Bank transfers via Volt leverage open banking to perform bank-to-bank transfers.

Important notes

  • Volt offers an optional product called Volt Connect. Only accounts with Volt Connect enabled will be able to get notifications about payments reaching the RECEIVED state on Volt, mapped as SETTLED in Primer.
  • Refunds are possible on Volt but merchants will need to opt-in to this feature. Contact Volt support if you intend to use refunds.

Get started with Bank transfer via Volt

Before you begin

If this is your first payment method, complete the Process Payment guide to begin processing payments with Primer.

Connect Bank transfer via Volt to Primer

  1. 1

    Add Bank transfer payment method to your Volt account

    Go to your Volt account and add the payment method Bank transfer.

  2. 2

    Add Volt to your Dashboard

    Go to the Connections section of the Dashboard and look for Volt.

    Follow the instructions to connect your Volt processor account to your Primer Dashboard.

  3. 3

    Activate Bank transfer via Volt on the Checkout

    Go to the Checkout section of the Dashboard and activate the Bank transfer payment method.

    Then go to the settings view of Bank transfer, and make sure that Bank transfer is properly set up to use your Volt processor account.

  4. 4

    Configure a Workflow to process payments made with Bank transfer via Volt

    Go to the Workflow make sure your Volt processor is used to process payments made with Bank transfer via Volt.

Prepare the client session

Bank transfer via Volt leverages the following parameters to process a payment.

Pass them when creating the client session.

Parameter NameRequiredDescription
3-letter currency code in ISO 4217 format, e.g. USD for US dollars
  1. order
Details of the line items of the order

customerId will be passed to Volt as payer -> reference; it is a mandatory field .

orderId will be passed to Volt as uniqueReference; it is mandatory, and must be unique. One orderId value cannot be used for multiple payments on Volt.


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