# Tianwei Liu

> Tianwei Liu is a Singapore-based software engineer and fintech founder, co-founder and CEO of StraitsX and Group Deputy CEO of Fazz. After working at WIMM Labs and Amazon Lab126, he co-founded Xfers and developed payment infrastructure serving Southeast Asia. His work now spans fiat-backed stablecoins, cross-border settlement, card programmes and experiments in agentic payments.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at StraitsX; Group Deputy CEO at Fazz
- **Organizations:** StraitsX, Fazz, Xfers, Amazon Lab126, WIMM Labs
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Entrepreneurship studies during an overseas college placement; not a verified Stanford degree, Stanford University / NUS Overseas Colleges, Startup accelerator, Summer 2015 batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded Xfers, a Y Combinator Summer 2015 company., Led StraitsX’s development of stablecoin and payment infrastructure., Helped combine Xfers and Payfazz into Fazz Financial Group.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2010** — Silicon Valley NUS Overseas Colleges placement, including Stanford studies and work at Plastic Logic.
- **2011-2012** — Worked at WIMM Labs on developer tools for early Android smartwatches.
- **2012-2015** — Software engineering at Amazon Lab126.
- **2015** — Xfers participated in Y Combinator Summer 2015.
- **2020** — XSGD publicly launched on 5 October under the StraitsX initiative.
- **2021** — Payfazz invested US$30 million in Xfers; the businesses formed Fazz Financial Group.
- **2022** — Fazz announced a US$100 million Series C.
- **2023** — StraitsX announced in-principle approvals for XSGD and XUSD issuance entities.
- **2026** — StraitsX developed AgentiX Playground and announced expanded Visa card issuing capabilities.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Xfers, a Y Combinator Summer 2015 company.
- Led StraitsX’s development of stablecoin and payment infrastructure.
- Helped combine Xfers and Payfazz into Fazz Financial Group.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On 15 October, StraitsX announced a Visa partnership to extend card issuing capabilities to more than 100 markets, subject to applicable requirements; it reported annualised card GTV exceeding US$6 billion.
- **2026-08** — StraitsX described AgentiX Playground and its 14-16 August hackathon exploring payment infrastructure for AI agents.
- **2026-03** — Discussed everyday stablecoin payments, remittances and wearables in a BitPinas interview published 17 March.

## Links

- Website: https://www.straitsx.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tianweiliu/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Tian_wei

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Last updated: 2026-10-23