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Airwallex Launches Online Card Payment Acceptance Solution in Hong Kong
Airwallex, a cross border payment company, announced the launch of its online card payment acceptance solution in Hong Kong, allowing local merchants to accept online card payments made around the world using Visa and Mastercard. As a principal member of
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Airwallex Granted E-Money License to Expand Footprint to the Netherlands
Airwallex announced that it has secured its Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) on 30 April 2021 which gives it access to the European single market. This latest approval adds to Airwallex’s existing licenses in
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Airwallex Now Valued at Over US$2 Billion with Latest US$ 100 Million Funding Round
Continuing the momentum of its hypergrowth in 2020, Airwallex today announced that the company’s valuation has increased to US$2.6 billion with a capital raising of US$100 million in a further Series D extension. Lifting Airwallex’s Series D funding to US$300
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Airwallex Completes Acquisition of SVF Operator Unicard
Airwallex, a cross border payment company, announced that it has completed the acquisition of UniCard Solution Limited following the regulatory approvals from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) to become a shareholder controller. Airwallex said that through its wholly owned
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Airwallex’s Closes US$ 200 Million Fundraising Round for Global Expansion
Airwallex, a cross border payment company, announced that the company has closed its extended Series D fundraising with an additional US$40 million from new and existing investors. This builds on the Hong Kong-based fintech unicorn’s US$160 milion Series D round
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Airwallex Partners Deutsche Bank for API-Enabled Forex Services
Deutsche Bank announced that it will enable fintech unicorn Airwallex to provide virtual account collections and API-enabled foreign exchange services in Japan and Hong Kong respectively. Already live in Japan, the solution will further allow Airwallex to process and convert
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HK-Based Fintech Unicorn Airwallex Bags US$160M In a Record Fundraising Round
Airwallex today announced that it has closed its Series D fundraising round at US$160M, marking its biggest capital raise to date. The round includes majority participation from a group of new top-tier global strategic investors, including ANZi Ventures (the corporate
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5 Fastest Growing Fintechs in Hong Kong According to IDC
IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing FinTechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets. IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-growing fintech players
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Airwallex Partners Visa to Launch its B2B Cards Payment Solution
Visa and Airwallex today announced a global partnership to launch Airwallex borderless Card, a B2B card-based solution to help business pay and be paid securely and conveniently. The new offering will be available initially in Australia, with other markets around
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Even This Fintech Unicorn Thinks Hong Kong’s Virtual Banking License is Too Restrictive
The virtual banking race is on for different regions across the globe, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has put its hat in that race with the virtual banking license, as part of a larger plan to turn Hong
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