It's been a massive day for the team at Airwallex announcing the success of Series B fundraising at US$80m. We're so incredibly thankful for the support we have seen from our customers, investors, and the global fintech community.
This is only the start -
Today, we announce Airwallex has raised an additional US$100 million in a Series E2 financing round with the same US$5.5 billion valuation. 🚀
Thank you to all our investors, customers, partners and employees for your continued support! 🌏
We’re now an Official Partner of the
@McLarenF1
, Formula 1 team. 🏎️
United by our passion for engineering, speed, and precision, Airwallex and McLaren Racing are joining forces on and off the track.
Read the full story here 👉
We are thrilled to announce we have raised US$200 million in a Series E financing round led by Lone Pine Capital.
We are now valued at US$4 billion as we continue our global expansion. 🚀
Read more here:
#funding
#startup
#growth
Another milestone moment for Airwallex! We have raised an additional US$100 million in a Series E1 financing round led by Lone Pine Capital.
We are now valued at US$5.5 billion as we accelerate our global expansion efforts. 🚀
#fintech
#growth
Today marks the official opening of our new office in Hong Kong to house our growing HK team as we expand our presence in Asia.
This is an important step in our mission to re-imagine the global payments landscape, and we're excited for the future as we continue on this journey.
A huge congratulations to our COO and Co-Founder
@awxlucy
on her win at last night's
#Finnieawards
for Female Fintech Leader of the Year.
It's incredible to see Lucy's outstanding leadership celebrated alongside some of Australia's leading fintechs.
Thanks to
@ausfintech
!
👀 Thrilled to see our partnership with
@McLarenF1
appear on the
@NYSE
trading floor cubes in New York.
As McLaren’s Official Partner, Airwallex is supporting the iconic sports brand both on and off the track.
Learn more about our partnership here:
We are excited to be partnering with another Aussie innovator - digital brokerage
@hellostake
- to help fuel its international expansion!
Stake is now using our tech platform to receive, convert & pay out funds in multiple currencies.🚀
Read more here:
Airwallex has partnered with
@WooCommerce
, a leading open-source ecommerce platform!🤝
With the Airwallex payment extension, Woo’s 3.5 million merchants can lower their FX conversion fees for cross-border payments.🌍
More info 👉
#ecommerce
#payments
Congrats to our CEO,
@awxjack
on his big win at last night’s Finnies! We’re thrilled to be honoured by FinTech Australia and the wider industry. Huge congratulations to the winners of the night and thank you to
@SchotGuppy
and the
@ausfintech
team
#finnies19
Our Co-Founder and President
@awxlucy
takes to the stage at
#M2020EU
alongside Tom Stafford from DST Global to discuss the journey to becoming a
#unicorn
and what's next for Airwallex!
We are proud to be partnering with
@DeutscheBank
to provide virtual account collections and API-enabled foreign exchange services in Japan and Hong Kong respectively.
Read the full announcement here:
The
@UniMelb
has played such a special role in the Airwallex story – with our 4 co-founders being proud uni alumni.
That’s why we’re thrilled to announce a 3-year partnership with the Uni to help build the next generation of tech leaders!
@engunimelb
2019 is set to be a huge year for Airwallex. We're rapidly expanding and building new relationships around the world, and investing heavily in our product to offer more for our customers.
#payments
#fintech
Another BIG milestone! Celebrating our US$100 million Series E2 financing round in Times Square!
Thank you to all our investors, customers, partners and our employees around the world! 🚀🚀
#fintech
#growth
Last month
@awxlucy
spoke on the
@money2020
Main Stage about our journey to becoming a unicorn and what the future holds for
@airwallex
and the payments industry - "We’ve really seen a difference in banks attitudes towards working with fintechs"
#fintech
#internationalpayments
At
@sgfintechfest
today, we are thrilled to announce we are now licensed as a major payment institution in Singapore, allowing us to offer modern, streamlined and integrated international payment solutions to Singapore businesses. 🚀
Read more:
We are delighted to share that Airwallex has raised another US$160M in additional funding. We continue to believe there is a strong need for an alternative financial services solution for businesses, even more so in the current economic conditions.
Great turnout at the
@airwallex
@Shopify
Global Ecommerce Summit, with guest speakers from
@Google
,
@facebook
,
@Oracle
and 4PX. The event marks the launch of a global partnership with Shopify, the first of many partnerships that will bring connectivity to businesses around world.
Today we unveil a partnership with one of the most iconic brands in Australia.
