10 March 2026, London, UK. Freemarket, the trusted network for cross-border settlement and FX in emerging markets, today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Axiym, the "Pay Now Settle Later" solutions provider, as part of Axiym’s latest funding round.
Freemarket has partnered with Axiym since Q4, 2024. Axiym’s embedded, distributed treasury and settlement layer is natively integrated with Freemarket, enabling clients to access post-pay settlements for their payment needs directly within their Freemarket account.
The added integration of Axiym’s treasury layer allows corporate customers to operate with increased speed and reliability in their cross-border transactions by reducing the traditional constraints of SWIFT pre-funding models. Customers have real control of the speed, routing, timing, price and settlement of payments.
Andy Lyons, Chief Growth Officer at Freemarket, said of the investment: “Our strategic investment in Axiym is the natural next step in our partnership, reflecting the deep level of integration between our network and the Axiym platform today, and the plans that we have to further expand in the future. The combination of Axiym’s expertise in treasury and payment financing, and our payment infrastructure, gives our customers the unique ability to have vital treasury control, scalable cross border payments worldwide and access to "Pay Now Settle Later" facilities so they can serve their customers faster, all in one place.”
Farhad Rassul, Chief Business Officer at Axiym said: “Freemarket’s investment in this funding round will allow us to focus on ensuring money is in the right place at the right time for cross-border payment execution. Our successful partnership with Freemarket is advancing our ability to provide fast, embedded and transparent post-pay settlement solutions using AI-driven payment underwriting helping their customers scale with confidence and paving the paving the way for more efficient, compliant and scalable cross border payments worldwide.”
For more information about how Freemarket and Axiym are revolutionising "Pay Now Settle Later" enabled cross-border payment access for businesses, visit www.wearefreemarket.com and https://axiym.io
Businesses should carefully assess their needs and seek independent advice before relying on cross-border payments services.
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About Freemarket
Freemarket is the trusted network for cross-border settlement and FX in emerging markets. Freemarket specialises in working with middle market businesses. We help them to move money quickly and securely at lower cost, allowing them to use their cash more efficiently, so they can be more profitable and grow faster.
FreemarketFX Limited is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – Firm No.585093.
FreemarketFX Ireland Limited is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (Firm No. C456818).
About Axiym
Axiym's distributed treasury and settlement layer already supports real payment and settlement activity every day across 140+ countries and 70+ currencies. From regulated payment processors to global aggregators, Axiym aligns payment execution and settlement, making cross-border flows instant and predictable. Through this platform, payment execution, USD₮ flows, and settlement are streamlined across regulated processors and global aggregators, enabling immediate and predictable cross-border transactions. The infrastructure is purpose-built for scale, extending these capabilities corridor by corridor and network by network.