{"id":573602,"date":"2026-08-19T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/573602\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:00:10","slug":"volta-opens-app-for-depositing-change-into-your-bank-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/573602\/","title":{"rendered":"Volta opens app for depositing change into your bank account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company responsible for those plastic bottle and can bins that pay you 10 cents every time you use them has launched an app, named <a href=\"https:\/\/volta.com.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Volta\u20ac<\/a>. With this new app, the 10 cents can be deposited directly into your bank account. <\/p>\n<p>The feature is being rolled out in large events such as the latest Rock in Rio festival. <\/p>\n<p>Volta has explained that the app has been designed specifically to work within event conditions where automatic Volta Points are located that have compatibility with the app.<\/p>\n<p>Reinforcing coverage<\/p>\n<p>The Volta\u20ac app will also have compatibility with Volta Kiosks, a new type of machine being introduced that are currently operational in Albufeira, Barcelos, Vila Nova de Famalic\u00e3o, Funchal, and Ponta Delgada. <\/p>\n<p>These are designed to handle larger volumes at once, and unlike the classic Volta Points you see at supermarkets, these are managed directly by the parent company. <\/p>\n<p>Volta plans to open 50 Volta Kiosks, spread across 38 municipalities, reinforcing the coverage of the Deposit and Return System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The company responsible for those plastic bottle and can bins that pay you 10 cents every time you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-573602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}