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Airwallex

Provider
BaaSCard IssuingFX / PayoutsSpend / APUnified FXPSPTreasury Management

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 85 companies across 7 categories.

airwallex.com ↗Embedded finance docs ↗Also analysed as a company — its own stack →Open Banking Tracker profile ↗
CategoriesBaaS, Card Issuing, FX / Payouts, Spend / AP, Unified FX, PSP, Treasury Management
Rank#2 of 185 in FX / Payouts
Buyers85 companies
HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA and Singapore
Founded2015
FoundersJack Zhang, Max Li, Lucy Liu, Xijing Dai, Ki-lok Wong
Raised$1.5B

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Founders & story · from Airwallex’s own dossier

Founded 2015 in Melbourne as a cross-border FX and payments platform for SMBs. Expanded from FX/payouts into a full financial platform — business accounts, cards, spend management, treasury, yield, and increasingly embedded finance / BaaS for platforms. Now positions itself as the 'unified payments and financial platform' competing with Wise, Stripe, and Adyen on global reach through its own 85+ license footprint rather than sponsor-bank rails.

Latest round: Series H, 2025
Recent developments
  • 2025Series F round of $300M at $6.2B valuation source ↗
  • 2025-12Valuation reached $8B source ↗
  • 2026-10Launched "Agentic Business Accounts" — a single view across every entity in a group, with sub-accounts for operating cash, yield, and credit — alongside "AgentOS": a CLI, three MCP servers, and pre-built Skills (contract-to-billing, cashflow management, beneficiary creation, card provisioning), installable into Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Cursor, letting AI agents read balances, prep FX, and issue cards within set permissions. CEO Jack Zhang's essay frames it as the start of the "Agentic Banking era." source ↗
  • 2022-12-01Partnered with TripActions for expenses source ↗
Full dossier: Airwallex’s own stack, layer by layer →
In the press
Coverage of Airwallex sourced from Embedded Finance Review, Rebank. All articles are © their original authors; click any card to open the source.
🎙 interview2026-05-07
Why Embedded Finance Wins Where Banks Can't Reach, with Tom Sellin from Airwallex
Airwallex Head of Growth DACH Tom Sellin on the embedded finance API, who is already using it, and what it takes to bring a global fintech to the German market.
Source · Embedded Finance Review ↗
◇ article2026-05-07
Tom Sellin on why embedded finance wins where banks cannot reach: full podcast transcript
Tom Sellin of Airwallex on the German Hausbank culture, minimum viable localisation and modular embedded finance. Full transcript.
Source · Embedded Finance Review ↗
◇ article2026-03-04
Airwallex launches in Germany & 9 More February Stories
Ten embedded finance stories, two podcast episodes, and an April Berlin event with 50% of tickets already gone. February roundup from Embedded Finance Review.
Source · Embedded Finance Review ↗
◇ article2026-02-10
Amazon Germany scales seller lending to €5M + Airwallex invests €31M in DACH
This week: Amazon scales seller lending to €5M with Banxware, Airwallex launches in Germany with €31M investment, QuickBooks enters UK lending.
Source · Embedded Finance Review ↗
◇ article2026-02-03
Airwallex Expands to DACH with €31 Million Investment
Airwallex launches in Germany with €31M investment. The Australian payments platform targets SMEs and embedded finance partnerships across the DACH region.
Source · Embedded Finance Review ↗
◇ article2025-07-18
Dext Partners with Airwallex to Launch Embedded Payments Solution
Dext partners with Airwallex to launch embedded payments solution for accounts payable automation. Analyzing the strategic implications for accounting providers.
Source · Embedded Finance Review ↗
🎙 interview2025-06-03
Lessons Learned from 10 Years in Embedded Finance, with Luke Voiles
Luke Voiles on building embedded lending from modular infrastructure — what to buy, what to build, and how the stack changes market by market.
Luke Voiles · CEO, Pipe
“Modern Treasury wasn’t optimal in the UK, so we swapped in Airwallex and GoCardless to handle payments.”
Source · Rebank ↗
◇ article2025-03-09
Airwallex launches new products focused on the creator industry
Airwallex launches tax submission features for creator platforms as part of embedded finance push. Why global reach beats local features for cross-border creator economy.
Source · Embedded Finance Review ↗
Who uses Airwallex
85 companies disclose Airwallex in their stack
Authentic VacationsDovetailAntomPartnerStackOrbitkeySHOPLINEShopeePayAlpacaFloatEndowusJusttSleekFlow+73 more
Buyer mix · 85 of 85 classified
E-commerce / DTC brand · 8Fintech / SMB banking · 6Horizontal SaaS / Accounting · 6E-commerce / Platform · 4Horizontal SaaS / Spend Management · 4Infrastructure / Payments · 4Marketplace / Travel · 3E-commerce / Retail · 2
APAC · 23US · 22UK · 16EU · 10Canada · 6MENA · 3
What the disclosures say
Authentic Vacations
“Airwallex case study: Authentic Vacations uses Airwallex for multi-currency accounts and card transactions, saving 3% per card transaction and $10k/month on FX.”
Dovetail
“Airwallex publicly lists Dovetail as a customer on its website (https://www.airwallex.com/). This is TIER 1 known_customer_listings evidence.”
View source · airwallex.com ↗
PartnerStack
“Airwallex case study: 'PartnerStack Revolutionized Global B2B Relationships with Airwallex' — 6,000+ partners paid out via Airwallex, $11.7M+ processed, used as preferred vendor for affiliate payouts.”
Orbitkey
“Airwallex case studies on airwallex.com/au, airwallex.com/nz, and airwallex.com/eu all explicitly name Orbitkey as a customer using Airwallex for multi-currency global accounts, local USD and EUR bank account details, no-cost deposits, and low-cost FX transfers. 70% savings on USD/EUR international transfer fees and 75…”
SHOPLINE
“Airwallex docs detail card payment app integration.”
ShopeePay
“ShopeePay Payment API documents three payment methods (MPM/CPM); Airwallex docs list ShopeePay as e-wallet acceptance method; dLocal press release announces payin/payout partnership; Payrails docs configure ShopeePay via dLocal.”
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What Airwallex runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers Airwallex itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose Airwallex.
Sponsor Bank
Evolve Bank & Trust
Card Network
VisaMastercard
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Alternatives to Airwallex

