Bolt Newsroom
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Bolt CEO: This holiday shopping season, retailers’ quiet revolution against credit card fees is getting louder
Dec 3, 2024
Retailers are rethinking payments, moving to BNPL and new systems to escape high credit card fees—keeping costs down and options open for shoppers.
Coworking with Justin Grooms
Nov 12, 2024
Justin Grooms, CEO of Bolt, shares leadership insights, unpacks how shopper identity is reshaping e-commerce and teases their game-changing mobile app.
Don't Sleep on Checkout. How Casper Has Boosted its Conversion Rate
Sep 30, 2024
After a thorough vetting process, Casper chose to partner with Bolt, enabling the sleep brand to maintain control over checkout while also providing a consumer network and conversion improvement.
Bolt CEO: Department stores are rising from the ashes
Sep 5, 2024
For over a century, department stores defined consumer culture. These grand emporiums were more than just places to buy goods—they were social hubs, windows into aspirational lifestyles, and symbols of urban progress. But the world has changed.
Bolt Partners with Italy’s LuisaViaRoma to Support the Brand’s U.S. Ecommerce Growth
Jul 23, 2024
LuisaViaRoma will leverage Bolt’s shopper network to recognize U.S. shoppers and enable a seamless one-click checkout.
Bolt recognized as one of the world's top 250 fintech companies by CNBC
Jul 10, 2024
2024 has proven a transformative one for financial technology, with the market entering a new normal. In this climate, CNBC, together with Statista, has named the top 250 fintech companies globally.
What is working in fintech like? A day in the life of a Bolt product director
May 24, 2024
Matthew Low is a Director of Product at Bolt, a San Francisco checkout technology and payments fintech, working remotely out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He leads the core product team, which includes its checkout, payments, risk and data products. Low also worked on product in the crypto industry with Kraken, and spent much of his earlier career as a corporate attorney.
Bolt CEO Says Shopper Identity Will Redefine Retail
May 21, 2024
Bolt specializes in enhancing eCommerce experiences by offering a one-click checkout process. In keeping with Grooms’ focus on removing friction from the customer experience its platform integrates with retailers’ existing systems, allowing customers to complete purchases quickly and securely without unnecessary redirects or steps.
Does Leaving an Item in Your Online Cart Really Get You a Discount?
Apr 29, 2024
With 76% of shoppers abandoning their carts at the last, critical step before checkout — a problem costing U.S. retailers hundreds of billions in annual lost revenue — capturing more sales by utilizing timed and personalized abandoned carts offers is critical,” says Kartik Ramachandran, VP of Product at Bolt, a platform that provides ecommerce checkout solutions (as well as tools online stores can use to retain shoppers).
Bolt and Checkout.com Announce Strategic Partnership for Enhanced E-commerce Experience
Mar 19, 2024
Bolt and Checkout.com have teamed up where Bolt “will become Checkout.com’s exclusive one-click checkout provider and Checkout.com will become Bolt’s preferred payment partner,” the companies said in a statement.
Checkout.com Exclusively Partners with Bolt to Provide Accelerated Checkout
Mar 18, 2024
Bolt, a leading checkout technology company, and Checkout.com, a global payment solutions provider, today announced a partnership set to expedite their shared mission to advance ecommerce. Through this collaboration, Bolt will become Checkout.com's exclusive one-click checkout provider and Checkout.com will become Bolt's preferred payment partner.
Retailers Say Returns, Consumer Data and Competition Are 2024’s Top Challenges
Jan 16, 2024
Bolt, a leading checkout technology company, recently released its “2024 E-commerce Priorities and Predictions” report looking at the retail landscape for 2024. The company surveyed more than 100 decision-makers at U.S.-based e-commerce brands with revenues exceeding $100 million.
Digitally Focused Retailers Saks OFF 5TH, Shinola, Filson, Lafayette 148, and Toys"R"Us Launch With Bolt To Supercharge Online Shopping
Nov 16, 2023
Bolt announced today that it has launched with Saks OFF 5TH, Shinola, Filson, Lafayette 148, and Toys"R"Us to automatically recognize more shoppers, increase conversion, boost store account registrations—and most critically—drive repeat purchases and build meaningful, lifetime relationships with their customers.
Bolt CEO: ‘America’s FedNow service has much to learn from India’s breakthrough payments system’
Sep 14, 2023
Changing an entire country’s digital payments architecture is a huge undertaking. Policymakers might be tempted to look to Silicon Valley for guidance. However, they’d be better served by looking for inspiration in India, where a similar payments transformation is well underway.
