Airwallex Launches Physical Point of Sale Device

Airwallex launched Airwallex POS Funds, a bodily point-of-sale system.

The system will allow bodily, in-store funds that combine with Airwallex’s broader commerce stack.

The brand new launch helps Airwallex compete with Sq. and Stripe, however Airwallex has a bonus in areas the place it holds banking licenses.

Whereas the remainder of the funds world is racing towards agentic funds, Airwallex is bringing its focus again to the bodily world. The Singapore-based firm introduced this week that it has launched Airwallex POS Funds, a bodily point-of-sale (POS) system.

The brand new, bodily system integrates with the corporate’s commerce stack to unify on-line and in-store funds. Bringing all the things collectively will assist retailers supply constant cost flows, reporting, and buyer experiences throughout a number of channels. Enterprise retailers will achieve extra visibility and management throughout channels, whereas SaaS platforms will achieve the power to embed in-store funds instantly into their merchandise.

“By extending our international monetary platform to the bodily countertop, we’re bringing on-line and in-store funds collectively, lowering the fragmentation that has lengthy held in-store funds again, and giving enterprises a very international basis for development,” the corporate stated in its announcement.

Including bodily POS units locations Airwallex instantly in competitors with Sq., a pioneer within the cell POS {hardware} area, and Stripe, which provided to accumulate Airwallex in 2019 for $1.2 billion. Airwallex has a bonus over these two legacy gamers in sure areas, nevertheless. In Japan, as an illustration, the place the corporate holds a banking license, the fintech owns each the backend banking infrastructure, in addition to the front-facing software program. So when a service provider is paid, Airwallex can maintain the funds as a substitute of getting to switch them to the service provider’s main checking account.

Based in 2015, Airwallex holds practically 90 regulatory licenses and permits throughout 50 markets that allow prospects to function in 200+ nations and areas and assist multi-currency checkout at scale. In 2025 alone, the corporate prolonged its regulated and native capabilities throughout 12 new markets, securing licenses and launching merchandise in France, the Netherlands, Israel, Canada, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brazil, Mexico, and the UAE.

The brand new POS funds system is now out there throughout the UK, Europe, Hong Kong, and Singapore, with plans to launch in Australia and the US, the place it presently serves 46,000 companies.

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