Airwallex has been selected by
@Qantas
Loyalty to power its new financial services offering ‘Qantas Business Money’, aimed at supporting AU SMBs. 🚀
The team have swapped table tennis paddles for controllers as they all fight for the top score in our latest digital innovation - Tech Collector! See if you can make it to the top of the leaderboard when Tech Collector launches at
@money2020
USA tomorrow! Find us at stand 1269.
We are thrilled to have kept company with some fantastic, forward thinking Australian fintechs in being considered for this award. Thank you
@ausfintech
for the recognition of the hard work of our team and the validation of our mission to re-imagine the global payments landscape.
"We're bringing offline banking products online, empowering technology companies to build consumer centric ecosystems."
Our CEO Jack Zhang speaking today at
@money2020
USA on how API driven platforms are key to success for players in global markets.
#Money2020
#Payments
We're pleased to announce a key addition to the team - Susan Ho, a global brand veteran. Susan will drive our efforts to build a world-class brand, strengthen strategic partnerships and expand our global business. Welcome to the team, Susan!
Exhausted from back-to-back virtual meetings? We share our thoughts on how businesses can create a pattern of documenting first before calling a meeting – ultimately reaching the same outcome and freeing up time for other essential work.
We're delighted to place in
@Forbes
#Cloud100
2020 as one of the world's top tech companies.
This list recognises standouts in cloud technology, selected for their growth, sales, valuation, culture & reputation. Congratulations to everyone in the list!
Leaps forward in automation, logistics, and digital communications are pushing international e-commerce to incredible new heights. Our VP of Global Banking - James Butland shares his insights on how organisations can claim a share of this $2.8tr industry.
After so much planning, beta testing and prepping, we are delighted to announce our launch into the US! 🇺🇸
This launch highlights our strong momentum as we build our global network. 🚀
Read more here:
#fintech
#growth
It's been a busy week here at the
@WebSummit
and now
@awxlucy
takes a break from the stage to speak with some startups in a Mentor Hours session.
#WebSummit2019
Today at
#M2020EU
we announced that our Global Accounts are now available in Europe! If you're a European business that operates outside your home market, visit our website today and sign up!
We are so excited to be recognised in
@Forbes
#Cloud100
as one of the world’s top private tech companies - for the second year running! 🚀
Congrats to everyone included!
Hey Singapore! 👋
We are proud to announce that after a successful beta launch in Nov, we are officially open for business in Singapore. 🚀
Read more:
#payments
#singapore
#startup
#fintech
Final day of
@money2020
Asia! Last chance to become the new face of money - visit us at booth D30 to have your custom currency printed and learn how the Airwallex team can help re-imagine your
#payments
!
#fintech
#M2020Asia
Our Co-founder and CEO
@awxjack
joined global leaders at this year’s
#WEF2023
at Davos and took part in a panel session on “Start-ups in Austerity”.
Listen to the full discussion here 👇
As of today, together with
@Visa
, we’ve launched the U.S. virtual Airwallex Borderless Card! The Airwallex Borderless Card allows U.S. businesses to instantly generate & issue multi-currency virtual payment cards to make payments wherever Visa is accepted.
Come see the team at the
@unimelb
Endeavour Exhibition today on the UniMelb South Lawn.
We’re excited to be awarding three prizes tonight, and will be announcing a full scholarship in partnership with the School of Engineering.
#airwallex
#fintech
Excited to announce we have secured our Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence in the Netherlands! 🇳🇱
This is a significant milestone as we look to deepen our presence in the EU market & help businesses grow. 🚀
Read more here:
We are pleased to confirm that Airwallex is now a member of
@amazon
's PSP program.
Ensuring a safe & secure payment platform for our customers remains a top priority at Airwallex. For more information about the program, please see Amazon’s Help page here
Don’t forget to sign up for our webinar on ‘What separates today’s top fintech scale-ups?’
Join us on 25th January at 4:30 pm GMT with
@pipe
and
@public
to hear how they’ve unlocked rapid growth.
Register here:
#fintech
#growth
#scaleups
Our CEO and Co-founder
@awxjack
caught up with
@AlanKohler
for
@Qantas
'Talking Business' podcast to talk all things Fintech and Airwallex. Listen to the full interview here -
New technologies are readily available to help manage the current remote situation, even for traditional industries such as the import and export space.
In partnership with IncoDocs, here are ways businesses can manage importing and exporting remotely.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new venture capital fund Capital 49, set up by the Airwallex founders! 🚀
The fund will invest into early stage, high-growth technology-enabled companies in our ecosystem.
Visit for more info.
We teamed up with
@Xero
to learn the top accounting trends for 2023, and how accountants can best support their SME clients in achieving sustained growth 🚀
We’re excited to have been nominated at this year’s
@ausfintech
Finnie Awards! Airwallex is driven to deliver the best for our customers and for the market, and it’s great to see the market agreeing with us! Congratulations and good luck to our fellow nominees.
