AXON Money

📢 A major milestone for AXON: we are now registered with FINTRAC as a Money Services Business in Canada. This marks an important step in our expansion into North America, establishing a regulatory foundation for our Canadian operations across foreign exchange, money transfers, virtual currency and payment service provider activities. We’re building AXON to help banks, fintechs and businesses connect traditional banking, payment networks, stablecoins and digital assets through one orchestration layer. That means giving institutions the infrastructure to build, route, settle and manage financial operations across markets without rebuilding their systems every time they add a new provider or payment rail. Delivering on that vision takes more than technology. It takes regulatory foundations, institutional relationships and infrastructure that can accommodate the requirements of each market. Our FINTRAC registration is a significant step in that work as we move toward commercial deployment and expand our international footprint. And there’s more ahead: our next registration is already in its final stages. We look forward to sharing more once it’s complete. Thank you to our team, advisors and partners for their support in reaching this milestone. 👏

A customer pays in AED. The bank credits it tomorrow. The PSP report shows a different fee. The stablecoin leg settled in seconds on Sunday. Four records of one payment, and finance has to match them by hand. AXON Money is building settlement and reconciliation into the layer that moves the money, so there's one record from the start.

Paying a supplier in Germany from Dubai can go through a correspondent bank, a local payout partner or a stablecoin rail. Each route has a different cost, speed and cutoff time. Most businesses only ever see one of them. AXON Money is building the layer that picks the route for each payment.

Tamer Saudi is Chief Investment Officer at AXON. More than 20 years across investments and digital innovation, with a focus on blockchain transparency and its applications in fintech, sports, and asset management. He brings an investor’s discipline to how technology can improve confidence, accountability, and participation in financial ecosystems. At AXON, Tamer connects the innovation agenda with investment strategy and long-term value creation.

A bank wants to offer stablecoin settlement to its business clients. The usual route is a new core integration, a new compliance setup and a multi-year project. AXON is designed to plug into existing infrastructure, so a bank can add the rail as a module and keep its core as it is.

A payment can settle in seconds and still leave hours of work for the finance team. Settlement speed matters. So do the records, visibility and reconciliation that follow. That’s where AXON comes in.

Hamed Moussa is Chief Strategy Officer at AXON. Background in Computer Science and AI, plus more than 17 years across IT, strategic planning, business development, and fintech growth strategy. His job is to connect what is technically possible with where AXON should compete—and turn complex market opportunities into clear priorities. He brings structure and commercial judgment to the company’s next stage of growth.

The right payment rail depends on the job. Where is the money going? In which currency? How quickly does it need to arrive? What can the recipient actually use? AXON’s approach starts with those questions, connecting traditional and digital financial infrastructure.

For a business evaluating stablecoin payments, the useful questions are operational. How will funds get in? Who can receive them? Where does conversion happen? How does the payment appear in the company’s records? The transfer itself sits inside a wider financial workflow. Its usefulness depends on how well it fits that workflow. At AXON, we’re building the orchestration layer to connect traditional financial services with digital-asset infrastructure, so businesses can work across both.

Your customer has paid. Your supplier is still waiting. Between those two moments, money may need to move across providers, currencies and banking hours. Your team needs to know where it is, what it will cost to move and when it will become available. That’s why a successful payment is only one part of the picture. For businesses operating across markets, the connections between collection, conversion and payout deserve as much attention as each transaction. AXON is building financial infrastructure around those connections.

Why should a business wait days to move money across borders? Our CEO and co-founder Malek Alzubi spoke to UAE Fintech Vibes about why we're building AXON what it takes to connect payment providers across markets. uaefintechvibes.com/axons-ma…

Adding another payment provider should give a business more options without creating another disconnected operation. That’s the problem financial orchestration needs to solve.

Banks, local payment networks and stablecoins will serve different needs. Businesses need a practical way to work across them. That’s the premise behind AXON: an orchestration layer connecting the financial infrastructure businesses rely on.

A business might collect through a local payment network, hold funds with a bank and pay an overseas supplier in stablecoins. Each part can work well on its own. Connecting them is where the complexity begins. AXON is building the orchestration layer for that journey.

Jonathan Farnell advises AXON on partnerships and policy affairs. Former CEO of Binance UK. Former Group CEO of a NASDAQ-listed exchange. Currently CEO of Freedx in Dubai. His background spans payment services, regulatory engagement, tokenomics, and licensing—exactly the terrain that matters when building financial infrastructure across markets. His guidance pushes AXON to be rigorous on partnerships, responsible growth, and the regulatory foundations institutional adoption requires.

Very excited to provide fintech rails and connect onchain and fiat payment infrastructures with @PiSquared.

The best payment rail depends on the job. Cost, speed, currency, destination and recipient access all matter. A route that works for one corridor may be a poor fit for another. Financial infrastructure needs to accommodate those differences.