Rod Drury takes a 20% stake in open banking startup Volley Payments

Rod Drury likes the look of Volley Pay. (Image: Supplied)

Mon, 29 Sep 2025

Xero founder Rod Drury has taken a 20% stake in startup Volley Payments as part of an approximately $500,000 pre-seed round.The fintech company has spent three years bootstrapping a direct payment app for splitting bills, donating to charities and paying accounts.Volley is gearing up to take advantage of new open banking laws that come into force in December this year. Open banking allows banks’ customers to share their banking information with trusted third parties.Volley's system has already gone live, having struck pre-regulation a...

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