Other FX / Payouts providers in the index, by the number of companies that disclose them. A count of public disclosures, not a ranking of the products.

Currencycloud82 buyers →Nium69 buyers →Wise Platform60 buyers →Stripe49 buyers →Convera33 buyers →Visa Direct24 buyers →Adyen23 buyers →Payoneer20 buyers →
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Airwallex — frequently asked

Which companies use Airwallex?

85 companies disclose Airwallex in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Authentic Vacations, Dovetail, Antom, PartnerStack, Orbitkey, SHOPLINE, ShopeePay, Alpaca, Float, Endowus and 2 others.

What does Airwallex do?

Airwallex is an embedded-finance provider in BaaS, Card Issuing, FX / Payouts, Spend / AP, Unified FX, PSP and Treasury Management. It ranks #2 of 185 FX / Payouts providers by disclosed buyers.

What are the alternatives to Airwallex?

The most-disclosed FX / Payouts alternatives to Airwallex are Currencycloud (82 buyers), Nium (69 buyers), Wise Platform (60 buyers), Stripe (49 buyers), Convera (33 buyers) and Visa Direct (24 buyers).

Who founded Airwallex?

Airwallex was founded by Jack Zhang, Max Li, Lucy Liu, Xijing Dai and Ki-lok Wong and is founded in 2015, headquartered in San Francisco, USA and Singapore.

How much funding has Airwallex raised?

Airwallex has raised $1.5B in total.

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