Airwallex承诺5年内在新加坡投入超20亿新元
Airwallex’s US$1.5B Singapore pledge dwarfs the island’s entire fintech funding haul
Airwallex押注新加坡15亿美元，比全岛金融科技融资加起来还多。关注东南亚支付的从业者可以看它怎么和Wise、Nium抢市场，想跳槽的朋友也留意一下那250个新岗位。
跨境支付公司Airwallex于周三宣布，未来5年将在新加坡投资超过20亿新元（约15亿美元），并计划将当地员工人数从750人以上扩充至超过1,000人。
这笔投资将新加坡确立为公司两大核心基地之一，员工扩容意味着工程、合规与运营团队在当地同步加码。20亿新元的规模甚至超过了新加坡整个金融科技行业同期获得的融资总额，单个企业的承诺资本超过了全行业的外部投资。
Airwallex总部位于墨尔本，主要竞争对手包括Wise和Nium。在东南亚金融科技融资整体收缩的背景下，这笔自掏腰包的长期投入向市场传递了明确的扩张信号，对当地招聘和支付产业链都有直接影响。
Airwallex’s US$1.5B Singapore pledge dwarfs the island’s entire fintech funding haul
Airwallex wants Singapore to know it is staying put. The cross-border payments firm said on Wednesday it will invest more than SGD2 billion (about US$1.5 billion) in the city-state over the next five years and grow its local headcount from over 750 to more than 1,000. The move cements Singapore as one of its two […] The post Airwallex’s US$1.5B Singapore pledge dwarfs the island’s entire fintech funding haul appeared first on e27 .
This report is categorized under AITOP's "Industry" desk, focusing on Southeast Asia and the ASEAN-6 (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines) digital economy. Within our cross-regional analytical framework, it directly maps to Southeast Asia AI venture funding, M&A, and data-centre infrastructure. Key entities and technical topics under continuous tracking include Airwallex, 新加坡, 跨境支付, 金融科技.
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