Wirex Raises Over UK£3.7M in Funding
Summary
Wirex, a London, UK-based payments platform sending waves through the fintech and crypto spaces, raised £3.7m in crowdfunding. This has already seen the launch of 5 new currencies on the platform in Eastern European countries, as well as an upcoming release of Wirex’s highly-anticipated multicurrency Mastercard card, and upgrade of its rewards scheme. The company also has ambitious plans to diversify their user base, with an exciting launch in the US and Japan in the pipeline. Created in 2014 by CEOs and co-founders Pavel Matveev and Dmitry Lazarichev, Wirex offers secure accounts that allow customers to store, buy and exchange multiple currencies instantly at the best live rates on one centralised mobile app. The company, which has over three million customers across 130 countries, is based in London with offices in Kyiv, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore, Dallas and Atlanta.