World fintech Airwallex have introduced a number of milestones with its growth technique to Latin America: securing a fee establishment license from the Banco Central do Brasil, and finalizing the acquisition of MexPago, a Mexico-based fee service supplier and an Establishment of Digital Fee Funds (IFPE) license-holder. With these two licenses secured, Airwallex will hyperlink its world monetary infrastructure to Latin America’s two largest economies to allow assist for firms in Brazil and Mexico and facilitate worldwide companies’ entry into the area.
“Our infrastructure technique is to attach numerous and strategically vital markets around the globe,” stated Ravi Adusumilli, President, Americas at Airwallex. “With licenses in Brazil and Mexico, we might help firms in Latin America to develop and thrive throughout borders, whereas additionally serving to companies around the globe to function extra seamlessly in these two dynamic financial markets.”
Unlocking Brazil’s B2B Fee Market
Brazilian shoppers have been on the forefront of fee digitization – PIX, Brazil’s immediate fee community will account for an estimated 40 % of on-line funds in Brazil by 2026. Nonetheless, B2B funds in Brazil have lagged behind in digitization, significantly for cross-border transactions, which stays a painful course of for Brazilian companies.
To faucet into Brazil’s B2B fee alternative, Airwallex has obtained a fee establishment license to supply providers to Brazilian companies, together with native accounts, card issuing, and fee buying; in addition to participation within the open banking ecosystem in Brazil. Airwallex plans to launch extra providers for world prospects in 2025, together with entry to a checking account in Brazilian Reais with a novel identification quantity, in addition to fee and assortment strategies like PIX and Boleto.
Driving Cross-Border Alternative in Mexico
Demand for digital monetary instruments is surging in Mexico, pushed by the rising want for environment friendly cross-border fee options. An estimated 85 % of SMEs in Mexico anticipate increasing their worldwide enterprise actions, whereas cross-border transactions already account for 22 % of the nation’s e-commerce exercise. Mexico additionally stands out because the fastest-growing marketplace for cross-border transactions within the area, with a CAGR of 44 %. This development is additional fueled by Mexico’s rising significance as a strategic buying and selling accomplice to the U.S., just lately overtaking China to change into the highest exporter of products to the U.S. for the primary time in twenty years.
“Mexico performs a pivotal function within the world economic system, serving as a key hyperlink between North and South America and a crucial hub for cross-border funds,” stated Luis Castillejos Ordaz, CEO and founding father of MexPago. “We’re proud to affix forces with Airwallex to allow seamless and safe cross-border transactions for companies worldwide. MexPago’s home capabilities mixed with Airwallex’s world attain will ship even larger worth to our shared prospects. Collectively we’ll unlock borderless alternatives for companies right here in Latin America and around the globe.”
Castillejos will tackle a brand new function as Nation Supervisor for Airwallex, Mexico the place he will probably be liable for managing operations, driving development, and serving to Airwallex’s current and potential prospects navigate entry into Mexico.
The growth into Brazil and Mexico provides to Airwallex’s current licenses throughout main markets around the globe, together with Australia, the European single market, Canada, Malaysia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, mainland China, the UK and america.
