Gobi Partners today announced its investment in Transak, a global payments infrastructure provider enabling compliant movement between traditional currencies and stablecoins and other digital assets. The investment reflects Gobi’s conviction that regulated digital asset payment rails will play a growing role in cross-border settlement, remittances, and financial services as blockchain adoption accelerates globally.
Stablecoins and digital assets have moved beyond speculation into real financial infrastructure. Major payment networks and financial institutions are now integrating stablecoin rails, governments are passing dedicated legislation, and the tokenisation of real-world assets is opening entirely new categories of on-chain financial products. For fintechs and financial institutions, the question is no longer whether to adopt stablecoins and digital assets, but how to do so compliantly, at scale, and across multiple jurisdictions.
This is the infrastructure gap Transak was built to solve. Founded in 2019, Transak operates a regulated payments layer that enables fintechs and financial institutions to offer bidirectional conversion between fiat currencies and digital assets through a single API. The platform manages identity verification (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML) controls, risk monitoring, licensing requirements, and local payment integrations across more than 64 countries. Transak holds 21+ regulatory approvals in the United States, United Kingdom, Euro Zone, Australia, Canada, and India, and is soon expanding into the Middle East, LATAM, and broader APAC.
Today, more than 600 applications globally integrate Transak and support access to over 130 digital assets across 45 blockchains. The company powers seamless onboarding and payments for more than 10 million users through bank transfers, cards, local payment methods, and stablecoins.
As stablecoins and digital assets become embedded in mainstream financial products, the ability to onboard retail users, compliantly, across payment methods, and across borders, will determine which platforms scale and which stall. That is the layer Transak provides.
Transak has established its APAC headquarters in Hong Kong and plans to deepen integrations with regional payment networks and banking partners to support regulated digital asset payments and stablecoin adoption across ASEAN markets.
Jamaludin Bujang, Managing Partner of Gobi Partners, said, “The future of digital asset adoption depends on infrastructure that meets the expectations of regulators, financial institutions, and global enterprises. Compliance, licensing, and risk management are no longer differentiators; they are operating requirements. Transak has built a platform that addresses these complexities at scale, positioning itself as a critical bridge between traditional financial systems and digital asset networks.”
Sami Start, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Transak, said, “When we started Transak in 2019, moving between traditional money and crypto was broken. We set out to fix that by building the invisible infrastructure that lets any financial application do it compliantly. Six years and 600 integrations later, the world is waking up to stablecoins. Gobi's investment helps us bring that infrastructure to Asia, where the opportunity is massive.”
Hisham Ibrahim, Managing Director of ASEAN for Gobi Partners, added, “Digital assets and blockchain technologies reshape how value moves globally. Infrastructure providers like Transak ensure that digital payment rails integrate with existing financial systems securely and compliantly. We believe Transak is well positioned to support the next phase of financial innovation across Asia.”
Through this investment, Gobi supports the expansion of blockchain payment rails that meet supervisory standards while enabling responsible growth across Asia.
FT Partners served as the exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Transak in connection with the transaction.
About Transak
Transak builds the payments infrastructure that connects traditional money with stablecoins and crypto. Through a single API, wallets, fintechs, remittance companies, payroll platforms, marketplaces, and financial institutions can enable users to onboard, fund, and withdraw using stablecoins or crypto directly inside their products.
Transak handles licensing, compliance, identity verification, fraud monitoring, and global payment coverage. Today more than 600 applications trust Transak, serving over 10 million users worldwide.
Headquartered in Miami, Transak operates globally with offices in London, Bengaluru, Dubai, and Hong Kong.
Learn more at transak.com or follow us on X and LinkedIn.
About Gobi Partners
Founded in 2002, Gobi Partners is a leading pan-Asian investment firm specialising in bespoke capital solutions for family offices, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions and corporate investors. Headquartered in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, Gobi manages US$2 billion across 20 funds, investing in early to growth-stage companies with the potential for generational and global impact.
The firm’s team of over 90 investment professionals operates from 17 locations, curating a diversified portfolio of more than 400 companies, with 75 exits achieved to date. Gobi is recognised for its long-term, values-aligned approach, building ecosystems at the intersection of technology, sustainability, and inclusion. From pioneering TaqwaTech for two billion Muslims, to advancing the circular economy, to promoting gender-diverse leadership, Gobi backs the trends that are reshaping societies.
Gobi's edge lies in identifying structural and demographic shifts, forging partnerships with universities and institutions of higher education; bridging world-class research with private capital and bringing deep technology breakthroughs to commercialisation.
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