Calling all
#ecommerce
businesses - Join us next week alongside
@Klarna
and
@intercom
as we dive in to optimisation strategies for your online store as well as taking a look at Europe's surging ecommerce growth
Register now -
#growth
#fintech
#comms
"We're very driven by customer needs" -
@awxlucy
share's insight into building a global payment infrastructure and our approach to solving pain points for our customers.
#M2020EU
#Fintech
#Startup
Our CEO
@awxjack
spoke with
@CBinsights
in New York last month - "We are leveraging some of the largest and digital friendly banks in each domestic market and building a technology layer allowing them to move the offline payments and banking capability online"
#fintech
Thrilled to have our President and Co-Founder
@awxlucy
nominated in two categories at this year’s Finnie Awards! Congrats to the fellow nominees – see you in June!
You can catch Fletch Novis our EU Business Development Director on the stage at
#retailwithoutborders
tomorrow in the panel discussion: Taking the complexity out of global expansion... 12-1pm!
Did you know more than half of consumers are planning to increase their international online shopping? Yet, they're calling for more payment flexibility and transparency.
Dive deeper into our findings and discover more insights in our full report here:
Together with
@OurCrowd
, a leading online global venture investment platform, we're enabling institutions and individual accredited investors to invest in startups anywhere in the world – in their own local currency with a single click of a button. 📈
👉
Last week, we were excited to celebrate the world's top 100 private cloud companies with
@Forbes
@BessemerVP
&
@SalesforceVC
.
Airwallex has joined an elite subset of Centaur companies with $100M and above in ARR. Congrats to all the new Centaurs! 🚀
#growth
#fintech
#centaur
Looking forward to Ben Johnson from
@xero
joining us this week for our webinar!
We'll be taking a look at what the SME tech stack looks like today and how different digital products and services are being used to drive growth.
Register today:
Have you had your custom currency printed yet? Visit the Airwallex team and our talented caricature artist at Booth D30.
We think our Head of Payments in Europe - James looks pretty good as the new face of money!
#M2020Asia
#Money2020Asia
#fintech
We are so excited to be named the People's Choice FinTech Organisation of the Year! 🎯👏🎉
Thank you to everyone who voted and believed in us - we couldn't have done it without you.
Congrats again to all the other finalists!
#Finnies2020
🎉 Very excited to share that Airwallex has been named “Best B2B Payments Company” for the 2022 FinTech Breakthrough Awards (
@FinTech_Awards
)! We're incredibly honored to be recognized among the other amazing winners. 🎉
Learn more at 🚀
Couldn't catch
@awxjack
at his presentation at the University of Melbourne last week? It's okay - you can read through all the highlights here.
@unimelb
We are so excited to continue our partnership with
@Visa
to launch the Airwallex Borderless Card in Hong Kong.
With this card, businesses in Hong Kong can instantly generate & issue multi-currency virtual payment cards.
Click the link for more info:
We are excited to welcome Justin Yek as Head of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development, and Jon Stona as our Global Head of Marketing as we supercharge our workforce! 🎉
Read more about their appointments 👇
Struggling to keep track of employee expenses? Airwallex is thrilled to announce the launch of Expenses today! 💰
Now you can manage spending, reconciliation and reporting conveniently in one place.
Read the full announcement here:
Check out this thread highlighting some of the key points from our CEO
@awxjack
's talk in New York last week. Thanks for having us
@CBinsights
#FutureFintech
Airwallex Online Payments app now available on
@Shopify
!
The new app covers a wide range of methods, including 30+ local payment methods across APAC and Europe. 🚀
It’s a very exciting day for us at Airwallex. Today we’re officially members of
@techcouncil_aus
!
Looking forward to working alongside our peers to drive positive change & create opportunities for our fast-growing tech community.
Read more here:
An evening of great conversations and fantastic speakers 🙌
This week we hosted some great London businesses who are looking to make the most of global opportunities.
#Exporting
is made easy with the right partners and we love helping businesses grow globally 🌍
Amazing to be a part of yesterday’s
#eXellerator
workshop with
@StanChart
. It's important that banks understand the unique business models and requirements of start ups in order to enable productive partnerships.
#M2020Asia
#fintech
Learn how your business can take advantage of new innovations in global payments from our Australian Country Manager - Steven Deglas. Hear from Steven at
@TradeVictoria
's session on global ecommerce payments next month.
Like to know more about current
#domestic
&
#global
payment options available to your business? In partnership with Market Engine, we're proud to host
@airwallex
's Steven Deglas at our next VeN event. Registration is free, but places are limited >