I joined Airwallex as the 4th employee in France, then moved to Paris to open our Southern Europe market. Travel companies kept telling us the same thing: paying suppliers abroad was slow, expensive and a nightmare to reconcile. So I made travel my focus, working with tour operators, OTAs, DMCs and travel platforms headquartered in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

We support travel businesses like Qantas, Minor Hotels, WeRoad, TourTailors and Worldia when FX and cross-border payment costs quietly eat into margins, multi-currency reconciliation turns manual, supplier payments still rely on slow banks in peak season, and card spend is a pure cost centre with no cashback. Airwallex is also a partner of the TourCom network.

With over US$1 billion going into UK and EMEA expansion through 2030, and new offices opening in Barcelona and Germany this year, we’re growing fast on the ground. If you’re paying suppliers across borders, I’d love to hear how you do it today.