When starting an EV charging session with a physical or virtual payment card, a pre-authorisation is often applied. This typically places a temporary hold on a set amount, for example £35-£40, which is released once the final cost of the charging session is confirmed.
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) cards, including those from providers such as Zilch and Klarna, can sometimes treat these pre-authorisation holds as completed transactions. For this reason, we do not recommend using BNPL products on our network.
If you have used a BNPL card and a pre-authorisation has been processed as a full payment, please contact your card provider directly to request a refund. It is helpful to have your charging session summary available so you can confirm the final transaction value.
To help avoid this issue, we recommend using a standard debit or credit card, Google Pay or Apple Pay, an RFID card, or an EV charging app.