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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
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
Finance operations
Building the future of global finance in the age of AI
AI is reshaping finance, but the companies pulling ahead are thinking even bigger. Shannon Scott explores what it takes to build for speed, clarity, control, and scale.
Shannon Scott
•5 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
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
Working capital
The silent drain: Why SMEs are leaving billions on the table in idle cash
Discover why idle cash is costing European SMEs thousands each year, how banks profit from your inaction, and three simple treasury strategies to put your EUR, USD, and GBP balances to work in 2026.
Laurens Maartens
•6 minutes
Shannon Scott
•3 minutes
Online payments
The trade rewiring: How businesses are using payment data to find new markets
Trade corridors are shifting faster than strategy cycles can follow. Here's how to use payment data to spot new markets, test demand, and protect margins.
Ross Weldon
•6 minutes
Finance operations
How Airwallex speeds up your cash flow
See how Airwallex helps eCommerce businesses speed up cash flow with localised checkout, multi-currency accounts, and real-time spend visibility.
Ross Weldon
•6 minutes
Ecommerce
5 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, plan conversions in advance, and more.
Airwallex Editorial Team
•6 minutes
Finance operations
Currency volatility and the margin problem that hedging can't fix
88% of mid-market corporates 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
Shannon Scott
•3 minutes
Technology
The real value of AI in analytics isn’t just answering questions. It’s closing the decision loop.
"Talking to your data" is one part of what AI can do. But the real value of AI in analytics isn’t just answering questions – it’s closing the decision loop.
Timothy Wong
•5 minutes
Expense management
5 ways AI is removing expense admin
Finance teams spend weeks on manual expense admin. Airwallex uses AI-powered OCR, automated categorisation, and real-time policy checks to reclaim time and simplify spend management.
Ross Weldon
•5 minutes
Accounting
Continuous forecasting: How finance keeps up with volatility
Calendar-based forecasts break when volatility hits mid-month. Discover how continuous forecasting gives finance teams the real-time view they need to act fast.
Ross Weldon
•6 minutes
Airwallex news
My 2025 reflections: Ten years to reach the starting line
Airwallex co-founder and CEO, Jack Zhang, shares his reflections, vision to reach US$10B ARR, the company’s product expansion updates, and AI-native strategy.
Jack Zhang
•14 minutes
Finance operations
Davos focused on resilience, but the real challenge in 2026 is operational
Davos focused on macro resilience, but the real 2026 challenge is operational. Finance teams need infrastructure that executes as fast as markets move.
Christos Chamberlain
•4 minutes
Finance operations
The end of month-end: How finance teams move to continuous close
Month-end close is outdated. Discover how finance teams move to continuous close with unified infrastructure that reconciles in real time.
Ross Weldon
•5 minutes
Airwallex news
New at Airwallex: February Edition
Discover the latest product releases from Airwallex.
Shannon Scott
•3 minutes
Technology
How to implement AI in finance: Where to start and what to avoid
Learn how to implement AI in finance. Find out how to get started, how to measure success, and why unified financial infrastructure matters for real results.
Ross Weldon
•8 minutes