Real-Time Payments Platform Volt Join Forces with Bumper

This partnership comes amidst a rebound in UK car sales, as more were sold in the UK in 2023 than in any year since the Covid-19 pandemic, with used car sales particularly booming, experiencing 5.5% year-on-year growth in Q3 2023.

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This rebound is already being reflected in Volt and Bumper’s sales volume, as since dealerships began quickly adopting the integration in January 2024, more than £3 million in payments has been processed in the UK, with some customers using Volt to buy cars outright.

Volt now powers Bumper’s ‘Pay Now’ function, facilitating these automotive payments, with dealerships receiving the benefit of instant settlements, which are tracked in real time. Helping to digitise dealerships, the integration also allows checkout flow and pay-by-link options, providing a mobile-first experience to the service car dealerships provide.

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The collaboration addresses a key pain point for dealerships by eliminating friction caused by slow settlement times. With the freedom of knowing payments settle instantly, dealerships gain greater control over their cash flow and inventory, also reducing the risk of non-payment or system errors.

Volt and Bumper’s collaboration shows that when merchants actively push open banking payments, customers are happy to use them, reporting safer and safer experiences; helping to drive UK open banking adoption in a pivotal year of the technology’s development.

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The partnership brings open banking payments to customers of over 5,000 dealerships throughout the UK, including several of the world’s major automotive manufacturers, such as Audi, Ford, Porsche and Volkswagen.

Richard Drury, VP Partnerships at Volt, said: “For car dealerships, the payments process has been a major challenge and our solution is a real asset in alleviating those challenges many dealership owners are facing today. We’ve created a perfect solution for Bumper, with the initial results and quick adoption proving that it resonates with both buyers and sellers. There’s huge potential for real-time payments to take off in the automotive industry, so this partnership was a no-brainer for Volt.”

Jack Allman, CCO and Co-founder at Bumper, added: “The move to Volt as Bumper’s open banking payment provider will have a huge impact on functionality for our partnered dealerships and their customers, providing them with a frictionless account-to-account payment experience.

About Volt

Volt is developing the next generation of payment networks, which will link real-time payments worldwide and be instantaneous, global, and interoperable. They are spearheading the transition to a time where time exists solely in real-time. The new era has begun.

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About Bumper

Dealerships are intimidating environments. It might be challenging to distinguish between poor craftsmanship and wise counsel from deceptive sales tactics. Thus, it is normal to feel apprehensive when presented with a large sum of money. Would that someone would just watch out for you. Greetings to Bumper. First, they made sure the person you are driving your car to is reputable, high-quality, and provides excellent service.

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