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Best Digital Remittance Companies in China

The 34 best Digital Remittance companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: XTransfer.

34companies tracked
$357Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
11have raised
Sources & further reading
  • ResearchAndMarkets.com
  • Fact.MR

Ranked: Best Digital Remittance companies in China

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1XTransfer 🦄
Provider of cross-border trade payment platform for global businesses
$168M61 mo agoSeries DBill Deng
Founder and CEO
2017SentryNode.jsReact+17—
2TNG Wallet
NFC-enabled and card-linked wallet for consumers
$115M109 mo agoSeries AAlex Kong
Chariman & CEO
2013PHPNginxAmazon Web Services+6—
3EMQ
Cross-border payment acceptance solution for businesses
$26M74 mo agoSeries BMax Liu
Co-Founder & CEO
2014WordPressMySQLPHP+31—
4Neat
Cross-border money transfer solutions for businesses
$20M74 mo agoAcquired—2015——
5Obita
Provider of payment infrastructure for business collections, payouts, and fund management
53Talent top 28%Funding top 37%Market bottom 49%Global bottom 48%
All 4 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 37%
Marketbottom 49%
Globalbottom 48%
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $10.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$10M9 mo agoSeedVincent Yang
Co-Founder & CBO
2025——
6Currenxie
Payment gateway solutions for international B2B payments
$10M62 mo agoSeries ARiccardo Capelvenere
Founder & CEO
2014ContentfulNode.jsTailwind CSS+26—
7Statrys
Digital bank for businesses
$5M71 mo agoSeed—2018PrismicApple iCloud MailNode.js+26—
8FinLink
Cross-border money transfer solution
$2M71 mo agoSeedPeng Huang
Co-Founder & CEO
2016——

Top 11 Digital Remittance companies in China

#1
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2025
$10Mraised
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Provider of payment infrastructure for business collections, payouts, and fund management. The company offers global payment management and operations solutions. These solutions include connecting businesses for global trade, unified global accounts, smart receivables, and batch payment processing. The infrastructure aims to understand business needs.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 37%
Market
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 48%
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $10.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Jan 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Finance Manager, AML Compliance Officer (AMLCO)
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Seed—
  • Aug 2025Angel$10M
Founders & team
Vincent YangCo-Founder & CBODayong ZhangCEO & Co-FounderVincent YangCo-Founder
Investors
Vision Plus Capital, Mirana, Legend Capital, HashKey Capital, Web3.com, MONOLITH
#2
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2017
$168Mraised
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Provider of cross-border trade payment platform for global businesses. It offers money transfer services for global suppliers and overseas students, among others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 54k LinkedIn followers — 67.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Series D$138M
  • Jan 2021Series C—
  • Oct 2020Series C—
  • Oct 2019Series B$15M
Founders & team
Bill DengFounder and CEO
Investors
D1 Capital Partners, Yunqi Partners, Gaorong Capital, Mindworks Capital, China Merchants, China Merchants Group
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#3
Series A · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2013
$115Mraised
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NFC-enabled and card-linked wallet for consumers. Users can purchase multiple foreign currencies on the wallet and transfer funds. Users can make online and offline payments at public transport, vending machines, physical /online stores, and mobile apps. Offers membership packs based on transaction limit, store value, and additional features. App is available on iOS and Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2017Series A$115M
Founders & team
Alex KongChariman & CEO
Investors
Beijing Lianchuang Yongxuan Investment Management Group, Nogle Capital Management, KBR, Nogle
#4
Series B · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2014 · 100 employees
$26.5Mraised
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Cross-border payment acceptance solution for businesses. It offers tools to enable cross-border financial settlements for businesses, consumer-facing enterprises, and other related services. It features APIs to deliver funds to businesses and suppliers globally.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2020Series B$20M
  • Dec 2017Series A$6.5M
Founders & team
Max LiuCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
WI Harper Group, DG Ventures, Hard Yaka, Quest Venture Partners, Intudo Ventures, Vectr Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAnime.JsContact Form 7Core-JsEmbedplus
#5
Acquired · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2015 · 40 employees
$20Mraised
▾

