Litepaper 2026

Stablecoin Infrastructure
for the Onchain Era.

Wirex powers payments, banking, and rewards across 100+ countries. $WPAY aligns every participant in the ecosystem.

01 The Thesis 02 Stablecoin Infrastructure 03 Principal Membership 04 True Ownership & Privacy 05 Traction 06 Wirex One 07 Wirex Business 08 Why $WPAY 09 $WPAY Utility 10 What's Next
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01 THE THESIS

Finance is moving onchain.
The infrastructure isn't ready.

Stablecoin adoption is accelerating. Fintech, crypto, and AI are converging. The result: a new generation of payment and banking products — powered by stablecoins, settling onchain, serving billions.

Three forces are colliding at once. Stablecoins have crossed $200B in circulation and are processing more annual volume than Visa. Fintech and crypto are no longer separate industries — Coinbase launched Base, Robinhood moved to Arbitrum, Kraken built Ink, Circle shipped Arc, Stripe acquired Bridge. AI agents are becoming economic actors that need financial rails to transact autonomously.

The legacy system fragments liquidity, restricts access by geography, and extracts value at every layer. Banks charge 2–4% FX markup. Card processors add intermediary fees. Savings accounts pay 0.5% while institutions earn 5%+. Cross-border payments take days.

The next trillion-dollar infrastructure companies won't build on top of banks. They'll build on top of stablecoins.

Wirex has spent 11 years building the infrastructure for this moment. Principal member of Visa and Mastercard. $20B+ processed. 7M+ users across 100+ countries. Chain-agnostic, stablecoin-native, and already onchain.

The question is no longer if finance goes onchain. It's who provides the infrastructure.

Fintech, crypto, and AI are converging

Three industries are collapsing into one. Wirex sits at the intersection — the infrastructure layer each needs.

Fintech Accounts · Cards · Rails Crypto Stablecoins · DeFi · Onchain AI Autonomous agents · Programmable money AGENT · BANKING AGENT · PAYMENTS
FINTECH

Licensed financial infrastructure

Visa & Mastercard Principal Member. IBANs, cards, global payment rails. 11 years, 7M+ users, 100+ countries.

CRYPTO

Stablecoin-native and onchain

Chain-agnostic settlement on USDC/EURC. Already onchain — not retrofitting crypto onto a legacy core.

AI

Agent-ready programmable rails

Autonomous agents need to hold value and transact. Wirex's programmable stablecoin infra is built for machine economics.

02 STABLECOIN INFRASTRUCTURE

One API. Full banking stack.
Stablecoin-native.

Wirex BaaS lets any app, wallet, or fintech embed a complete suite of regulated financial products through a single integration. Stablecoin settlement under the hood. Fiat UX on top.

What partners get

Accounts

Named Virtual Accounts

IBANs powered by stablecoins. USD, EUR, GBP, MXN, BRL. 1:1 fiat-stablecoin auto-conversion.

Cards

Co-Branded Visa Cards

White-label cards accepted at 80M+ merchants worldwide. Virtual and physical.

Payments

Global Payouts

SEPA, SWIFT, FPS, ACH, PIX, Visa Direct. Push-to-card to 3B+ cards in 200+ countries.

Yield

Native Yield

Up to 6% APY via institutional-grade DeFi protocols. Fully liquid, no lock-ups.

Rewards

Cashback-as-a-Service

50,000+ merchant offers. White-label cashback portal. Fully brandable.

Travel

Travel-as-a-Service

Up to 60% off hotels. White-label travel portal for partners.

Chain-agnostic by design

Wirex infrastructure is not tied to any single chain. As more chains launch — Coinbase's Base, Circle's Arc, Kraken's Ink, Stripe's Tempo — the market for Wirex grows. Every new chain is a new potential partner, not a competitor. Wirex is the infrastructure layer they all need.

8
Products in one API
24 days
Avg integration time
80M+
Merchants worldwide
74%
Partner win rate
03 PRINCIPAL MEMBERSHIP

The only crypto-native company
with Visa & Mastercard direct access.

Wirex is a Principal Member of both Visa and Mastercard — a rare issuer-level capability that no other crypto-native company in the world holds. This dual membership is the foundation of everything Wirex builds.

VISA
Principal Member
Mastercard
Principal Member

Most crypto card programs rely on intermediary banks as sponsors. This means higher costs, limited control, and a single point of failure. If the sponsor bank exits crypto — as many have — the entire card program collapses overnight.

Wirex operates differently. As a direct Principal Member of both schemes, Wirex issues cards under its own license, negotiates directly with Visa and Mastercard, and controls the full product experience from end to end.

What Principal Membership means

CONTROL

Full product & UX ownership

Direct scheme access enables faster iteration, deeper customisation, and tighter stablecoin integration than any sponsor-bank model allows.

ECONOMICS

No intermediary markups

No sponsor bank or processor middlemen. Materially stronger unit economics and pricing power on every card transaction.

RESILIENCE

No bank dependency risk

Zero exposure to sponsor-bank exits, policy shifts, or operational constraints. Wirex controls its own destiny.

