Airwallex, the worldwide funds and banking platform, has crossed $1billion in annualised run charge income (ARR). The corporate acknowledged it is a vital milestone in its mission to construct the way forward for international banking, and it comes because the UK cements its place as one in every of Airwallex’s fastest-growing markets.
The worldwide $1billion milestone is the results of quickly accelerating development. Based on the corporate, it took 9 years to succeed in its first $500million in ARR, however the subsequent $500million was achieved in simply over one 12 months. At its present development charge of roughly 90 per cent year-on-year, Airwallex is on monitor to surpass $2billion in ARR throughout the subsequent 12 months.
UK development and EMEA headquarters
The milestone displays Airwallex’s growing development within the EMEA area, with the UK serving as a key driver of this enlargement. The corporate reported that its UK income within the first half of 2025 grew by 109 per cent in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, outpacing development in its founding market of Australia and the broader APAC area. Its total headcount in EMEA grew by 35 per cent over the identical interval.
To accommodate this fast enlargement, Airwallex has outgrown its Holborn workplace and bought a brand new EMEA regional headquarters in Fitzrovia, London. The brand new workplace, which is over 16,000 sq ft, is greater than double the scale of its earlier area.
Jack Zhang, co-founder and chief government officer of Airwallex, stated: “We’ve hit a serious milestone: crossing $1bn in annualised run charge income. It’s tangible proof that international companies are shifting previous the constraints of an outdated monetary system. It represents the belief that our clients place in us and our potential to deal with the wants of recent companies as they scale throughout markets, currencies and borders.”
Zhang attributed the steepened development curve to a number of elements: “The variety of clients utilizing a number of Airwallex merchandise has doubled since final 12 months, as we’ve deepened our go-to-market presence in EMEA and North America. We’ve additionally utilised our proprietary monetary infrastructure to make an actual distinction with AI, turning into indispensable to finance groups. And eventually, we’ve constructed the foundations of a model that companies can belief.”
Focusing on ‘Damaged Banking’ with model partnerships
The surge in UK development has been supported by high-profile model partnerships, together with with the McLaren F1 racing staff and Arsenal FC. This month, the fintech additionally launched its ‘Damaged Banking’ marketing campaign throughout London transport hubs.
The digital marketing campaign options movies that dramatise the tip of “clunky” enterprise banking and outdated monetary processes by destroying workplace gear and a conventional financial institution façade with heavy equipment. The corporate acknowledged that is its largest above-the-line promoting funding within the area.
James Elias, vp advertising and marketing EMEA at Airwallex, stated: “Companies right now want monetary infrastructure that matches their ambition, not methods that sluggish them down. ‘Damaged Banking’ speaks on to the frustrations we hear from firms daily – the delays, the complexity, the obstacles to development. We’re not simply highlighting these ache factors – we’re displaying companies there’s a greater approach ahead.”
Since launching within the UK in 2019, Airwallex has constructed a shopper base of hundreds of companies, providing international enterprise accounts, service provider buying, company playing cards, spend administration, and embedded finance. The corporate is in superior planning to launch a number of new merchandise within the UK market within the coming months.
The $1billion ARR milestone follows Airwallex’s Sequence F funding spherical earlier this 12 months, which valued the corporate at $6.2billion and introduced its complete funding to over $1.2billion.
