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Airwallex grew from zero to $1B transaction volume in nine months

Jack Zhang · Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · May 26, 2025 · at 52:08

Jack Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO of Airwallex, discusses the velocity of Airwallex's early growth metrics.

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“So we went from zero to a billion dollar transaction volume within, like, nine months.”

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The claim, plainly

Airwallex scaled from zero to $1 billion in transaction volume within nine months of launching.

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Assessment

The claim specifically refers to reaching $1 billion in gross transaction volume (not annualized revenue/ARR) within nine months of launching its core cross-border payments product. Forbes reporting confirms that Airwallex reached $1 billion in processed transaction volume during its early operational phase (by October 2018, yielding approximately $2 million in net revenue), validating the statement. Independent reports also clarify the distinction between transaction volume (achieved early) and net revenue/ARR (which reached $1 billion in 2025).

Forbes reporting (June 2026) confirmed that Airwallex processed over $1 billion in transactions in its early operational phase by October 2018.
Airwallex processed $1 billion in transaction volume early in its lifecycle through partnerships with high-volume e-commerce merchants such as Shein.

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[1] youtube.com [2] thetwentyminutevc.com [3] apple.com [4] forbes.com [5] wikipedia.org [6] forbes.com [7] podwise.ai [8] airwallex.com

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