An executive at Airwallex raised an alarm that demands for freer access to customer data were being driven by the payment giant’s employees in China.
The global remittance business, most recently valued at $9.5 billion, is backed by major Australian venture capital firms and a string of heavyweight Chinese investors including Tencent and HongShan Capital.
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This article previously said Briar Mercier described the improper access of Airwallex files as “certainly scary”. It has been updated to clarify this reference was in relation to another issue.
Lucas Baird is a journalist based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney office. Connect with Lucas on Twitter. Email Lucas at lucas.baird@afr.com
