Authentic Brands Group (ABG), which owns and licenses brands including Forever 21, has agreed to dismiss its suit and has been awarded a stake in Bolt, with which it will continue to work. According to Bloomberg, ABG will not pay for the stake, which will be less than five per cent.

ABG sued Bolt in March, claiming that the payments firm “utterly failed to deliver on the technological capabilities that it held itself out as possessing”. This failure cost its brands $150 million in sales, said the suit.

In addition, ABG accused Bolt of overstating the relationship between the firms in an effort to secure investors at a high valuation. In January, Bolt raised $355 million at a valuation of $11 billion.

However, ABG chairman Jamie Salter now says the firm will work with Bolt to “deploy its exceptional checkout technology to several of our portfolio brands”.

Adds Salter: “ABG looks forward to deepening its ties with Bolt by becoming shareholders under the new leadership of Chief Executive Maju Kuruvilla and we are excited to continue exploring broader opportunities with our businesses.”

In May, Bolt set out plans to sack a third of its workforce, amounting to 250 staff, blaming market conditions across the tech sector.