Case Study: Mr Yum Accelerates Global Growth with Airwallex

How Mr Yum accelerated international growth by empowering their global team with Airwallex Borderless Cards

Mr Yum, a Melbourne-based technology startup helping restaurants and bars manage ordering, payments, delivery, and pickup, needed a better way to support international expansion and employee spending. As the company grew into the UK and US, it struggled with manual expense reimbursements, limited employee card infrastructure, and complex cross-border payment setup. Airwallex Business Account, Spend, Payments, and Borderless Cards were used to help solve these challenges.

With Airwallex, Mr Yum issued 30+ virtual cards in minutes, added physical cards where needed, and set spend controls to reduce admin and out-of-pocket expenses for staff. Airwallex also enabled Mr Yum to open a UK Global Account in five minutes, receive and hold GBP without forced FX conversion, and pay local partners efficiently. Overall, Airwallex helped Mr Yum launch in the UK three months faster, save more than $50,000 in transaction and FX-related fees, cut international transfer costs by 70% for GBP payments, and save $1,100+ AUD per month on SaaS and other foreign-currency spend.

Mr Yum

Corey Payne

Financial Controller