Customers’ payment information not compromised – Bolt assures

Contrary to the reports that the widely accepted ride-hailing service has been hacked, Bolt has publicly debunked these reports and assured its customers on account safety.

According to the statement sent to Business Remarks which was signed by Bolt’s Regional Manager,West Africa, Mr Uche Okafor; the company noted that, “we can assure that Bolt’s systems have not been hacked, nor has customer payment information been compromised.

Bolt’s payment processor in Nigeria has confirmed that the problem was on the local acquirer bank’s side, and is not a case of multiple debits.

Speaking further, the company noted that the debit alerts that customers received were valid as they were delayed transactions for Bolt rides taken during the weekend of 13th and 14th September.

“The transactions were debited to cardholders only yesterday due to a delay in processing. Mostly Mastercard holders were impacted.

“We can assure that it is safe to use credit cards on Bolt platform and all users will only be charged once for their rides. We are currently working with our payments processor and the local acquirer bank involved to resolve the issues swiftly.

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Bolt however reiterates its commitment to customers’ account privacy AMD safety.

“We ask all Bolt customers to use our dedicated support channels to clarify cases of suspected double charges. The security of rider information remains key to our service delivery. We
apologise for the inconvenience caused to all affected customers”, the statement reads.