# Volt

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This section gives you an overview of how to make payments via Volt through Hyperswitch.
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Volt is a payment platform that builds a global infrastructure and creates a single gateway for global open-banking payments and transactions. This is an attempt to transform the market and remove payment barriers in e-commerce. To know more about payment methods supported by Volt via Hyperswitch, click [here](https://www.volt.io/demo/).

### Activating Volt via Hyperswitch

#### Prerequisites

1. You need to be registered with Volt for account creation. You can register your Volt account [here](https://www.clubprophet.com/products---prophetpay).
2. You should have a registered Hyperswitch account. You can access your account from the [Hyperswitch dashboard](https://app.hyperswitch.io/).
3. On your dashboard, visit **Configuration** > **Application** and create an application. In your application, under the **Credentials** section you will find the **Client Id** and **Client Secret**.
4. On your dashboard, visit **Configuration** > **Customers** and click on the merchant's name. Scroll down to the **Credentials** section to get the **Username** and an option to regenerate the **Password**.
5. Select all the payment methods you wish to use Volt for. Ensure that this is the same as the ones configured on your Volt dashboard.

[Steps](https://docs.hyperswitch.io/hyperswitch-cloud/connectors/activate-connector-on-hyperswitch) to activate Volt on Hyperswitch control center.


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