Tom Greenwood

Founder & CEO at Volt

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Bio Tom is Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Volt. The company is a technology developer and product innovator with a focus on new generation real-time payments infrastructure and open banking. He is responsible for managing strategic relationships, developing strategy and planning, and driving international expansion. Tom previously founded IFX Payments in 2005, a multi-billion dollar turnover fintech business operating across Europe and the Middle East.

Blogs

Frictionless Payments

“Thou shalt”: The European Commission mandates full uptake of instant payments in the EU and EEA

27 Oct 2022

In a long-awaited and much-applauded regulatory move, the European Commission yesterday announced that providing instant payments is to become mandatory for banks across the European Union and EEA. Far from a regulatory or compliance burden, the new legislation sets the stage for a renewed wave of innovation and growth for Europe’s payments industr...

Open Banking

Short-term gain for Visa and Mastercard creates a silver lining for Open Banking

26 Mar 2021

Whatever side you were on in the Brexit debate, it’s hard to imagine any merchant welcoming reports of the card schemes quintupling fees for cross-border payments between the UK and EU. No longer constrained by the EU’s cap on interchange fees, Visa and Mastercard plan to increase their interchange to 150 basis points (bps) for credit card, and 115...

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