Airwallex partners with technology company Bird to power its global payments infrastructure. Bird replaces 20+ banks with Airwallex to streamline global payments, automate supplier payouts, and enhance multi-entity reconciliation.

• Bird has partnered with Airwallex to power its global payments infrastructure.
• The partnership replaces over 20 banking relationships with a single streamlined platform.
• Bird now automates supplier payments and payroll across multiple entities using Airwallex’s FX and issuing tools.
• Integration with NetSuite provides faster, more consistent reconciliation for Bird’s finance team.
• The collaboration enables Bird to operate more efficiently at scale while deepening its financial visibility and control.

• What is the main purpose of the partnership between Airwallex and Bird? To simplify and consolidate Bird’s global payments infrastructure, replacing 20+ banks with one unified platform.
• How does Airwallex help Bird improve its financial operations? By automating supplier payments, payroll, and foreign exchange while integrating seamlessly with Bird’s accounting systems.
• What tools from Airwallex is Bird using? Bird uses Airwallex’s issuing product, batch transfers, and proprietary FX engine for global supplier and payroll management.
• How has this partnership impacted Bird’s finance operations? It has reduced manual workloads, improved reconciliation speed, and enhanced financial visibility across entities.
• Who commented on the partnership from Bird and Airwallex? Robert Vis, CEO of Bird, and Pranav Sood, Executive General Manager of EMEA at Airwallex.

Airwallex, a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced its partnership with Bird (formerly MessageBird), a global communication platform, to power Bird’s international payments operations.

**Powering Bird’s global payments infrastructure **Bird’s platform, applications and APIs help 29,000+ businesses to streamline conversations and build engaging experiences through their customers’ preferred channels - including WhatsApp, Email, SMS, Voice, WeChat, Messenger, and Instagram.

The global nature of Bird’s business - with multiple currencies flowing in and out of operating entities around the world - had led to a fragmented financial operating system, split across more than 20 banking partners around the world. This created operating inefficiencies for the Bird Finance team, particularly in relation to the creation and approval of supplier payments and reconciliation with Bird’s accounting software.

Using Airwallex’s global payments and financial infrastructure, Bird has been able to consolidate its financial operations across multiple entities and currencies into a single platform.

This has enabled greater visibility and control as well as the automation of supplier payments around the world, leveraging Airwallex’s proprietary foreign exchange (FX) engine. Bird is also utilising Airwallex’s issuing product to pay its global suppliers and the batch transfers tool to run its own payroll across entities. Additionally, Airwallex and Bird collaborated on a superior integration via Netsuite that provides greater speed, consistency and depth of reconciliation for Bird’s finance team.

Robert Vis, Founder and CEO at Bird, commented: "Prior to working with Airwallex, we were using legacy systems and technology which slowed down our entire global operations. With Airwallex, we’re able to streamline our payments infrastructure and supercharge our finance operations globally. We are continuing to explore more opportunities to leverage the Airwallex product and I look forward to deepening our relationship with the team."

Pranav Sood, Executive General Manager of EMEA at Airwallex, commented: "We’re thrilled to partner with Bird and help them streamline their global payments operations. By consolidating their banking relationships and automating key financial workflows, Bird can focus on what they do best — helping businesses communicate with their customers at scale."