Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, today announced it will inject $590 million [£436M] into its UK business across the next five years (2026 to 2030) to drive local and regional growth.

The investment will be spent on a range of activities including a hiring surge which will raise full-time UK headcount by 60% - from around 100 today to over 160 by end of 2026 - and new and expanded products including Spend AI, Credit Cards and Recurring Billing SaaS.

It comes as Airwallex completes a Series G fundraising of $330M, which has valued the global business at $8billion, and as the company focuses more on the growth opportunity in Europe and the Americas following a decade of growth in its founding market of Australia, and its successful scaling across the Asia-Pacific region.

Airwallex has also hired Christos Chamberlain, the former General Manager of international logistics firm Flexport, to lead operations across the UK and wider European region. Chamberlain has 20 years experience and specialises in overcoming the regulatory, financial and operational complexities of cross border trade.

The move reflects the critical role that the UK and Europe will play in Airwallex's future growth, and signals the company’s determination to become the go-to financial platform for fast-scaling international businesses.

Jack Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO of Airwallex, said: “While overall investment in the UK has faced headwinds in recent years, our commitment is moving in the opposite direction. We continue to see enormous potential here, especially as the global financial ecosystem pivots to a world defined by AI and new cross-border trading norms. This multi-year investment reflects our confidence in the UK as a launchpad for regional growth across EMEA, and our determination to build the financial infrastructure businesses need to compete internationally."

Christos Chamberlain, General Manager of Airwallex UK and EU, added: “Companies in the UK and Europe are navigating increasingly complex financial and operational challenges as they scale. Airwallex is perfectly positioned to remove that friction. I’m excited to join the team following an impressive period of growth and to help accelerate expansion as we strengthen our local presence and product suite and empower more ambitious businesses operating across borders.”

Airwallex has also announced that it will invest additional multi-million dollar amounts in other key geographies, including the Netherlands, France and Germany in early 2026, with other markets to follow.

Airwallex’s London team recently moved to a new office in Fitzrovia, and at over 16,000 sq ft is more than double the size of the previous space. Earlier this month the global business also celebrated its 10-year anniversary, and last month it crossed the $1 billion annualised run rate revenue (ARR) threshold.