Thunes
Thunes is a company based in Singapore. Builders in Fintech has recorded 3 equity rounds for Thunes, most recently a series d round of $150M on 28 April 2025.
Cross-borders payments startup
Added ·
- FINTRAC · Money services business · Registered
- ACPR · Payment institution · Expired
- ACPR · Payment institution · Authorised
- $220M
- Series D · $150M · 28 April 2025 · led by Apis Partners, Vitruvian Partners
Timeline
Series D · $150M · Apis Partners (lead), Vitruvian Partners (lead)
Growth · $60M · Software Defined Automation (lead)
Unspecified · $10M · GGV Capital (lead)
People
Current
- Ahmad Yaacoub — VP MENA and Country Head Saudi Arabia
All funding rounds in the database
Product
Cross-border payments network for banks, wallets and platforms
Payments
Thunes runs a direct global network for moving money across borders in real time, covering more than 140 countries and 90 currencies. Banks, neobanks, money transfer operators, payment providers, mobile wallets, e-commerce and gig economy platforms connect to it to pay out to and accept payments from mobile wallets, bank accounts, cards and stablecoin wallets, with digital vouchers and BNPL also supported. Thunes provides API documentation for integration.
Agent access
Description from the company website
Agent-Ready 2/5
- Discoverable — Can an agent find and read it?Found
- Documented — Can it understand the API without a login?Not found on 26 October 2026
- Testable — Can it try the API without a sales call?Not found on 26 October 2026
- Connectable — Can it connect directly (MCP)?Not found on 26 October 2026
- Trusted — Can it see who runs it securely?Found
Description from the company website · Source
Licences & registrations
TRANSFERTO MOBILE FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
Money services business · FINTRAC · Canada
THUNES FINANCIAL SERVICES
Payment institution · ACPR · France
THUNES PAYMENT ACQUISITION SERVICES
Payment institution · ACPR · France
From public registers as of the last-checked date. Always confirm on the regulator's register before relying on it.
In the news
- Thunes and UnionPay Raise Daily Payout Limit to US$10,000 in China (opens in a new tab)
- Thunes and UnionPay International Transform Payments to China's Mainland, Launching High-Capacity Instant Payouts (opens in a new tab)
- Thunes and Coinbase to Expand Stablecoin Payments Globally (opens in a new tab)
- Thunes and Coinbase Join Forces to Drive Next Generation Global Payments (opens in a new tab)
- Absa Links Its Pan-African Network to Thunes for Cross-Border Payments (opens in a new tab)
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