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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
Finance operations
How BPO finance leaders can modernize global payroll
Tired of wire delays? Fix global BPO payroll, cut FX costs, and pay teams faster.
Caitlin Madrigal
•5 minutes
Shannon Scott
•3 minutes
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
Technology
How product teams are restructuring for AI
AI changed what your teams can build but not how they're organised to build it. Here's what the shift looks like in practice.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•5 minutes
Finance operations
Beyond checkout: The missing financial layer in the agent ecosystem
Agents can reason and recommend, but most break at payment, settlement, and reconciliation. The next frontier is governed financial execution.
Cindy Zhao
•5 minutes
Technology
From dashboards to decisions: closing the gap between insight and action
Finance teams have the data, but the gap between insight and action is where most lose their edge. Here's what closes it.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•6 minutes
Start-ups
What makes a business defensible when AI can build anything overnight
When AI can build anything overnight, what actually makes a business defensible? It's not speed. It's the moats that can't be coded.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•5 minutes
Technology
Towards autonomy: The next era of finance
Finance teams have automated workflows but remain trapped in fragmented systems. Explore why the future of finance is autonomous — and why unified infrastructure, software, and AI are the foundation.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•6 minutes
Shannon Scott
•3 minutes
Business banking
How Canadian businesses can use ACH-enabled USD accounts to receive Section 301 refunds
CBP refunds are approved – but hard to access. Here’s how Canadian businesses can receive funds via ACH without costly workarounds.
The Airwallex Editorial Team
•5 minutes
Online payments
Understanding agentic commerce protocols: What merchants should know right now
The protocol layer will shape the next decade of eCommerce more than the AI demo will. Here's what merchants need to understand about ACP, UCP, and the standards competing to define how agents buy.
Ethan Ning
•7 minutes
Expense management
Airwallex vs Concur vs Expensify: Which is Right for You?
Comparing Airwallex vs Concur vs Expensify for expense management? Discover the pros, cons, fees, and top features of each to find the best fit for your business.
Airwallex Editorial Team
•11 minutes
Online payments
Are AI shoppers coming? Here’s what retailers need to know.
Early infrastructure for agentic commerce is emerging as AI agents are becoming the new buyers. Find out what changes when agents shop alongside humans.
Regina Lim
•6 minutes
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
Finance operations
With agentic AI, your finance ops will never look the same again
What if your finance team could run itself? Forget spreadsheets and manual approvals. Discover how agentic AI is rewriting finance.
Justin Yek
•5 minutes
Finance operations
How Airwallex speeds up your cash flow
See how Airwallex helps eCommerce businesses speed up cash flow with localized checkout, multi-currency accounts, and real-time spend visibility.
Ross Weldon
•6 minutes
Ecommerce
3 ways eCommerce brands can protect margins from volatility and FX risk
Buffer your eCommerce business against volatility and FX risk with Airwallex. Avoid FX fluctuations, FX fees, increase your margins, and more.
Airwallex Editorial Team
•5 minutes
Finance operations
Currency volatility and the margin problem that hedging can't fix
88% of mid-market companies now hedge FX exposure, yet 62% still report losses. Here's why the gap exists and what finance teams can do about it.
Ross Weldon
•5 minutes
Finance operations
Finance needs to transform before AI enters the picture. Here’s why.
Most finance teams are waiting for AI to improve before they adopt it. The teams pulling ahead have already started building the foundations that make AI work.
Justin Yek
•5 minutes