Powering Change Within the EV Charging Sector
How Northe is powering the future of transport, with next-generation payment technology.
Benefits
Operational effeciency
Thanks to Instant Payouts, Northe customers experience accurate and timely transactions, ensuring a hassle-free charging process.
Enhanced UX
The seamless integration of Brite’s AIS technology has simplified account setups and ensured real-time data accuracy.
Cost savings
By cutting payment inefficiencies and reducing reliance on card payment methods, Northe has optimised operational costs.
Scalability
Brite’s scalable payment solutions have empowered Northe to expand its domestic and international operations.
Background
Northe, a Stockholm-based tech startup, aims to simplify the green transition from fossil fuel-driven cars to electric vehicles (EVs). By consolidating fragmented charging networks into a single, user-friendly platform, Northe provides an app that streamlines EV charging for individual customers and businesses.
Since its founding, Northe has evolved from focusing solely on individual EV drivers to becoming a comprehensive charging solution provider for fleet operators, leasing companies, and enterprises. By integrating public, home, and office charging into one platform, Northe eliminates the complexities of EV charging. The company not only simplifies payments and reimbursements but also helps businesses reduce operational costs by minimising the need for extensive EV infrastructure.
Challenge
In the fragmented and rapidly evolving EV charging industry, Northe faced challenges in providing a seamless experience for its users.
A lack of unified charging networks meant dealing with diverse operators, differing payment systems, and inconsistent charger reliability. For users, this translated to frustration, uncertainty, and a fragmented charging experience. Simplifying and consolidating this complexity into a single platform was a significant hurdle.
For businesses, managing EV fleets presented additional difficulties. Public, home, and office charging required multiple systems and manual processes, leading to inefficiencies and a significant administrative burden. Ensuring employees were reimbursed accurately for home charging or business expenses often involved time-consuming back-and-forths with finance teams, adding to the complexity.
In addition, Northe needed to ensure reliability and scalability in its payment and payout processes. As a high-growth company with international ambitions, the ability to process transactions accurately and efficiently was essential for maintaining customer trust and supporting expansion into new markets.
Finding a payment partner that could streamline these processes while meeting the demands of a fast-growing, customer base was a top priority.
We aim to offer as much of a smart solution as possible. We turn complex EV infrastructure into something quite simple to understand. Our customers pay for this service, so they don’t waste time and money focusing on something that isn’t their core business, and Brite helps us do that.
Solution
To tackle these payment challenges, Northe partnered with Brite Payments to integrate instant account-to-account (A2A) payouts and streamline payment processes. This collaboration provided Northe with a robust, scalable, and reliable solution tailored to the complexities of the EV charging industry.
By adopting Brite’s Instant Payouts, Northe eliminated the inefficiencies associated with traditional payment methods. Accurate and timely transactions became standard, resolving the back-and-forth reimbursement challenges for home and business EV charging. This has helped Northe deliver a seamless experience to its customers while reducing the administrative workload for businesses managing EV fleets.
Brite’s open banking technology further enhanced operational efficiency. Its Account Information Service (AIS) allowed Northe to simplify account setups and reduce complexity in the payment process. Customers now benefit from a frictionless charging and payment experience with real-time data accuracy.
The partnership also positioned Northe for growth. Brite’s proven track record in the Nordic region and strong scalability made it the ideal partner for Northe’s expansion plans. The ability to adapt to international markets ensured that Northe could continue to grow its operations without compromising reliability.
Results
Operational Efficiency
Northe has significantly reduced the administrative burden for businesses managing EV fleets by streamlining home, public, and office charging reimbursements. With Brite’s Instant Payouts, customers and businesses experience accurate and timely transactions, ensuring a hassle-free charging process.
Enhanced UX
The seamless integration of Brite’s open banking-powered AIS technology has simplified account setups and ensured real-time data accuracy. This has improved the overall charging and payment experience for Northe’s users, fostering greater trust and satisfaction.
Cost Savings
By eliminating inefficiencies in payment processing and reducing reliance on traditional payment methods, Northe has optimised its operational costs. Businesses using Northe’s platform save time and resources by centralising their EV charging management.
Scalability
Brite’s scalable payment solution has empowered Northe to expand its domestic and international operations. With a solid foundation for growth, Northe is well-positioned to enter new markets while maintaining the reliability its customers expect.
Sustainability Goals
Through its partnership with Brite, Northe continues to drive the green transition by simplifying EV charging processes and removing barriers for businesses and consumers. This collaboration aligns with Northe’s mission to make electric mobility an accessible and efficient reality.
What our customers appreciate most – and I feel like we’re doing an excellent job at this – is that they don’t have to speak to us. We take care of charging for them, and they get paid accurately and on time every month.
For us, there were three main reasons for picking Brite: its presence in Scandinavia, its strong track record with clients, and its capacity for expansion.