For SaaS platforms and commerce providers, payments are no longer an add-on – they’re a core part of the product experience. Enabling merchants to accept payments directly within the platform unlocks new revenue streams, strengthens retention, and expands platform capabilities.
But building payments infrastructure is complex. It requires acquiring relationships, compliance, merchant onboarding workflows, and support for multiple payment methods and devices – all of which must scale across markets.
Airwallex POS enables platforms to embed in-person payments directly into their product, without building or managing the underlying infrastructure.
Embedded payments, built for platforms
Airwallex POS allows platforms to offer in-person payment acceptance as a native feature within their product experience.
Using APIs and SDKs, platforms can integrate POS payments into their existing workflows while maintaining full control over the merchant and end-user experience. Merchants can accept payments without leaving the platform environment, creating a seamless connection between software and payment acceptance.
This approach allows platforms to extend their core product while keeping payments fully integrated into their ecosystem.
Flexible integration and merchant activation
Airwallex provides a developer-first integration model that supports multiple deployment approaches.
Platforms can enable merchants to accept payments through physical terminals, SoftPOS on mobile devices, or integrations with existing POS systems. This flexibility allows platforms to support a wide range of merchant types, from enterprise retailers to mobile-first businesses.
Merchant onboarding is streamlined through unified activation flows, while payment events, transaction data, and reporting are integrated directly into platform systems. This reduces operational overhead and allows platforms to scale merchant activation efficiently without adding support complexity.
Scaling globally through a single integration
Expanding payments across markets typically requires managing multiple providers, integrations, and compliance requirements.
With Airwallex, platforms can support merchants globally through a single integration. Access to local acquiring, regional payment methods, global card networks, and multi-currency settlement allows platforms to scale internationally while maintaining a consistent architecture.
This simplifies expansion and enables platforms to grow merchant reach without increasing technical complexity.
Unlocking monetisation through payments and financial services
Embedding payments into the platform creates new revenue opportunities beyond software subscriptions.
Platforms can monetise payment volume while expanding into financial services such as multi-currency accounts, cards, and global payouts. These capabilities increase platform ARPU, deepen merchant engagement, and create more stickiness within the ecosystem.
Because Airwallex manages the underlying payments infrastructure, including acquiring and compliance, platforms can focus on building and scaling their product rather than operating financial systems.
A new way to build payments into your platform
For platforms, in-person payments are not just about acceptance – they are an extension of the product itself.
Airwallex POS enables platforms to embed payments directly into their software, activate merchants globally, and unlock new revenue streams – all while maintaining control over the user experience and avoiding the complexity of building payments infrastructure from scratch.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
Airwallex’s Editorial Team is a global collective of business finance and fintech writers based in Australia, Asia, North America, and Europe. With deep expertise spanning finance, technology, payments, startups, and SMEs, the team collaborates closely with experts, including the Airwallex Product team and industry leaders to produce this content.
