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Azimo B.V. was an online remittance service headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It also had offices in Kraków, Poland.[1]

Azimo offered money transfers to 190 receiving countries in over 80 different currencies. The company had half a million customers connected to its platform and offered more than 270,000 cash pick-up locations globally.[2] As of October 2019, sending countries were limited to Europe.

In March 2022, Azimo was acquired by the New York–based payroll and payments solutions provider, Papaya Global,[3] and closed their money transfer services in August 2022.

History

Azimo was founded in October 2012 in London, United Kingdom.[4] In 2016, an updated version of its app was launched with features including in-app chat and biometric security.[5]

As of early 2016, Azimo had raised $31 million in Series A and B funding[6] from investors including Frog Capital, Greycroft, MCI.TechVentures, e.ventures and Quona Capital. In May 2016, Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten invested in Azimo to accelerate the company's expansion into Asia.[7][8][9]

In 2020, Azimo moved to the Netherlands as a result of Brexit.[10][11] Two years later it was acquired by Papaya Global and stopped operating.

Operations

Azimo offered money transfers to 190 receiving countries in over 80 different currencies. The company had half a million customers connected to its platform and offers more than 270,000 cash pick-up locations globally.[12] In 2016, an updated version of its app was launched with features including in-app chat and biometric security.[13]

As of October 2019, sending countries were limited to Europe that are primarily in the EU. The list of sending countries is: Шаблон:Div col

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References

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