Flywire Announces Flywire Forward, a Virtual Event Focused on the Future of FinTech

Flywire’s first-ever virtual industry event brings together business professionals across all industries

Three-time Olympian Dominique Dawes to keynote — “Determination, Dedication & Desire: Building an Olympic Mindset"

Intimate fireside chats with Flywire executives and experts from Nasdaq, Citi, Bain Capital Ventures and Money20/20

Flywire-exclusive research will unveil new trends in global commerce

BOSTON, Sept. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flywire Corporation (NASDAQ: FLYW) (Flywire) a global payments enablement and software company, today announced its first-ever virtual industry event, Flywire Forward, which will bring together business professionals across a wide variety of industries to discuss the future of FinTech. The event, which is scheduled to take place on September 16^th, will include one-on-one and group discussions with different industry experts, inspiring keynote speakers, virtual networking and more. Flywire will also share exclusive research on the present- and future-state of payments.

Registration for the Flywire Forward is now open. Flywire Forward is scheduled to take place from 9:30 am – 1:10 pm ET on September 16, 2021. Presentation content will be available to view online immediately following Flywire Forward.

In conjunction with Flywire Forward, Flywire will also unveil exclusive research that details some of the latest global payments trends emerging from the industries which Flywire supports. To register for early access to this new report, The Pulse on Payments, please sign up here.

Flywire Forward will bring to light the most pressing trends and issues shaping the FinTech ecosystem in a dynamic and engaging virtual program. In addition to Flywire executives, the event brings together expert speakers from Citi, Bain Capital Ventures and Money20/20 to discuss the future of payments, crypto, global commerce, and more.

“The rapid adaptation in e-commerce over recent years has shown the high standard of simplicity, ease and security that consumers and businesses expect in payments,” Mike Massaro, CEO, Flywire, said. “With Flywire Forward, our goal is to be an incubator for fresh perspectives and transformative ideas about FinTech and its increasingly vital role in business and organizational strategy.”

Dominique Dawes, three-time Olympian and Olympic Gold Medalist, will provide the keynote address and sit down for a Q&A session to discuss her personal motto – “Determination, Dedication & Desire: Building an Olympic Mindset.” Dawes will share personal stories from her years of competing on the world stage and will provide attendees with strategies to attain and sustain success in their personal and professional lives.

Additional Flywire Forward 2021 program tracks include:

• Not Another FinTech IPO Story: A fireside chat with Flywire CEO Mike Massaro and Karen Snow, SVP of East Coast Listings and Capital Services at Nasdaq.
• Pulse on Payments: Unveiling Top Global Payments Trend: A panel conversation with Flywire experts who will distill some of the latest trends taking shape across Flywire’s target industries – Education, Healthcare, Travel and B2B.
• FinTech Forward: What Will the Future Hold?: An intimate roundtable with Matt Harris, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures; Vanessa Colella, Chief Innovation Officer at Citi, and Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy Officer at Money20/20. The experts will discuss what’s on the horizon for FinTech, as new categories and market needs continue to emerge.

Resources

• Register for Flywire Forward online.
  
• To register for early access to Flywire’s research, sign up here.

About Flywire

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company. We combine our proprietary global payments network, next-gen payments platform and vertical-specific software to deliver the most important and complex payments for our clients and their customers.

Flywire leverages its vertical-specific software and payments technology to deeply embed within the existing A/R workflows for its clients across the education, healthcare and travel vertical markets, as well as in key B2B industries. Flywire also integrates with leading ERP systems, such as NetSuite, so organizations can optimize the payment experience for their customers while eliminating operational challenges.

Flywire supports more than 2,400 clients with diverse payment methods in more than 140 currencies across 240 countries and territories around the world. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA, USA with global offices. For more information, visit www.flywire.com. Follow Flywire on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our future operating results and financial position, our business strategy and plans, market growth and trends, and our objectives for future operations. Flywire intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as, but not limited to, “believe,” “may,” “will,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “target,” “plan,” “expect,” or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations that involve risks, changes in circumstances, assumptions, and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in Flywire's forward-looking statements include, among others, Flywire’s future financial performance, including its expectations regarding our revenue, cost and operating expenses, including changes in technology and development, selling and marketing and general and administrative expenses (including any components of the foregoing), gross profit and Flywire’s ability to achieve, and maintain, future profitability; Flywire’s business plan and its ability to effectively manage its growth; Flywire’s market opportunity, including estimates regarding its total addressable payment volume; Flywire’s cross-border expansion plans and ability to expand internationally; anticipated trends, growth rates, and challenges in Flywire’s business and in the markets in which it operates; the sufficiency of Flywire’s cash and cash equivalents to meet its liquidity needs; political, economic, legal, social and health risks, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures that may affect Flywire’s business or the global economy; beliefs and objectives for future operations; Flywire’s ability to develop and protect its brand; Flywire’s ability to maintain and grow the payment volume that it processes; Flywire’s ability to further attract, retain, and expand its client base; Flywire’s ability to develop new solutions and services and bring them to market in a timely manner; Flywire’s expectations concerning relationships with third parties, including strategic partners; the effects of increased competition in Flywire’s markets and its ability to compete effectively; future acquisitions or investments in complementary companies, products, services, or technologies; Flywire’s ability to enter new client verticals, including its relatively new B2B sector; Flywire’s expectations regarding anticipated technology needs and developments and its ability to address those needs and developments with its solutions; Flywire’s expectations regarding litigation and legal and regulatory matters; Flywire’s expectations regarding its ability to meet existing performance obligations and maintain the operability of its solutions; Flywire’s expectations regarding the effects of existing and developing laws and regulations, including with respect to payments and financial services, taxation, privacy and data protection; economic and industry trends, projected growth, or trend analysis; Flywire’s ability to attract and retain qualified employees; Flywire’s ability to maintain, protect, and enhance its intellectual property; Flywire’s ability to maintain the security and availability of its solutions; the future market price of Flywire’s common stock; and other factors that are described in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Flywire's Prospectus and Flywire’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, both of which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and available on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov/.

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