What FXC Intelligence does

FXC Intelligence is a London-based financial data and intelligence company founded in 2015, focused on cross-border payments, payment cards and ecommerce. The firm aggregates proprietary structured data covering 250+ payment providers, 17,000+ corridors across 175+ countries, and 10,000+ individual payment cards spanning Visa, Mastercard, Amex, UnionPay and JCB, and packages this into subscription intelligence products used by banks, payment service providers, money transfer operators, fintechs, central banks and multilateral institutions, and institutional investors. Named clients include Mastercard Move, Western Union, Remitly, HSBC and Wells Fargo, indicating a blue-chip enterprise buyer base anchored on strategy, product, treasury and competitive-intelligence use cases. The business model is enterprise B2B data subscription, monetizing curated datasets and analyst-grade research through multi-year contracts; go-to-market is direct enterprise sales targeting senior decision-makers across the payments value chain. Geographic footprint is global given the 175+ country coverage, though corporate base is the United Kingdom.

Name

FXC Intelligence

Legal name

FXC Intelligence Limited

Website

https://fxcintel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

FXC Intelligence is a London-based financial data firm founded in 2015 that provides proprietary cross-border payments, card and ecommerce intelligence to banks, PSPs, MTOs, fintechs, central banks and investors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Data and Intelligence

akta.pro primary industry

FX Conversion, Pricing & Hedging Infrastructure (Treasury/Rate Engines) (FSAGAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

FX Research (FSACAGAD), FX Transaction Reporting Utilities (FSAFAJAC)

Keywords

• Cross-border payments data
• FX pricing intelligence
• Payment card analytics
• Stablecoin payments data
• Market sizing data

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Data Subscription (Pricing Data): Recurring subscription access to FXC Intelligence's consumer, SME/B2B, bank and card pricing datasets via an interactive portal with periodic updates (as frequent as hourly). Sold to banks, PSPs, fintechs, payment providers and investors as ongoing intelligence feeds.
2. Stablecoin Data Subscription: Recurring subscription to FXC Intelligence's stablecoin cross-border payments dataset and the FXC Buyer's Guide: Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure, providing independently benchmarked vendor analysis updated periodically as the landscape evolves.
3. Market Sizing Data Subscription: Subscription access to cross-border payment market sizing data covering C2C, C2B and B2B flows across thousands of corridors with historical data back to 2016, available via bespoke delivery options.
4. Global Indices Subscription: Subscription data feeds to central banks, multilateral institutions, finance ministries, NGOs, institutional investors and infrastructure providers, supporting policy and regulatory benchmarking against G20, FSB and World Bank targets.
5. Platform Solutions (Sales Enablement & Network Management): Recurring SaaS subscriptions for FXC Intelligence's Sales Enablement Platform and Network Management Tool, deployed as tailored versions for enterprise clients such as Mastercard Move; pricing not publicly disclosed.
6. FXC Buyer's Guide Subscription: Subscription-based Buyer's Guide products (starting with Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure), providing independently benchmarked vendor analysis, positioning matrices, provider profiles and a step-by-step buying process.
7. Custom Marketing Reports: Bespoke research and report projects produced by FXC Intelligence's content team for clients across payments, banking, investment and fintech, with optional promotion through FXC's newsletter, social media and website.
8. Alternative Data for Investments: Data packages and intelligence feeds for institutional investors, funds and acquirers assessing or monitoring cross-border payments companies, including near real-time market share, pricing and performance benchmarking.
9. Newsletter Sponsorship & Sponsored Content: FXC Intelligence's weekly newsletter is monetised through sponsored sections and promotional placements for partner brands, leveraging what is described as the widest read newsletter in cross-border payments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

FXC Intelligence collects, validates and benchmarks proprietary cross-border payments pricing, market sizing and card pricing data covering over 250 providers, 17,000+ corridors in 175+ countries, with updates as frequent as hourly. It monetizes these datasets via subscription feeds delivered through an interactive web portal, APIs and CSV exports, and layers SaaS platform tools (Sales Enablement, Network Management) plus subscription research products (Global Indices, FXC Buyer's Guide, Alternative Data) and bespoke Custom Marketing Reports.

Product overview

FXC Intelligence operates a platform-plus-modules architecture delivering cross-border payments data, intelligence and software-as-a-service solutions. Its core offering is built around six granular pricing and market datasets — Consumer International Payments Pricing Data, SME & B2B International Payments Pricing Data, International Payments Pricing Data for Banks, Global Card Pricing Data, Stablecoin Cross-Border Payments Data, and Cross-Border Payments Market Sizing Data — each tracking margins, capabilities and flows across over 250 providers and 17,000+ corridors in 175+ countries. Layered on top are complementary platform products and subscriptions: the Sales Enablement Platform and Network Management Tool for operational and commercial workflows, the FXC Buyer's Guide: Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure and Global Indices for Cross-Border Payments for vendor benchmarking and policy tracking, the Alternative Data for Cross-Border Payments Investments product for investors, and Custom Marketing Reports for bespoke content. These are surrounded by FXC Intelligence's research/analysis hub, weekly newsletter and flagship Cross-Border Payments 100 ranking, all delivered through the FXC Intelligence online portal and, for enterprise clients, via API and CSV.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FXC Buyer's Guide: Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure: Market-first independent assessment and benchmarked vendor analysis for stablecoin payments infrastructure, available as a subscription product.
• FXC Intelligence Newsletter
• Sales Enablement Platform

