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Expense management
How AI expense management works: A guide for Australian businesses
Learn how AI expense management works – from automated receipt capture to real-time policy checks – and how Australian businesses can streamline spend with Airwallex.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•8 minutes
Expense management
AI vs rules-based expense management: Which is right for Australian businesses?
Australian businesses are replacing rigid IF/THEN expense rules with AI that handles GST, BAS, and policy enforcement in real time. Here's what to know.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•8 minutes
Online payments
Top 5 Stripe alternatives: Compare payment platforms in Australia
Need a better, more flexible payment gateway than Stripe? Compare the best Australian alternatives: Airwallex, Braintree, Shopify, Square, and PayPal.
Vanessa Yip
•12 minutes
Online payments
The 7 best Payment Gateway Providers and Services in Australia for 2026
Streamline your business with these 7 payment gateway providers and services. Our 2026 guide covers everything Australian merchants need to know. Learn more.
Vanessa Yip
•11 minutes
Business banking
Top 5 Revolut alternatives: Find the best option for your business
Need better support and more currency coverage than Revolut? Compare the best Revolut alternatives for Australian businesses. We review Airwallex, Wise, Payoneer, Worldfirst, and OFX.
Vanessa Yip
•9 minutes
Expense management
Airwallex vs ProSpend: Which spend management platform is right for your business?
Comparing Airwallex vs ProSpend for expense management? Our 2026 in-depth breakdown covers pricing, multi-currency cards, AP automation, and ERP integrations.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•8 minutes
Finance operations
The Paper Chase: 45% of Finance Time Goes to Collecting Data
There is a multi-step sequence most global finance teams run before every significant decision: a round of platforms, card dashboards, ERP exports... The problem is not that finance lacks data. It’s that the data is disjointed.
Airwallex Editorial Team
•5 mins
Technology
What is agentic finance? How it works, types, and use cases
Agentic finance lets AI execute financial workflows autonomously – from reconciliation to expense policy enforcement. Here's how it works and what it means for your business.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•10 minutes
Technology
AI in finance: How artificial intelligence will reshape finance teams
Learn how AI in finance is already making a difference, what the future of AI holds, and how a unified financial infrastructure can AI-proof your business.
Ross Weldon
•8 minutes
Finance operations
The AI ROI question CFOs can't answer (yet)
74% of finance leaders prioritise AI, but 40% can't build the business case. Why the cost of waiting could dwarf the cost of getting it wrong.
Ross Weldon
•4 minutes
Procurement
The build vs buy dilemma: why most finance teams are hedging their bets on a hybrid model
Airwallex commissioned Forrester to survey 1,279 finance leaders globally. 51% run hybrid AI models, and the split between what they build and buy has nothing to do with capability. Here's what's driving it.
Ross Weldon
•7 minutes
Finance operations
AI reduced the work, but human oversight became the bottleneck
AI is making finance teams faster. But results aren't showing up where it counts – and the reason has nothing to do with the tools.
Regina Lim
•5 minutes
Accounting
End of financial year prep: What finance leaders need to do
Don't leave your 2026 EOFY business prep to the last minute. Follow our practical EOFY business checklist to reconcile accounts and maximise deductions.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•10 minutes
Shannon Scott
•3 minutes
Airwallex news
Airwallex takes out ‘Best for Transfer Speeds’ in 2026 WeMoney Awards
Airwallex has taken home WeMoney’s 2026 International Money Transfer Award for Best for Transfer Speeds. We help businesses move money to more than 200 countries, with 93% of transactions arriving the same day, and 45% arrive instantly.
Elizabeth Barry
•1 minute
Finance operations
The geography of AI in finance: Why North American teams are pulling ahead
Forrester surveyed 1,279 finance leaders across the globe. The gap in AI execution isn’t about spending – it’s about infrastructure, data, and speed to integrate.
Ross Weldon
•9 minutes
Expense management
Best business expense trackers for Australian companies
What are the best business expense trackers for Aussie companies in 2026? We review 5 top options, from Airwallex to SAP Concur. Find the best tool here.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•10 minutes
Business banking
How Australian businesses can use ACH-enabled USD accounts to receive US tariff refunds
How can Australian importers receive their approved US tariff refunds? Read our guide to see the simple way to receive your approved refunds.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•3 minutes
Shannon Scott
•3 minutes
Start-ups
Introducing Latitude 37: Why I'm betting on the next generation of Australian AI founders
Each cohort will receive AUD $100,000 in equity-free capital, access to Airwallex's global network across 100+ countries, an immersion tour in San Francisco and Singapore, and direct exposure to the AI-native infrastructure we're building at Airwallex.
Jack Zhang
•5
Technology
Expense Policy Agent: Get an AI agent to enforce your policy across every entity
Expense Policy Agent is your always-on AI reviewer, built directly into Airwallex Spend. It reviews every expense in real time, flags policy breaches with cited rules, and helps global teams remain compliant across entities, currencies, and languages.
Thibault Genaitay
•3 minutes
Online payments
Agentic commerce: A practical guide to prepare your business
Agentic commerce is transforming how products are discovered and purchased as AI agents act for consumers. This guide explains how merchants can adapt their discovery, trust, payments, and post-checkout systems to stay competitive in an AI-driven commerce landscape.
Mohamed Mehanna
•6 minutes
Online payments
One-click checkout: the cross-border payments advantage most merchants miss
Most one-click checkouts stop at convenience. Discover how networked checkout improves cross-border payment approval rates, reduces false declines, and captures more global revenue.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•5 minutes
Shannon Scott
•3 minutes