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Airwallex Countries and Currencies: Availability Overview

Paola Faben Oliveira

24.06.25

Read time 3 minutes

Thinking of using Airwallex for your business? The fintech and its digital business accounts have become a popular choice for UK companies, especially those which trade, source supplies or have employees overseas.

If you’re considering opening an Airwallex account, you’ll need to know exactly where you can use it. This means a close look at what countries and currencies are supported.

After all, it’d be no use if your main client base was in a country the account didn’t support, or your customers wanted to pay you in a currency the platform couldn’t accept without a currency conversion.

So, read on for the lowdown on Airwallex countries and currencies, so you can make the right choice for your business.

Airwallex supported countries and currencies - an overview

Airwallex has a number of different products and features, and each offers slightly different support for countries and currencies.

To make it a little easier to digest, here’s an at-a-glance look at the number of Airwallex supported currencies and countries for each:

	Countries	Currencies
Create local accounts	10+¹	20+¹
Send payments	150+³	60+³
Accept domestic payments	16¹	15¹
Accept international SWIFT payments	-	22¹
Spending with Airwallex cards	-	11⁴
Opening an Airwallex account	56⁵	-

Create local accounts

You can create Global Accounts with Airwallex in more than 20 currencies, located in over 10 countries and regions.¹ These accounts let you receive money through both domestic and international transfers, so your clients can pay you in their own currency.

The supported countries and currencies for Airwallex Global Accounts are:²

Country	Currencies
Australia	AUD
Canada	CAD
Denmark	DKK, EUR, CZK, CHF, GBP, SGD, ILS, AUD, HUF, MXN, NOK, PLN, RON, JPY, CNY, HKD
Europe (SEPA)	EUR
Hong Kong	HKD, CNY, EUR, USD, AUD, CAD, CHF, GBP, JPY, NZD, SGD
Indonesia	IDR
Mexico	MXN
New Zealand	NZD
Poland	PLN
Singapore	SGD, USD, NZD, SEK, NOK, AUD, CHF, HKD, JPY, EUR, GBP, CAD, CNY
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	AED
UK	GBP
US	USD

Send payments

With an Airwallex account in the UK, you can send money to a total of 150+ countries and regions in 60+ currencies.³ This means of course that all the major currencies are covered.

You can check whether a particular destination and/or currency is covered, and start to set up a transfer, here on the Airwallex transfers page.

Accept domestic payments

With your Airwallex Global Currency Account, you can accept domestic payments from the following countries and currencies:¹

Country	Currencies
Australia	AUD
New Zealand	NZD
Hong Kong	CNY, EUR, HKD, USD
Singapore	SGD
Indonesia	IDR
Israel	ILS
Mexico	MXN
Denmark	DKK, EUR
Estonia	EUR
Germany	EUR
Netherlands	EUR
Poland	PLN
Canada	CAD
UK	GBP
US	USD
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	AED

Accept international SWIFT payments

Also in your Global Currency Account with Airwallex, you can accept international payments sent via SWIFT in the following currencies:¹

AUD
AED
CAD
CHF
CNY
CZK
DKK
EUR
HKD
HUF
ILS
JPY
MXN
NOK
NZD
PLN
RON
SEK
SGD
USD
GBP
ZAR.

Spending with Airwallex cards

Airwallex business cards can be used worldwide, wherever Visa is accepted. But you can only spend directly in these 11 currencies:⁴

You can only spend in these currencies if you have them in an Airwallex currency balance. If not, or you’re spending in another currency, a currency conversion will be required.

Opening an Airwallex account

You can only open an Airwallex account if your business is registered in one of 56 supported countries.⁵ You can check the full list here.

Considering opening an account? Read our full Airwallex business account review.

Airwallex restricted countries

Airwallex isn’t yet available to businesses in all countries, but some locations are restricted altogether.

At present, you can’t open an Airwallex account if owners or directors live in Russia or Belarus.⁶

An alternative to Airwallex: the Wise Business account

If you want to compare all the available options before choosing a new business account, make sure to check out Wise Business.

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The Wise Business account is quick and easy to open online, and gives you a powerful platform for sending, receiving and managing your business finances in 40+ currencies.

You can easily pay suppliers and employees in 140+ countries all over the world, for low fees and the mid-market exchange rate.

And best of all, you can get paid for your products or services quickly and easily, accepting payments in 8+ major currencies.

You’ll get all of this with Wise Business:

Employee expense cards and expense management tools
Payroll and invoice payments
API integration with business and accounting tools
Bulk payments - batch pay up to 1,000 people at once
Bespoke permission levels to control team access.

Where Wise Business really makes sense for international business is for foreign exchange. All currency conversions with Wise are carried out using the mid-market exchange rate. This means that no margin or mark-up is added, so you get a great rate and don’t lose funds to foreign currency exchange.

Over the course of hundreds and thousands of business transactions across international borders, these kinds of savings can really add up - and could make a huge difference to your business.

Get started with Wise Business 🚀

Sources used:

Airwallex - Help - Which currencies can I get a Global Account in and what payments can I receive?
Airwallex - Global Accounts
Airwallex - Transfers
Airwallex - Help - What currencies are supported by the Airwallex Borderless Card?
Airwallex - Help - What country does my business have to be registered in for opening an Airwallex account?
Airwallex - Who can open an account with Airwallex?

Sources last checked on date: 24/06/2025

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