Neat is an online platform offering cross-border money transfer solutions for businesses. Provides master cards and wallets to assist in sending & receiving multi-currency payments across borders. The application can be accessed on iOS and Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2020Series A$4M
  • Apr 2020Series A$11M
  • Jul 2018Seed$2M
  • Series A$3M
Investors
Pacific Century Group, MassMutual Ventures, Linear Venture, Sagamore Investment Management, Visa, Integra Partners
#6
Series A · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2014 · 44 employees
$10Mraised
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Payment gateway solutions for international B2B payments. It offers a P2P marketplace in USD/HKD enabling clients to transact with each other in real-time and anonymously. It provides solutions to importers, exporters, manufacturers, retailers, and financial services firms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 5.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2021Series A$10M
  • 2015Seed—
Founders & team
Riccardo CapelvenereFounder & CEO
Investors
DBS Accelerator, BF Belmont
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflare
#7
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2018 · 49 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Statrys is a digital bank for businesses. It offers services such as current accounts, local-currency accounts, NFC-enabled debit cards, money transfers, currency exchange, forex, and more. It offers a forex toolbox for hedging solutions of SMEs.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 12.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Engineering, KyC
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Angel$5M
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBootstrap
#8
Seed · Kowloon, Hong Kong · founded 2016
$2.5Mraised
▾

FinLink is a cross-border money transfer solution that allows consumers to send fund transfers to friends and family back in their home country. The company works with various payment networks to offer its solution.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Seed—
  • 2019Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Peng HuangCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Garuda Capital
#9
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015
—raised
▾

Provider of online payment processing, global accounts, and FX management. The company offers tools for payment acceptance and multi-currency business cards. It facilitates global payouts and provides an API-first platform for embedded finance. Services include assistance for payment queries, security measures, and regulatory information.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 8.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series B—
Founders & team
Lewison ChenCEO
Investors
IDG Capital, Hillhouse, Enlight, Faction VC, Shoplazza
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnCart FunctionalityCore-JsElement UiFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#10
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2018
—raised
▾

Provider of remittance services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Jumio) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Eric ZengCo-Founder & President
Investors
Mastercard, Next Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, BitRock Capital, Luminous Ventures
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnBaidu Analytics (百度统计)BootstrapClickyFont AwesomeGoogle Analytics
#11
Series A · Zhuhai, Guangdong Province · founded 2001
—raised
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xCurrency provides an app-based platform for converting forex rates and remittance services. It features forex rate tracker, currency converter, and forex calculator. It offers cross border payments for shopping, traveling, and studying. Also features exchange rates for legal tenders, precious metals, and cryptocurrencies. The app is available for Android and IOS platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Series A—
Founders & team
Wang WeiCo-FounderZeng ShaojiaCo-FounderChen JiaxinCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Yingdong Capital, 51 Credit Card
Tech stack
Framer SitesGoogle Font ApiHstsHttp/3LenisMicrosoft 365

Funding & investor landscape

$357Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
15disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Vectr Ventures2 rounds
01VC1 rounds
500 Global1 rounds
51 Credit Card1 rounds
Alibaba1 rounds
Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund1 rounds
AppWorks1 rounds
BF Belmont1 rounds
Beijing Lianchuang Yongxuan Investment Management Group1 rounds
BitRock Capital1 rounds

Notable founders

Vincent Yang
Co-Founder & CBO · Obita
Dayong Zhang
CEO & Co-Founder · Obita
Bill Deng
Founder and CEO · XTransfer
Alex Kong
Chariman & CEO · TNG Wallet
Max Liu
Co-Founder & CEO · EMQ
Riccardo Capelvenere
Founder & CEO · Currenxie
Peng Huang
Co-Founder & CEO · FinLink
Lewison Chen
CEO · PhotonPay
Eric Zeng
Co-Founder & President · Panda Remit
Wang Wei
Co-Founder · xCurrency
Zeng Shaojia
Co-Founder · xCurrency
RESEARCH SIGNALS · China

