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Wirex

Can a consumer crypto card company reinvent itself as the stablecoin-rails infrastructure layer for other fintechs and banks?

Founded2014
HQLondon, United Kingdom
FoundersPavel Matveev, Dmitry Lazarichev
IndustryFintech / Crypto
The story

Wirex began in 2014 as a consumer crypto-debit-card pioneer, claiming the title of first company to ship a crypto-enabled card. By 2022 it had added lending (Wirex Credit) and pushed into HNW (Wirex Private). The most consequential pivot has been the 2024–2025 shift toward becoming infrastructure: Wirex Pay Chain (an in-house payments blockchain on BVI) and Wirex BaaS (a stablecoin-account, card-issuing, and cross-border-payments API) reposition the company from a consumer neobank to a stablecoin-rail provider for other fintechs.

Last 12 months
2025-04
Product timeline
2014
Wirex founded in London by Pavel Matveev and Dmitry Lazarichev as one of the first crypto-enabled card providers.· banking
2022
Launched Wirex Credit — crypto-backed loans up to $100,000 in stablecoins at up to 80% LTV.· lending
2024
Launched Wirex Pay Chain (BVI entity) — a dedicated payments-focused blockchain.· pivot
2025
Wirex Private launched $10M crypto-backed loans for HNW clients.· lending
2025
Launched Wirex BaaS — stablecoin API for accounts, cards, and yield targeting fintechs and banks.· pivot
Regulated entities
EMI
EU (Lithuania)
UAB Wirex
Visa Principal Member
Global
Wirex
Mastercard Principal Member
Global
Wirex
The stack
Payments / PSP
Wirex BaaS (self-operated)Wirex Pay Chain (self-operated)
Banking / BaaS
Wirex (in-house)
Card issuing
Wirex (in-house)
Lending
Wirex Credit (in-house)Wirex Credit (up to $100K, up to 80% LTV originally; current up to 70% LTV in NXUSD/stablecoins)Wirex Private crypto-backed loans (up to $10M for HNW)
KYC
Sumsub
Sponsor bank
OpenPayd
FX & payouts
Wirex (in-house)
Crypto
Wirex (in-house)Wirex Pay Chain (in-house)Fireblocks
Accounting gap: minor