Products and services

• Consumer International Payments Pricing Data Subscription pricing intelligence covering margins, FX rates, transfer costs, delivery speeds and capabilities across over 250 consumer money transfer providers and more than 17,000 corridors in 175+ countries, updated as frequently as hourly. Designed for banks, fintechs, MTOs and others to benchmark competitor pricing and automate consumer-side pricing decisions.
• SME & B2B International Payments Pricing Data Subscription pricing, capability, margin, transfer fee and speed data covering over 250 providers in the SME and B2B cross-border payments segment, with three years of historical data and high-frequency updates. Designed to help providers benchmark competitors and refine B2B fee structures.
• International Payments Pricing Data for Banks
• Global Card Pricing Data Subscription card pricing intelligence covering pricing from over 500 organisations across 100+ countries and 10,000+ individual payment cards, with comprehensive coverage of Visa, Mastercard, American Express, UnionPay and JCB. Supports Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC), Multi-Currency Pricing (MCP), ecommerce, POS, ATM and cross-border card transaction pricing optimisation.
• Stablecoin Cross-Border Payments Data
• Cross-Border Payments Market Sizing Data Subscription granular, non-wholesale cross-border payment flow data across thousands of C2C, C2B and B2B corridors, with historical data going back to 2016, country and corridor-level revenue and take rate breakdowns to underpin market sizing, benchmarking and forecasting. Cited by Citi, EY, Pitchbook and Remitly among others.
• Sales Enablement Platform SaaS platform that connects network and partner pricing data directly to sales workflows, enabling rapid and precise proposals reflecting true coverage and costs; supports rack-rate and guidance pricing at corridor level, tiered volume or multi-year pricing, and is used by Mastercard Move across all regions.
• Network Management Tool
• Custom Marketing Reports
• FXC Buyer's Guide: Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure Market-first independent subscription guide providing benchmarked vendor analysis of stablecoin payments infrastructure, combining proprietary FXC data, direct vendor engagement, and buyer interviews; includes positioning matrices, provider profiles, regulatory landscape analysis and periodic updates. Targets banks, fintechs, corporates, investors, governments and NGOs evaluating stablecoin infrastructure.
• Global Indices for Cross-Border Payments Subscription data tool for tracking, evaluating and improving cross-border payments worldwide; used by central banks, the FSB, World Bank, G20 and other policymakers to measure cost, speed, access and transparency across B2B, B2C, C2B and C2C transactions and benchmark performance against G20/FSB/World Bank targets.
• Alternative Data for Cross-Border Payments Investments

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of leading dedicated money-movers are FXC Intelligence clients
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major and flagship.

• SUNRATEmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 November 2025FXC Intelligence and SUNRATE jointly released a white paper on the future of global B2B payments at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, forecasting that the B2B cross-border payment market will reach $47.8 trillion by 2032 at a 5.3% CAGR. The paper highlights how AI and stablecoins are reshaping enterprise payment experiences, with SUNRATE's platform integrating traditional and digital payment technologies across 190+ countries.
• Money20/20flagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Money20/20 and FXC Intelligence co-produce strategic research reports on global cross-border payments at Money20/20 Europe, Asia and USA. They jointly analysed over 1,000 industry articles across 14 European markets for the 2026 Europe report and collaborated on Asia cross-border payments forecasts for Thailand and the broader region. The partnership was renewed in April 2026 to continue delivering exclusive data and insights to Money20/20's global community.
• Mastercard MoveflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing relationship in which FXC Intelligence supplies Mastercard Move with benchmark cross-border payments pricing data and has deployed a tailored version of its Sales Enablement Platform. Mastercard Move's sales teams globally use the platform daily to create accurate, competitive proposals in hours rather than days. Quote from Pratik Khowala, Global Head of Transfer Solutions, Mastercard.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Nilson Report: Long-running subscription industry newsletter and dataset covering the global payments and card ecosystem. Highly comparable to FXC Intelligence given overlapping focus on card pricing, network economics and cross-border issuance.
• Mercator Advisory Group: Payments-focused research and advisory firm producing reports, datasets and benchmarks for banks, processors and merchants. Comparable to FXC Intelligence as a subscription research and data provider for the payments value chain.
• The Paypers: Independent news and intelligence platform dedicated to cross-border payments, fintech, ecommerce and fraud. Directly comparable to FXC Intelligence given its cross-border payments editorial coverage and industry research products.
• Datos Insights (formerly Aite-Novarica Group): Research and advisory firm covering banking, payments, fraud, AML and capital markets technology. Comparable to FXC Intelligence as an enterprise subscription research and advisory provider targeting financial institutions and fintechs.
• Chartis Research: Specialist research and analyst firm covering risk, compliance, financial crime and financial technology. Comparable to FXC Intelligence given its focus on producing vendor rankings, buyer's guides and proprietary market data for financial institutions.
• Finextra: Financial industry news, research and community platform with deep coverage of payments, banking and fintech. Comparable to FXC Intelligence as a content-led, subscription-supported intelligence business serving the cross-border payments and banking community.

Broad incumbents

• Pitchbook Data: Major private market data and research platform used by VCs, PE firms and corporates for deal sourcing and analysis. Already an FXC Intelligence customer and a broad incumbent that could expand into cross-border payments intelligence.
• Coalition Greenwich (formerly Greenwich Associates): Provider of benchmarking research and analytics for the financial services industry, owned by CRISIL. Comparable to FXC Intelligence as a subscription benchmarking business targeting global banks and financial institutions.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: Large-scale financial data, research and analytics platform covering markets, sectors and individual companies. A broad incumbent that competes for the same enterprise benchmarking budgets as FXC Intelligence and could expand into payments.

Emerging players

• Tracxn: Market intelligence and data platform tracking startups, sectors and emerging technology trends. Comparable to FXC Intelligence as an alternative data provider selling subscription feeds to investors and corporates for competitive intelligence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fxcintelligence
• Instagraminstagram.com/fxcintel

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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