SCALE

Faster geographic expansion

Launch in new markets via self-affiliated entities without re-platforming. Issue prepaid, debit, and credit cards across retail and corporate use cases.

Why this matters for partners: Every BaaS partner inherits Wirex's Principal Membership. They get issuer-level economics, direct scheme incentives, and zero sponsor-bank risk — capabilities that would otherwise take years and millions to obtain independently.
80M+
Merchants worldwide
120+
Countries
11 yrs
Operating with both schemes
04 TRUE OWNERSHIP & PRIVACY

Your assets. Your control.
Privacy by architecture.

Wirex onchain infrastructure is built on the principle that users should truly own their assets. Not "held on your behalf." Not "custodied for you." Yours. Completely.

Four pillars of user sovereignty

OWNERSHIP

True asset ownership

Assets live in wallets the user controls. The infrastructure cannot freeze, seize, or restrict access to funds. No counterparty risk. If the operator disappeared tomorrow, assets remain fully accessible onchain.

PRIVACY

Financial privacy by design

Built-in privacy layer shields transactions onchain. Financial data is not reported to third parties. In an era of increasing surveillance, the onchain infrastructure offers a structural privacy advantage over custodial platforms that must report under frameworks like DAC8.

UX

No compromises on usability

No seed phrases. No key management. No browser extensions. The security architecture is invisible. The experience feels like any premium banking app — but underneath, you have full ownership.

SECURITY

Enterprise-grade protection

11+ years of operations with zero security breaches. Multi-party computation and trusted execution environments ensure your keys are never exposed.

05 TRACTION

131 days to $1B.
The fastest-growing stablecoin infra.

Wirex BaaS reached $1 billion in processed volume faster than any stablecoin infrastructure platform. 7M+ users. 100+ countries. $20B+ total transaction value since inception.

Path to $1B annualized volume — Wirex ~131 days, RedotPay ~276 days, Rain ~840 days
06 WIREX ONE

The stablecoin neobank
for mobile affluents.

Wirex One is a next-generation banking app that combines private-bank perks, crypto depth, and neobank usability in a single product. No subscription fee. True asset ownership. Built on Circle Arc.

Wirex One app — Credit Details with $750 credit due, main account with $100,000.45 balance, collateral and earn features

Powered by Circle Arc

Wirex One runs on Circle Arc — a next-generation L1 blockchain purpose-built for payments. Sub-second finality. Built-in privacy layer. Fully onchain processing. Enterprise-grade infrastructure backed by BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, and Goldman Sachs.

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Transaction finality
Private
Built-in privacy layer
Onchain
Fully onchain settlement
$BN+
Institutional backing

What you get

Cashback

Up to 8% in USD

Paid in USD, instantly redeemable. Not in a volatile token. Boosted by $WPAY holdings.

Yield

4–6% APY

Earn on stablecoins and crypto. Flexible or fixed terms. Institutional-grade DeFi, fully liquid.

Trading

Crypto, Stocks, Perps

Tokenised equities 24/7. Perpetual trading up to 5x. Fee-free crypto trading for WPAY holders.

Banking

Zero-Fee Everything

Interbank FX at 0% markup. Free global ATM. Multi-currency accounts. No subscription.

Credit

Asset-Backed Credit

Borrow against crypto and stocks. Instant approval, no credit check, tax-efficient.

Ownership

Your Assets, Your Control

True ownership via onchain wallets. No seed phrases, no key management. Web2 UX, Web3 architecture.

07 WIREX BUSINESS

Stablecoin-native
corporate treasury.

Bank. Spend. Earn. All in stablecoins. One platform where banking, cards, payments, and yield converge for global businesses.

0%
FX markup on all cards

Zero-FX corporate Visa cards at 80M+ merchants. Save 2–4% on every international transaction.

6%
APY on idle cash

10–20x typical bank savings. Fully liquid 24/7. No lock-ups. Institutional-grade DeFi yield.

130+
Countries for payments

SWIFT, SEPA, FPS, ACH, push-to-card via Visa Direct. Instant settlement, 24/7 liquidity.

08 WHY $WPAY

The token that aligns
every participant.

$WPAY is the native utility token of the Wirex ecosystem. It exists to solve a specific problem: aligning the incentives of users, partners, and the platform.

Subscription-based models (Revolut Ultra at ~$540/yr) create a barrier. Locked staking models (Crypto.com requiring $500K CRO for 12 months) create capital risk. Token-payout models (cashback paid in volatile tokens like CRO, down 92%) destroy value.

$WPAY takes a different approach. Hold WPAY as a percentage of your Wirex portfolio. Your tier and benefits scale with your holding. No subscription. No lock-up. No volatile cashback. Just a simple, proportional stake in the ecosystem.

What makes $WPAY different

Not a subscription

$0 fee. Benefits scale with $WPAY holding as a % of portfolio. Keep your tokens. Sell anytime.

Not locked staking

No 6–12 month lock-up. Your WPAY is always liquid. Benefits adjust dynamically.

Not volatile cashback

Cashback paid in USD, not tokens. WPAY determines your earning rate and cap — it's the key, not the reward.

