Radar · Digital Remittance in Australia
Best Digital Remittance Companies in Australia
The 33 best Digital Remittance companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wameja.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
33companies tracked
$43.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
Sources & further reading
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
- Fact.MR
Ranked: Best Digital Remittance companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wameja Network for cross-border transfer settlements | $25M | 97 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1997 | — | — |
| 2 | Send Payments Global currency transfer platform focused on individuals and businesses 55News top 29%Talent top 31%Growth top 32%Funding top 34% All 8 signals ▾Newstop 29% Talenttop 31% Growthtop 32% Fundingtop 34% Techtop 35% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 5 tracked, 3 types) · 1 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $16M | 14 mo ago | Series B | Alexandra Rofe Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24 | — |
| 3 | Bless Payments Wallet-enabled cross-border remittance solution for individuals 9Talent top 38%Funding bottom 42%Tech bottom 34%Global bottom 30% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 42% Techbottom 34% Globalbottom 30% Marketbottom 16% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $2.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 9/100 | $2M | 15 mo ago | Seed | Mohamed Zaatar Co-Founder | 2022 | Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+9 | — |
| 4 | MasterRemit Online P2P money transfer platform | — | 52 mo ago | Seed | Hashim O Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer | 2016 | BootstrapTikTok PixelPinterest Conversion Tag+23 | — |
| 5 | OFX International money transfer service provider. | — | 191 mo ago | Public | Skander Malcolm CEO & Managing Director | 1998 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+40 | — |
| 6 | AquireFX Cross-border money transfer platform | — | — | Unfunded | Steve Mckenna Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 7 | AUDSmart Online money transfer services | — | — | Unfunded | Nuttawuth Chainilphan Co-Founder & COO | 2015 | — | — |
| 8 | Aussie Forex Provider of international money transfer services | — | — | Unfunded | Kamran Mirza Owner | 2005 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
Top 5 Digital Remittance companies in Australia
#1
Series B · Southport, Queensland · founded 2018 · 49 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Series B · Southport, Queensland · founded 2018 · 49 employees
Global currency transfer platform focused on individuals and businesses. It allows users to send, receive, and transfer funds across borders. It provides banking and remittance services for individuals and businesses to accept global payments.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 29%Talent
top 31%Growth
top 32%Funding
top 34%Tech
top 35%Moat
top 39%News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 5 tracked, 3 types) · 1 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo · Top themes: Leadership, Funding, Capital raise
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated · 3 leadership moves in 12 mo
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 11k LinkedIn followers — 36.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. Dye & Durham APAC) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Series B$3.2M
- Feb 2023Series B$11.5M
- Jan 2022Series A$5M
Founders & team
Investors
Regal Funds Management, Ophir Asset Management, Wunala Capital, Shaw and Partners, Kelly Partners Investment Office, iPlatforms
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle Analytics
#2
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2022$2.5Mraised▾
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2022
Wallet-enabled cross-border remittance solution for individuals. International money transfer app that allows migrants to send money securely to family and friends around the world. Application is made available on Android and iOS platforms.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 9how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%Funding
bottom 42%Tech
bottom 34%Global
bottom 30%Market
bottom 16%Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $2.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Jul 2025)
Tech: 12 technologies across 2/8 capability areas
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers — 21.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +4 · hiring: Video Editor, Content Creator
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Fortesecurities
#3
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1997 · 200 employees$24.8Mraised▾
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1997 · 200 employees
Wameja is a network for cross-border transfer settlements. The company has partnered with Mastercard to offer Homesend that enables cross-border transfers between bank accounts, cards, mobile wallets, or cash outlets.
Funding rounds
- Sep 2018Post IPO$24.8M
Investors
Herald Investment Management, Demtech
#4
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016—raised▾
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016
Online P2P money transfer platform. Provides cross-border remittance solutions for consumers. Users choose the country, provide recipients details and enter the amount they want to send. They can make payments through bank transfers and debit or credit cards.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 31.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jun 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Scalare Partners, Allectus Capital
Tech stack
AppsflyerBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#5
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1998 · 715 employees—raised▾
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1998 · 715 employees
OFX, previously known as OzForex Group Limited, is a personal and business money transfer operator, leveraging banking networks to transfer money. OFX is also integrated with cloud accounting software providers Xero and Saasu, enabling users to pay foreign currency invoices at great rates in a simple and easy way. OFX is the trading name of OzForex Limited.
Funding rounds
- Nov 2010PE—
Founders & team
Investors
Accel, The Carlyle Group
Tech stack
6SenseAb TastyAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud Mail
Funding & investor landscape
$43.8Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Accel1 rounds
Notable founders
Alexandra Rofe
Co-Founder · Send Payments
Ian Cragg
Co-Founder · Send Payments
Mohamed Zaatar
Co-Founder · Bless Payments
Affy Bhatti
Co-Founder & CEO · Bless Payments
Hashim O
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer · MasterRemit
Nuradin Omar
Co-Founder & CEO · MasterRemit
Skander Malcolm
CEO & Managing Director · OFX
John Malcolm
CEO · OFX
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia
How research on Digital Payments is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Digital Payments — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 331 Australia-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820182026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 19% → 37% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Department of Commerce123
- University College London24
- Monash University18
- RMIT University15
- UNSW Sydney13
leading researchers
Ergun Gide · Domingos Mondego · Dr. Rakesh Garg · Shivani Manohar Revankar · Pranaya Manohar Sawant · Tanvi Nilesh Bane · Deokar, Mayuri Satish · Chanchai Phonthanukitithaworn
▲
Breakthroughs32 · 10%
▼ 12%→8% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (12%→8% of field), led by Database transaction.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Database transaction3→5
Newly emergingFinTech 0→5
Landmark Secure Pub-Sub: Blockchain-Based Fair Payment With Reputation for Reliable Cyber Physical Systems · 100 cites
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Advancements77 · 23%
▲ 22%→24% share
▲1.1× share momentum0 median citations66% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (22%→24% of field), led by Mobile payment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Mobile payment12→29
- Financial services3→19
- Financial inclusion2→17
- FinTech1→12
- Unbanked1→6
Landmark Nurturing a FinTech ecosystem: The case of a youth microloan startup in China · 324 cites
▼
Concerns99 · 30%
▼ 35%→28% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations60% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (35%→28% of field), led by Mobile payment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Mobile payment11→28
- Financial inclusion2→14
- Cash1→8
- Payment service provider4→9
- Inclusion (mineral)1→6
Newly emergingDatabase transaction 0→8 · Financial transaction 0→6 · FinTech 0→6
Landmark Mobile payment technologies in retail: a review of potential benefits and risks · 173 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia
Where digital payments is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Melbourne67 · +0.13
Sydney36 · +0.33
Perth7 · +0.14
Brisbane6 · +0.02
Canberra5 · +0.18
Common questions
How many Digital Remittance companies are there in Australia?
Radar tracks 33 indexable Digital Remittance companies headquartered in Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Digital Remittance companies in Australia?
The Digital Remittance companies in Australia on this list have raised a combined $43.8M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Digital Remittance company in Australia?
Wameja is the highest-funded Digital Remittance company in Australia, with $24.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Digital Remittance companies in Australia are funded?
3 of the 33 Digital Remittance companies in Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Digital Remittance unicorns are there in Australia?
None of the Digital Remittance companies in Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Australia Digital Remittance companies?
The most active investors in Australia Digital Remittance companies on this list include Accel, AfterWork Ventures, Allectus Capital, Artiel Ventures, Demtech.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.