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Learn how to transfer money abroad from the UK without incurring excessive fees. We'll cover how international bank transfers work, how to get the cheapest currency exchange rate, and how to avoid transfer fees.

Tilly Michell

17 November 2021•4 minutes

Learn how creative marketplace, ClassBento, enabled bespoke workshops to thrive during the pandemic by connecting crafters to online classes around the world.

12 November 2021•4 minutes

Because Google, Facebook and LinkedIn adverts are billed internationally, companies can incur additional charges when paying their bills. Here's how to avoid those fees.

Tilly Michell

9 November 2021•4 mins

Airwallex's Director of Strategic Partnerships Vivien Cheung wraps up her experience at Money 20/20 in Europe and the United States.

Vivien Cheung

5 November 2021•6 minutes

IBAN discrimination is illegal, plain and simple. But if you do find yourself caught between a rock and a hard place, it’s helpful to know your options.

Jullian Duran

4 November 2021•2 minutes

Business is easy when you're big in Japan. Here's a helpful guide on how to accept payments in Japanese Yen.

Ben Wang

3 November 2021•2 minutes

An Airwallex poll of UK small and medium-sized businesses has found that more than three quarters plan to expand their international presence in 2022. But international currency exchange fees threaten to hamper growth.

Tilly Michell

3 November 2021•3 minutes

As a company with a big goal, and even bigger dreams, international expansion was always on the cards for Sona. The key challenge they faced was how to make this financially viable, and as streamlined as possible.

Tilly Michell

2 November 2021•5 minutes

If you’re tired of clunky, outdated systems, poor customer service and unnecessary charges, it might be time to switch business bank accounts. Check out our guide on how to make the switch.

Tilly Michell

29 October 2021•5 minutes

Building brand awareness is a key challenge for all businesses, especially smaller ones. With Brandbassador, businesses can reward their customers with perks when they promote their products online.

Tilly Michell

28 October 2021•6 minutes

Pay with your smartphone, collect global payments with a single link. Here are the releases you need to know about in October 2021.

Shani Ishigaki

21 October 2021•2 minutes

Airwallex offers free virtual company cards that allow users to make online payments in multiple foreign currencies. Learn how Bowtie uses Airwallex to set-up free corporate cards for its employees and track their spending in real-time on Ariwallex’s online portal.

Alice Wong

20 October 2021•3 mins

When opening a business bank account in the UK, the process itself is reasonably straightforward, and there are a number of key documents and pieces of information you need to provide. Follow our guide to getting started.

18 October 2021•5 minutes

Top talent has the power to transform your business completely. Top talent also contributes diverse thinking and ways of working. Traditional models of recruitment, performance conversations and working styles are long gone, so how can we go about rethinking them?

15 October 2021•11 mins

Payment gateway technology has been instrumental in enabling eCommerce businesses to grow. We explore how an international payment solution can help your global eCommerce business expand with higher margins.

7 October 2021•6 minutes

If you think of a business as a living organism, cash is the lifeblood of the business. One of the main reasons businesses fail is not that they don't record a profit; they run out of cash. It's essential to know where your cash is and monitor your business' health and wealth.

6 October 2021•8 mins

Get to know Account Manager Yvia Magan-Parker, employee number two in the Melbourne sales team at Airwallex.

5 October 2021•4 minutes

When making high-volume or high-value transfers through your bank, there are two main payment networks you’ll be using: CHAPS vs BACS. So let’s look at the difference between BACS and CHAPS, and what this means for your business.

Joe Romeo

29 September 2021•5 minutes

Some people have used lockdowns to learn how to bake sourdough, propagate plants or dance on TikTok. But for Edward Taylor, founder and Commercial Pilot at Rotor One, he fulfilled his life-long dream of becoming a helicopter pilot. Read Edward's full story, here.

10 September 2021•4 minutes

Leadership is a curious thing. It's an intangible quality and notoriously hard to define. We discussed with Naomi Simson what it means to grow as a leader and will further explore four steps to building effective leadership teams.

8 September 2021•11 mins

In this article, we’ll look at how to open a business bank account in the US, the benefits, and the US bank account requirements you need to be aware of.

Joe Romeo

2 September 2021•6 minutes

An opportunity cost formula provides you with a way to measure the difference between two decisions, as a way to land on a rough value figure of one option over the other. Learn how to calculate opportunity cost with this simple formula.

Joe Romeo

13 August 2021•6 minutes

In business, we get obsessed with many things: the latest trends, our PR, our competitors, or internal politics. However, there is only one thing that is worth getting obsessed over – your customers.

29 July 2021•8 mins

Founded in 2014 as a remote first technology business, Qwilr has customers in 60 markets globally, and to date has raised over A$12 million. Qwilr helps sales teams create beautiful and dynamic online proposals, close a deal, and collect payment all in one place.

26 July 2021•4 mins