Our story
WorldFirst was born out of the desire to create financial inclusivity.
In 2004 Jonathan Quin and Nick Robinson left their corporate roles in global banking organisations to set up WorldFirst and bring their dream into reality.
Since then, WorldFirst has grown exponentially and now has seven offices around the world.
2004
Jonathan Quin and Nick Robinson started WorldFirst, aiming to make foreign exchange easier for all.
2005-2006
We clocked up £100+ million in transactions and launched our corporate and ecommerce business divisions.
2007-2008
We launched the WorldFirst online platform.
2009-2010
We opened our first international office, in Sydney, Australia, and won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
2011-2012
We expanded into the US.
2013-2014
We opened offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.
2015-2016
We opened in the Netherlands, Japan and Korea.
2017-2018
We launched the World Account
2019-Present
WorldFirst joined Ant Financial (now Ant Group), owner of leading payment and lifestyle platform Alipay.
Today, WorldFirst provides a range of tools and services that go far beyond global money transfer, with hedging through forward contracts; local overseas currency accounts; easy integration with Xero and online marketplaces.
We're on a mission to make it easy to do business anywhere.
Our global offices
Businesses trust WorldFirst
Since 2004, more than 250K businesses have utilised WorldFirst to send more than $160bn around the world.
