institution, not to the sender. The “2” in the eighth character of VOLXGB22 marks reverse billing.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2023-07-01
- Last updated
- 2024-04-11
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Venture-backed
Firm type
Open banking
Trades as Volt
- Standing
- The firm was named Volt Technologies Ltd until 14 July 2022. On 4 June 2026 its registered office moved from 42 Berners Street to The Bloomsbury Building, 10 Bloomsbury Way, London.
- Ownership
- The firm is the parent company of the Volt group and is backed by venture investors including IVP, EQT Ventures, CommerzVentures, Augmentum Fintech and Fuel Ventures. It reports no person with significant control, and its directors state that there is no ultimate controlling party.
- Head office
- The Bloomsbury Building, 10 Bloomsbury Way, WC1 2SL London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 12140559
- Incorporated
- 6 Aug 2019
- Founders
- Tom Greenwood · Steffen Vollert · Jordan Lawrence
- Former name
- VOLT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Online
- Websites & references
- volt.io ↗
docs.volt.io ↗ developer documentation
fuzebox.volt.io ↗ merchant portal (Fuzebox) login - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 16 pages consulted
- register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=0014G00002UyFSRQA3
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12140559
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12140559/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12140559/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12140559/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12140559/filing-history/MzQ5MTI4ODgyN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- volt.io/
- volt.io/legal/regulatory/
- volt.io/legal/user-terms/
- volt.io/legal/safeguarding/
- volt.io/legal/terms/
- volt.io/about/
- volt.io/newsroom/volt-raises-60m-series-b/
- openbankingexpo.com/news/volt-launches-stablecoin-settlement-solution-vx2-announces-leadership-change/
- openbankingexpo.com/news/volt-partners-with-clearbank-to-power-latest-generation-of-merchant-account-capabili
- fintechfutures.com/regulatory-actions/volt-s-co-founder-and-chief-growth-officer-jordan-lawrence-steps-down
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as a payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, with permissions for account information and payment initiation services (FRN 925340). Group companies hold the group's other licences: an FCA e-money licence (Volt Technologies Limited, FRN 982594) and a KNF national payment institution licence (Volt Technologies sp. z o.o.).
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution (account information and payment initiation services) | 925340 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
The firm provides payment initiation (Pay by Bank) and account information services, including bank account ownership verification, to merchants and payment service providers. The group's accounts, virtual IBANs and stablecoin services are offered by other group entities.
Under its end-user terms, the firm provides the service to users in the UK. Customers in the EEA are served by Volt Technologies sp. z o.o. and customers in Australia by Volt Connect Pty Ltd.
- Revenue
- GBP 18.1m
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Platforms and marketplaces
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
- Latest funding round
- Series B · USD 60m Jun 2023Led by IVP
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Steffen Vollert
Chief Executive Officer; director; co-founder
- Chair
- Robert Adrianus Kraal Director (named chair of the board in September 2024)
- Compliance / MLRO
-
Ayo Salam
SVP Compliance & Risk
- Executive
- Stephanie Lopes-Smith Chief Legal Officer; director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Licence
ASIC granted an Australian Financial Services Licence to the group's subsidiary Volt Connect Pty Ltd, according to Volt.
volt.io ↗ -
Other
Volt announced a partnership with ClearBank to offer EUR and GBP payment accounts, virtual IBANs and named accounts to merchants.
openbankingexpo.com ↗ -
Other
The group ceased operations in Brazil and wound down its Brazilian subsidiary.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
Co-founder Tom Greenwood resigned as a director, and Stephanie Lopes-Smith was appointed to the board.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
Tom Greenwood stepped down as chief executive to lead the stablecoin venture VX2, and co-founder Steffen Vollert became interim chief executive.
openbankingexpo.com ↗ -
Leadership
Co-founder and chief growth officer Jordan Lawrence resigned as a director.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Licence
The FCA authorised the group's subsidiary Volt Technologies Limited as an electronic money institution.
volt.io ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- VOLXGB22XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- VOLXBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 22Location · reverse billing
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 21380036LA1ULHP1FI20
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 925340
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entry: Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives.
- Register-entry ID
- b873e72618a1
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Register licences
- 1 entry on 1 register
- Activities
- Payment services
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.volt.io ↗
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Volt Technologies Holdings Limited group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: 1 holds a BIC and 2 do not.
Including Volt Technologies Limited, Volt Technologies sp. z o.o..
See the Volt Technologies Holdings Limited group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 12 MELCOMBE PLACE LONDON LONDON NW1 6JJ UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>VOLXGB22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>21380036LA1ULHP1FI20</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>VOLXGB22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>21380036LA1ULHP1FI20</LEI>
<Nm>VOLT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS LIMITED</Nm>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: volt.io (official website); Steffen Vollert: volt.io (official website) · original; Ayo Salam: volt.io (official website) · original.
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