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<ul><li>Checkout friction in external linking still favors Apple’s in-app flow even at the 30% fee, but the pain line starts at $5-10M in annual revenue for developers to consider routing payments externally to their existing payment processor for web payments like Stripe or Adyen.</li><li>For global enterprises opting out of Apple’s in-app payments, the solution isn’t just Stripe or a single payment processor; it means bringing together a number of regional payment providers like Stripe (US), Adyen (EU), PortOne (South Korea) & Airwallex (SEA) that use local bank rails and enforce local regulation like real-time e-invoicing mandates (EU, LatAm).</li><li>Unbundling their stack from vertically-integrated Stripe payments, billing and tax products, enterprise-level customers shift towards best-in-breed financial SaaS point solutions as they grow — for example in sales tax, adopting an independent tax layer in Taxwire, Anrok ($54M raised, Sequoia) & Avalara (acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $8.4B) that spans multiple payment processors and ledgers.</li></ul>

Checkout friction in external linking still favors Apple’s in-app flow even at the 30% fee, but the pain line starts at $5-10M in annual revenue for developers to consider routing payments externally to their existing payment processor for web payments like Stripe or Adyen.For global enterprises opting out of Apple’s in-app payments, the solution isn’t just Stripe or a single payment processor; it means bringing together a number of regional payment providers like Stripe (US), Adyen (EU), PortOne (South Korea) & Airwallex (SEA) that use local bank rails and enforce local regulation like real-time e-invoicing mandates (EU, LatAm).Unbundling their stack from vertically-integrated Stripe payments, billing and tax products, enterprise-level customers shift towards best-in-breed financial SaaS point solutions as they grow — for example in sales tax, adopting an independent tax layer in Taxwire, Anrok ($54M raised, Sequoia) & Avalara (acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $8.4B) that spans multiple payment processors and ledgers.

Andrew Rea, CEO Of Taxwire, On Why Enterprises Need More Than Stripe

<ul><li>Primer is valued at $425 million as of their October 2021 Series B round, led by ICONIQ Growth.</li><li>In 2023, Primer raised an additional £16.6 million convertible loan to extend runway, ending the year with £28 million in cash.</li><li>Primer's launch of Primer for Growth represents a significant TAM expansion into the startup and scale-up segment.</li></ul>

Primer is valued at $425 million as of their October 2021 Series B round, led by ICONIQ Growth.In 2023, Primer raised an additional £16.6 million convertible loan to extend runway, ending the year with £28 million in cash.Primer's launch of Primer for Growth represents a significant TAM expansion into the startup and scale-up segment.

<ul><li>Sacra estimates that Airwallex hit $700M in annualized revenue in March 2025, up 69.7% from ~$413M in March 2024, with transaction volume increasing to $130B across 150,000 businesses globally.</li><li>Founded in 2015 in Melbourne, Airwallex operates a global payments infrastructure that bypasses traditional banking rails, allowing businesses to hold, convert, and move money across borders at drastically lower costs than banks through a proprietary network that processes 93% of transactions outside of SWIFT.</li><li>Airwallex’s push into Latin America—through acquiring MexPago (Mexico) and securing a payment institution license in Brazil—positions Airwallex to capture the region's exploding cross-border commerce flows (cross-border represents 22% of Mexico's e-commerce with 44% annual growth), while its recent acquisition of CTIN Pay in Vietnam and announced expansion into Malaysia and South Korea extend its already-dominant APAC footprint where revenues grew 83% year-over-year in Q3 2024.</li></ul>

Sacra estimates that Airwallex hit $700M in annualized revenue in March 2025, up 69.7% from ~$413M in March 2024, with transaction volume increasing to $130B across 150,000 businesses globally.Founded in 2015 in Melbourne, Airwallex operates a global payments infrastructure that bypasses traditional banking rails, allowing businesses to hold, convert, and move money across borders at drastically lower costs than banks through a proprietary network that processes 93% of transactions outside of SWIFT.Airwallex’s push into Latin America—through acquiring MexPago (Mexico) and securing a payment institution license in Brazil—positions Airwallex to capture the region's exploding cross-border commerce flows (cross-border represents 22% of Mexico's e-commerce with 44% annual growth), while its recent acquisition of CTIN Pay in Vietnam and announced expansion into Malaysia and South Korea extend its already-dominant APAC footprint where revenues grew 83% year-over-year in Q3 2024.

<ul><li>We wanted to learn more about the Melbourne-based Airwallex, which recently surpassed $100B in transaction volume and announced that it plans to go public in 2026.</li><li>COVID brought a surge in cross-border payments, helping Airwallex grow to $30B in annualized volume in 2021 and $100B as of July 2024 (up 73% YoY), with 100,000 customers for about $1M in payments volume per customer and a revenue run rate of $500M (up ~80% YoY).</li><li>Airwallex is pushing aggressively into Europe, the UK, and the Americas as an embedded finance platform—60% of revenue now comes from its API and products like Payments for Platforms (a la Stripe Connect)—to get distribution into the highly saturated fintech ecosystem of the West and the 100M+ SMBs it serves.</li></ul>

We wanted to learn more about the Melbourne-based Airwallex, which recently surpassed $100B in transaction volume and announced that it plans to go public in 2026.COVID brought a surge in cross-border payments, helping Airwallex grow to $30B in annualized volume in 2021 and $100B as of July 2024 (up 73% YoY), with 100,000 customers for about $1M in payments volume per customer and a revenue run rate of $500M (up ~80% YoY).Airwallex is pushing aggressively into Europe, the UK, and the Americas as an embedded finance platform—60% of revenue now comes from its API and products like Payments for Platforms (a la Stripe Connect)—to get distribution into the highly saturated fintech ecosystem of the West and the 100M+ SMBs it serves.

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<ul><li>Global payments and banking platform Airwallex has closed its Series E extension round with US$100 million in funding.</li><li>Founded in Melbourne in 2015, Airwallex provides integrated solutions for business and personal cross-border transactions.</li><li>It facilitates international money transfers through payment collection, foreign exchange, remittance and security settlement.</li></ul>

Global payments and banking platform Airwallex has closed its Series E extension round with US$100 million in funding.Founded in Melbourne in 2015, Airwallex provides integrated solutions for business and personal cross-border transactions.It facilitates international money transfers through payment collection, foreign exchange, remittance and security settlement.

Global Payments Firm Airwallex Closes Series E Round with US$100M New Investment

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AirWallex Pty Ltd provides technology services. The Company offers digital payment solutions for personal and business purpose. AirWallex serves customers worldwide.

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Andrew Rea, CEO Of Taxwire, On Why Enterprises Need More Than Stripe

Apple doesn't only provide distribution (saving on sales & marketing expenses) and payments but it also handles fraud, chargebacks, subscriptions,...

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Primer: Primer - 25 May 2025

Automation platform for merchants to unify and optimize their payment stacks

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Airwallex At $700M Revenue

TL;DR: Airwallex is evolving from a cross-border payments provider to global-first financial infrastructure, with corporate cards and payments now...

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Airwallex At $100B TPV

TL;DR: Sacra estimates that Airwallex hit $100B in annual transaction volume in 2024, up 73% year-over-year, for a revenue run rate of $500M. Now,...

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Global Payments Firm Airwallex Closes Series E Round with US$100M New Investment

This brings Airwallex’s total funding to US$900M+ and its customer base more than doubled and revenue increased by 184 per cent YOY

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