$WPAY is the lightest-touch token model in the industry. Percentage-of-portfolio, not absolute staking. It scales with your wealth, reduces perceived risk, and aligns incentives between user and platform.

$WPAY on CoinMarketCap →

09 WIREX ONE MEMBERSHIP

Your membership.
Powered by $WPAY.

Wirex One membership has five tiers. Your tier is determined by the share of $WPAY in your portfolio — the more you hold, the more you unlock. No subscription fee. No lock-up. Benefits adjust automatically.

Perk Base Premium Elite Private Bespoke
Requirements
Min balance None ≥ $500 ≥ $2,500 ≥ $25,000 ≥ $50,000
WPAY % 0% ≥ 1% ≥ 3% ≥ 5% ≥ 10%
Key benefits
Cashback in USD 0.5% 1% 3% 5% 8%
Subscriptions
50% rebate
Card Virtual Plastic Plastic Metal Metal
Fee-free trading $500/mo $2,500/mo $10,000/mo $50,000/mo Unlimited
Yield boost (stablecoin) +0.5% +1.0% +2.0% +3.0%
Yield boost (crypto) +0.25% +0.5% +1.0% +1.5%
Travel, lifestyle & perks
ATM allowance $100/mo $250/mo $750/mo $2,500/mo Unlimited
Lounge access Yes Yes
Air Refunds Yes Yes Yes Yes
Luxury Hotels Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hertz discounts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wirex Travel Yes Yes Yes Yes
Merchant offers Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support
Support level Standard Priority Priority Account Manager White-Glove

Tier requires both minimum balance and WPAY % threshold. Swipe table horizontally on mobile to see all tiers.

50% off premium subscriptions

Pay with your Wirex One card. Get 50% back in USD at the end of the month. More subscriptions unlock as your tier grows.

Uber One Premium+
ChatGPT Elite+
Claude Private+
Perplexity Private+
Whoop Bespoke
Bloomberg Bespoke
FT Bespoke

Pay the full subscription from your Wirex One balance. 50% is refunded in USD at the end of the month. Rebate capped at the standard plan price for each service.

Membership benefits at a glance

  • CB
    Up to 8% cashback in USD
    Highest cashback rate with no subscription fee. Paid in USD, instantly redeemable.
  • $0
    Fee-free trading
    Up to unlimited fee-free trading per month. Spread only — no added fee.
  • APY
    Yield boosts up to +3% stablecoins / +1.5% crypto
    Separate boosts for stablecoin and crypto earn. Stacks on top of base APY.
  • ATM
    Global free ATM
    Up to unlimited fee-free ATM withdrawals worldwide. Only global unlimited product.
  • 50%
    50% off premium subscriptions
    ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Bloomberg, FT, Whoop, Uber One. Rebated in USD monthly.

Your redemption power

Cashback, subscription rebates, and other rewards accumulate in a single rewards balance. The more $WPAY you hold, the more you can redeem every month. One formula governs everything — and it grows with your portfolio.

The one rule: Monthly Redemption Power = WPAY Dollar Holdings × 7%. For every $100 of WPAY you hold, you unlock $7 in rewards per month. Anything you don’t use rolls forward — nothing is lost.
$50,000
10%
= $5,000 in $WPAY
Monthly redemption power
$350
Annual redemption power
$4,200
10 WHAT'S NEXT

From infra to ecosystem.

Wirex is no longer just a payments company. It's becoming the infrastructure layer for onchain finance — where apps launch, capital flows, and $WPAY powers it all.

One infrastructure. Many products.

Wirex's stablecoin onchain infrastructure is the foundational layer. On top of it: our own flagship products and hundreds of partner applications.

FLAGSHIP
Wirex One
Private banking
FLAGSHIP
Wirex Business
Corporate treasury
BaaS PARTNERS
Hundreds of Partner Applications
Co-branded wallets, cards, fintechs, AI agents
↓ API ↓ API ↓ API
FOUNDATIONAL LAYER
Wirex Stablecoin Onchain Infrastructure
Visa + Mastercard Principal Chain-agnostic settlement IBANs / SEPA / SWIFT / ACH / PIX Onchain by default
SCALE

$10B annualised card volume

10x today's volume. Path driven by BaaS partner distribution — co-branded issuing across fintechs, wallets, and AI-agent applications — plus Wirex One and Wirex Business direct growth.

PRODUCT

Wirex One launch

Full launch of the stablecoin neobank on Circle Arc. True ownership, privacy by design, 8% USD cashback. The product the market has been waiting for.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Multi-chain native deployment

Wirex One will run on Circle Arc — next-gen L1 purpose-built for payments. Wirex BaaS will also be available natively on Stripe Tempo, giving partners two first-class settlement chains from day one.

AI

Agent-ready infrastructure

AI agents need financial rails. They need to hold value, make payments, and transact autonomously. Wirex's programmable stablecoin infrastructure is built for this.

The more chains that exist, the larger Wirex's market becomes. We are chain-agnostic, already onchain, and ready to scale. Every new chain is a new customer, not a competitor.

The future is onchain.
The infrastructure is Wirex.

Permissionless. Stablecoin-native. Built to last.