Nium and Travelex partnership boosts digital remittance offering for Asia Pacific

Travelex, the world’s leading foreign exchange brand, has partnered with advanced global payments platform Nium to extend digital remittance services to their users. Now live in Australia and Singapore, the digital remittance offering (“Travelex International Money Transfer”) will be serviced by Nium’s global payment rails and real-time payment capabilities, enabling Travelex users to remit money to more than 50 markets across the world almost instantly[1]. The service will be further expanded to the rest of Asia soon.

“Extending the Travelex digital suite to offer remittance services is a logical next-step and continues our focus on digital innovation which includes our market-leading online currency exchange platform, the multi-award-winning Travelex Money Card and a global network of FX ATM’s,” explained Cameron Hume, Managing Director, Travelex Asia Pacific.

Travelex will be leveraging Nium’s Remittance-as-a-Service (RaaS) solution for the launch of this service. Introduced just last year, Nium’s RaaS solution makes it easier for companies to become providers of payment services and offer remittance services on their own digital platforms. RaaS provides not just the full stack technology solution, but also incorporates the expansive regulatory portfolio and a team of experts from Nium, paving the way further for businesses to tap into the huge potential of the online payments business and explore new revenue streams.

“Travelex is the leading brand in foreign exchange globally and across the APAC region. They are recognised and trusted as experts in their field. At Nium, we understand how difficult it is for a company to introduce remittance or money transfer services at scale, and we are excited that Travelex has selected Nium to be their trusted partner for this journey,” says Michael Minassian, Regional Head of Nium’s Consumer and SME Business.

“Nium’s mission is to create a global fintech infrastructure that can enable banks, financial institutions and other fintech companies to launch and scale innovative digital financial services without the complexity, time and cost previously required to do so. We look forward to working closely with Travelex to offer a robust digital remittance offering to their customers,” Michael continued.

Consumers can access Travelex International Money Transfer, via their local country Travelex website, with an App to be launched shortly.