Singapore · Payments & e-money
Airwallex (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
Airwallex (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore private company and the Singapore operating entity of the Airwallex group. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licenses it as a Major Payment Institution under the Payment Services Act 2019, with licence number PS20200541. MAS granted the licence in November 2021. The firm offers business accounts, domestic and cross-border transfers, foreign exchange, online payment acceptance and Visa cards that it issues itself. Its customers are businesses and platforms. The Airwallex group was founded in Melbourne in 2015. It describes Singapore and San Francisco as its two headquarters.
Licences and registrations
Held by Airwallex (Singapore) PTE. LTD. (LEI 254900SAFTN21YLKLW71). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAS Financial Institutions Directory - Major Payment InstitutionMonetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) | Major Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | Not published by the register | Singapore | Active | — | — |
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Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as Airwallex
- Ownership
- The firm belongs to the Airwallex group. Its direct shareholder is not named in the sources reviewed.
- Head office
- 1 Wallich Street, #20-01 Guoco Tower, 078881 Singapore, Singapore (registered office: 36 Robinson Road, #20-01, City House, Singapore 068877)
- Company register
- ACRA UEN 201626561Z
- Incorporated
- 2016
- Founders
- Jack Zhang · Lucy Liu
Online
- Websites & references
- airwallex.com ↗
help.airwallex.com ↗ group help centre with licensing and safeguarding disclosures
status.airwallex.com ↗ service status page
airwallex.com/docs ↗ developer documentation
airwallex.com/global ↗ global group site - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
- Apps
- App Store ↗ · Google Play ↗
Sources · 15 pages consulted
- eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid/institution/detail/230232-AIRWALLEX-SINGAPORE-PTE-LTD
- airwallex.com/en-sg
- airwallex.com/en-sg/terms/general-terms
- airwallex.com/sg/terms/cards-and-spend-management-terms
- help.airwallex.com/hc/en-gb/articles/900001757106-How-is-Airwallex-licensed-and-regulated
- help.airwallex.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4404265644185-How-does-Airwallex-keep-my-money-safe
- airwallex.com/en-sg/who-we-are
- airwallex.com/en-sg/blog/how-does-airwallex-work-singapore
- airwallex.com/global/newsroom/airwallex-bolsters-asean-presence-with-regulatory-approval-in-singapore
- airwallex.com/global/newsroom/airwallex-secures-320-million-in-series-h-funding-valuation-hits-11-billi
- businesswire.com/news/home/20260625434997/en/Airwallex-Secures-$320-Million-in-Series-H-Funding-Valuation-
- airwallex.com/global/newsroom/airwallex-delivers-triple-digit-revenue-growth-in-singapore-for-a-second
- austrac.gov.au/new-and-media/news/austrac-orders-audit-airwallex-suspected-amlctf-compliance-failures
- cnbc.com/2026/06/26/airwallex-series-h-funding-11-billion-valuation-ai-finance.html
- airwallex.com
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
MAS licenses the firm as a Major Payment Institution under the Payment Services Act 2019. The licence covers account issuance, domestic money transfer, cross-border money transfer, merchant acquisition and e-money issuance. The firm issues its Visa cards in its own name.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monetary Authority of Singapore Singapore | Major Payment Institution | PS20200541 | In its own name | Active | eservices.mas.gov.sg ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that customer funds are held in a client segregated trust account, separate from its own funds and not available to its creditors, in line with MAS safeguarding rules.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Access not stated airwallex.com ↗
PayNow Access not stated airwallex.com ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
The firm gives Singapore businesses multi-currency accounts, transfers to over 200 countries, Visa corporate cards and online payment acceptance, including PayNow. Its sister company Airwallex Capital (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. provides the Yield investment product under its own MAS Capital Markets Services licence.
The firm serves businesses in Singapore under its MAS licence. Other Airwallex group entities serve other countries under their own licences.
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Enterprises · Platforms and marketplaces · Financial institutions
- Serves customers in
- Singapore
- Latest funding round
- Series H · USD 320m Jun 2026Led by Addition
- Total raised
- USD 1.8bn to Jun 2026 · airwallex.com ↗
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Wu Kai Key personnel (as listed by MAS)
- Chief executive
- Jack Zhang Co-founder and CEO, Airwallex (group)
- Executive
- Arnold Chan General Manager, Asia-Pacific, Airwallex (group)
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Funding
The Airwallex group raised USD 320 million in a Series H round led by Addition, at a stated valuation of USD 11 billion.
airwallex.com ↗ -
Investigation
AUSTRAC ordered an external audit of the AML/CTF compliance of the Australian Airwallex Designated Business Group. The order did not name this firm.
austrac.gov.au ↗ -
Funding
The Airwallex group raised USD 330 million in a funding round led by Addition, at a reported valuation of USD 8 billion.
cnbc.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- 46fdc2414d26
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- Singapore · East Asia & Pacific
- First registered
- Not published
- Website
- www.airwallex.com ↗
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- 1 WALLICH STREET #20-01, GUOCO TOWER 078881, Singapore, 078881
- Country
- Singapore
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in two address lines
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>254900SAFTN21YLKLW71</LEI>
<Nm>AIRWALLEX (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>078881</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Singapore</TwnNm>
<Ctry>SG</Ctry>
<AdrLine>1 WALLICH STREET #20-01</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>GUOCO TOWER 078881</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>- The address line repeats the town or postcode. Remove the repeat if your payment system rejects it.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Register for this page
- MAS Financial Institutions Directory - Major Payment Institution—Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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