1688 cross border payments made easy

No minimum amount is required to fund from your bank account.

There are a few advantages.

1. Savings on exchange rate cost - WorldFirst charges a lower margin compared to local banks.
2. Saving on telegraphic charge - WorldFirst will not charge any additional charges or commission when doing a currency conversion.
3. Faster transfers – Transfers using WorldFirst to your Alipay business account takes less than 1 working day while local bank conversions will take 1-2 working days to reflect.

We can only receive funds from the following sources:

• Approved marketplaces (eg. Amazon, Qoo10)
• Approved payment gateways (eg. Paypal)
• Top up funds from same-name bank account*
• Personal accounts of company directors (may take 1-2 working days to credit)

*Same-name bank account refers to the bank account that has the same-name as the account registered with WorldFirst.

You can make an SGD transfer to your allocated SGD account with WorldFirst. Do check with your local bank if there are any charges involved.

Scenario 1: Top up from a same-name bank account* to WorldFirst account.
This usually takes 1 hour to 1 working day to reflect the top up.
*Same-name bank account refers to the bank account that has the same-name as the account registered with WorldFirst.

Scenario 2: Top up from a director's personal bank account to a company account registered with WorldFirst. 
It may take 1-2 working days to reflect.