Building the future of global banking

At Airwallex, our vision is bold: to build the future of global banking. As one of the leading global financial platforms, we’re continuing to build technology that empowers businesses to thrive without limits. We’re not here to follow the future. We’re creating it today, for the businesses of tomorrow.

60+

countries where you can open accounts with local details

$150b+

in global payments processed annually (USD) by Airwallex

120+

countries to which you can make local transfers

95%

of transfers are settled same day, 68% processed instantly

We’ve built more than just a finance solution. We’ve developed a global platform.

2015

In the beginning

In 2015, our CEO Jack Zhang and three fellow entrepreneurs launched a coffee shop in Melbourne as a laboratory to test and learn around rising global trends in retail. Our founders encountered inefficiencies and unnecessary costs in foreign exchange and banking systems when sourcing products and materials from overseas. Most businesses would see the inefficiencies in cross border payments as a barrier to growth, but our founders saw them as the building blocks for a better solution. From this, Airwallex was born.

2018

On the move

By mid-2018, Airwallex’s transaction volume had already skyrocketed and investors poured in. By the end of the year, Airwallex was handling billions of dollars in transactions and raised a further US $80million to support a valuation of US$450million.

2022

Next level

Now the leading cross border payments business, a series E-2 raise in 2022 grew the fintech’s valuation to US $5.6billion, marking a key year for expansion, acquisitions, and obtaining a rare Chinese payments license. Airwallex was only the second foreign company outside China to do so.

2024

And breathe…

By 2024, Airwallex reached significant scale, processing US $100billion in annual transaction volume with over 100,000 customers and nearing US $500million in annual revenue.

Today

Never settle

Airwallex sees opportunities where others see obstacles. Jack’s unrelenting drive to build something meaningful highlights how passion and hard work can turn even the smallest ideas, like ones born in a coffee shop, into a global multi-billion dollar business.

Our Mission

We're building the future of global banking.

Legacy systems weren't built for a world that moves fast and scales globally. They're slow, fragmented, expensive - full of friction at every turn.

We're changing that.

With our own infrastructure, software, and AI, we've built a financial operating system from first principles - borderless, intelligent, real-time. We don't ride the rails of the old financial system. We're building new ones. Where entrepreneurs - no matter where they start - have the tools to build and scale globally from day one. So modern businesses can scale across markets, currencies, and borders - without limits.

This is the future of global banking. And we're building it. Now.