## Bolt Newsroom Browse recent press releases and media coverage. ### Categories - In the News - Press Release ### Featured **In The News** **Traditional Markers of Growth Are Being Reshaped by a Stark K-Shaped Divide** Feb 24, 2026 Michael Normyle, US Economist at Nasdaq, Chris Dearborn, Managing Director on the Nasdaq Market Intelligence Desk, Justin Grooms, President of Bolt, and Kevin Mahn, President & Chief Investment Officer of Hennion & Walsh, join Jill Malandrino to discuss evolving consumer spend trends. [Read more](https://www.nasdaq.com/videos/traditional-markers-growth-are-being-reshaped-stark-k-shaped-divide) **In The News** **Bolt taps Toffee to bring global payment infrastructure to game studios and game developers** Feb 23, 2026 Bolt, the checkout, identity and payments leader powering faster, smarter commerce, and Toffee, a leading Merchant of Record platform for digital goods backed by a16z Speedrun, today announced a strategic partnership to bring compliant, end-to-end payment processing to game studios and app developers worldwide. [Read more](https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/108941/bolt-taps-toffee-to-bring-global-payment-infrastructure-to-game-studios-and-game-developers) **In The News** **Bolt teams up with Socure to 'Supercharge' Bolt ID** Feb 18, 2026 Online shopping is booming and so is online fraud. Payments company Bolt recently announced a strategic partnership with digital identity company Socure to strengthen Bolt ID, it's checkout identity layer designed to verify real people at the moment of purchase. [Read more](https://tv.nyse.com/nyse-tv-live-1/season:3/videos/usa-today-co-rings-opening-bell-to-celebrate-rebrand-from-gannett-1) **In The News** **Bolt partners with Paysecure to integrate one-click checkout** Feb 13, 2026 Bolt has partnered with Paysecure to embed its one-click checkout solution into the payment orchestration platform's cashier. [Read more](https://thepaypers.com/payments/news/bolt-partners-with-paysecure-to-integrate-one-click-checkout) **In The News** **Bolt Picks Affirm to Add BNPL Options at Checkout** Jan 27, 2026 The collaboration makes Affirm the default BNPL provider for Bolt’s network of merchants in the United States, the release said. The companies will begin integrating Affirm into Bolt’s checkout with select merchants this month, and there are plans to expand the integration across the merchant base. [Read more](https://www.pymnts.com/buy-now-pay-later/2026/bolt-picks-affirm-add-bnpl-options-checkout/) **In The News** **Bolt introduces network identity system** Dec 1, 2025 Bolt, the checkout, identity and payments leader powering faster, smarter commerce, today announced the introduction of Bolt ID, a network identity system that helps merchants and shoppers reduce the growing risks associated with synthetic identity fraud and account takeover attacks. [Read more](https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/108131/bolt-introduces-network-identity-system) **In The News** **Bolt’s New App Combines DeFi, TradFi, and Rewards** Sep 26, 2025 Bolt launched its all-in-one SuperApp, combining digital banking, crypto trading, ecommerce, and peer-to-peer transfers in a single platform. [Read more](https://finovate.com/bolts-new-app-combines-defi-tradfi-and-rewards/) **In The News** **Bolt Launches Super App for Managing Crypto, Fiat, Rewards and Shopping** Sep 25, 2025 Bolt launched its SuperApp that brings together on one platform cryptocurrency trading, peer-to-peer transfers, digital banking and commerce. [Read more](https://www.pymnts.com/mobile-applications/2025/bolt-launches-super-app-managing-cryptocurrency-fiat-rewards-shopping/) **In The News** **Bolt bridges the fiat/crypto gap with app upgrade** Sep 24, 2025 Bolt, the checkout, identity, and payments platform, today announced the official launch of its all-in-one SuperApp, bridging the fiat-crypto gap and giving users a unified way to shop, spend, save, earn and invest. [Read more](https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/107245/bolt-bridges-the-fiatcrypto-gap-with-app-upgrade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed) **In The News** **Why Bolt eliminated traditional HR and reset with a new People Ops approach** Sep 15, 2025 This year, fintech company Bolt made the bold move to eliminate its HR department, and replace it with People Ops. What's the difference between these two approaches? UNLEASH sat down with Bolt's Head of People Ops Kelly Lawson Pihl to find out. [Read more](https://www.unleash.ai/strategy-and-leadership/why-bolt-eliminated-traditional-hr-and-reset-with-a-new-people-ops-approach/) **In The News** **Why fintech company Bolt eliminated its unlimited time off policy** Sep 14, 2025 The goal was to close the gap between employees over and underutilizing the benefit, Kelly Lawson Pihl, Bolt’s head of people operations, tells HR Brew. [Read more](https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025/09/10/why-fintech-company-bolt-eliminated-its-unlimited-time-off-policy?utm_source=chatgpt.com) **In The News** **Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow was a progressive workplace innovator. Now he’s axing it all** Jul 20, 2025 The charismatic founder explains why the four-day workweek, unlimited PTO, and even HR no longer make sense for his startup. [Read more](https://www.fastcompany.com/91370026/bolts-ceo-on-why-hes-axing-progressive-workplace-policies) **In The News** **Why this CEO just killed unlimited vacation days at his company** Jul 6, 2025 Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow says his company is abandoning unlimited vacation days for workers. Hear his motivation and what he is offering up instead. [Read more](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/08/business/video/unlimited-vacation-pto-bolt-digvid)