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Airwallex aims to be bigger than Citi or HSBC by 2035

Jack Zhang · Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · May 26, 2025 · at 1:34:10

Jack Zhang is the co-founder and CEO of Airwallex. He outlines his ten-year vision for scaling Airwallex to surpass legacy financial institutions like Citi and HSBC.

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“I hope we have built no, the, one of the largest global payments and banking platform to power more than businesses around the world. I hope we have built a bigger business than city or HSBC because you know, when we succeeded doing that millions of businesses around the world will benefit from the success of our mission.”

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The claim, plainly

Airwallex aims to become one of the largest global payments and banking platforms by 2035, building a larger business than Citi or HSBC.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria specify that Airwallex's valuation, market capitalization, or annual revenue must exceed that of either Citigroup or HSBC by May 2035. Today's date is July 23, 2026, which is prior to the May 2035 target date. While Airwallex has grown significantly—reaching an $11 billion valuation and ~$1.5 billion in ARR as of mid-2026—it remains well below Citigroup's $252 billion market cap ($85.2B revenue) and HSBC's $277B+ market cap ($67B+ revenue). Because the horizon date has not yet passed, the claim cannot be resolved at this time.

As of mid-2026, Airwallex reached a valuation of $11.0 billion and annual recurring revenue of approximately $1.3B-$1.5B.
As of mid-2026, Citigroup's market capitalization is ~$252 billion with annual revenue of $85.2 billion (2025).
As of mid-2026, HSBC's market capitalization is ~$277B-$348B with annual revenue of ~$67.6 billion.
The horizon date for evaluation is May 26, 2035, which is in the future relative to the current date of July 23, 2026.

Checked against

[1] apple.com [2] youtube.com [3] airwallex.com [4] wikipedia.org [5] technode.global [6] fintechfutures.com [7] airwallex.com [8] airwallex.com

assessed as of 2026-07-23

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⏳ prediction date: 2035-05-26; checked again automatically on the next resolution wave

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