How research on Digital Payments is moving in China

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 1,464 China-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 22% → 22% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications42
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology36
  • Peking University31
  • Wuhan University25
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China24
leading researchers
Yong Xu · Isaac Kofi Mensah · Tiejun Pan · Jing Wang · Zhiying Liu · Abdul Hameed Pitafi · Cephas Paa Kwasi Coffie · Hong Yan
▲ Breakthroughs188 · 13%
13%→13% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations31% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (13%→13% of field), led by Currency.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Currency1→4
  • Scheme (mathematics)3→4
Newly emergingBlockchain 0→10 · Digital currency 0→5
Landmark Mobile payments adoption – introducing mindfulness to better understand consumer behavior · 213 cites
◆ Advancements589 · 40%
▲ 36%→44% share
▲1.2× share momentum1 median citations35% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (36%→44% of field), led by Digital currency.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Digital currency1→16
  • Financial services2→15
  • Currency2→14
  • Context (archaeology)2→12
  • Financial inclusion4→13
Newly emergingBlockchain 0→15 · Endogeneity 0→8 · Consumption (sociology) 0→8
Landmark Understanding mobile payment users’ continuance intention: a trust transfer perspective · 364 cites
▼ Concerns370 · 25%
▼ 27%→25% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations32% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (27%→25% of field), led by Financial inclusion.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial inclusion2→10
  • Digital currency1→8
  • Currency1→8
  • Health care1→6
  • Context (archaeology)2→7
Newly emergingFinTech 0→7 · Descriptive statistics 0→5
Landmark Incentives for Mobile Crowd Sensing: A Survey · 520 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · China

Where digital payments is researched across China

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.

Beijing191 · +0.28
Hot · Mobile paymentAdvancing · Computer securityOpportunity · ModerationConcern · China
Wuhan90 · +0.27
Hot · E-commerceAdvancing · Key (lock)Opportunity · Thematic analysisConcern · Transfer payment
Shanghai87 · +0.37
Hot · Financial inclusionAdvancing · Financial servicesOpportunity · EconometricsConcern · Actuarial science
Nanjing63 · +0.22
Hot · Descriptive statisticsAdvancing · CurrencyOpportunity · CashConcern · Reimbursement
Guangzhou/Shenzhen61 · +0.41
Hot · Third partyAdvancing · Computer securityOpportunity · Financial literacyConcern · Payment system
Hangzhou42 · +0.35
Hot · Service (business)Advancing · Computer securityOpportunity · AdvertisingConcern · Payment system
Harbin22 · +0.45
Hot · Payment systemAdvancing · Structural equation modelingOpportunity · World Wide Web
Hefei20 · +0.36
Hot · UsabilityAdvancing · ContinuanceOpportunity · Database transactionConcern · Payment system
PATENT SIGNAL · China

Who's filing digital payments patents in China

China digital payments patent filing is cooling — 303 filings from 275 assignees (2016–2025), led by China Unionpay, Huawei TECH, Shenzhen Cifpay Network BANK TEC; annual filings 75→8.

303 filings275 assigneespeak 75/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • China Unionpay85
  • Huawei TECH35
  • Shenzhen Cifpay Network BANK TEC31
  • ZTE27
  • Tencent TECH Shenzhen25
  • Alibaba Group Holding16
  • Xiaomi14
  • Yulong Computer Telecommunicatio11

Common questions

How many Digital Remittance companies are there in China?
Radar tracks 34 indexable Digital Remittance companies headquartered in China that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Digital Remittance companies in China?
The Digital Remittance companies in China on this list have raised a combined $357M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Digital Remittance company in China?
XTransfer is the highest-funded Digital Remittance company in China, with $168M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Digital Remittance companies in China are funded?
8 of the 34 Digital Remittance companies in China on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Digital Remittance unicorns are there in China?
1 Digital Remittance company in China on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in China Digital Remittance companies?
The most active investors in China Digital Remittance companies on this list include Vectr Ventures, 01VC, 500 Global, 51 Credit Card, Alibaba.
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