{"id":"tianwei-liu","title":"Tianwei Liu","content":"**Tianwei Liu** is a Singaporean software engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of [StraitsX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/straitsx), a digital asset infrastructure company. He is also a co-founder of the payment gateway Xfers and serves as the Group Deputy CEO at FAZZ Financial Group. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-y3O3zwrpiN) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-HIjq5EwVgO)\n\n## Education\n\nTianwei Liu studied Computer and Electronic Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he graduated with honors in 2010. During his studies, he participated in the NUS Overseas Colleges program in Silicon Valley in 2009, focusing on Management Sciences and Engineering. He later completed coursework in Technology Entrepreneurship at Stanford University through the Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD) between 2009 and 2010. In 2015, Liu also took part in Y Combinator as a co-founder of Xfers, a startup incubated through the accelerator program. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-4iYjnfbJZj) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-HIjq5EwVgO) [\\[6\\]](#cite-id-sk0zL7mQSH)\n\n## Career\n\nTianwei Liu is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of [StraitsX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/straitsx), a Singapore-based [stablecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) infrastructure platform established in 2020. The company operates as a Major Payment Institution licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and provides regulated digital payment solutions centered around [stablecoins](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin).\n\nHe also serves as Group Deputy CEO of FAZZ Financial Group, a financial technology firm offering digital banking and payment services to businesses across Southeast Asia.\n\nIn 2015, Liu co-founded Xfers, a payments platform designed to facilitate digital financial services in Singapore and Indonesia. Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, Liu held software engineering roles at Amazon Lab126, where he contributed to big data infrastructure projects for Kindle FireOS, and at WIMM Labs (acquired by Google), where he worked on Android-based development and testing systems.\n\nEarlier in his career, he gained experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Plastic Logic and as a Web Application Developer at 3S-Comaea Pte Ltd, where he developed and maintained web-based systems and automation tools.  [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-4iYjnfbJZj) [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-LsnwNTiPf3) [\\[6\\]](#cite-id-sk0zL7mQSH) [\\[5\\]](#cite-id-yp8LRwnZFU)\n\n## Media Appearances\n\nIn October 2025, Tianwei Liu appeared on an episode of *The Future of Stable Money*, where he spoke with Gracie Lin, CEO of [OKX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/okx) Singapore. The conversation explored Lin’s transition from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to roles in the private sector at Grab and [OKX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/okx), providing insights into the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets.\n\n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WiE_JaYb53I)$$\n\nIn July 2025, Tianwei Liu appeared on *On Call with Insignia* in an episode titled *“On Call with Tianwei Liu and Hendra Kwik of StraitsX, a CNBC World’s Top Fintech Company.***”** The discussion explored the evolution of [StraitsX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/straitsx) following its integration with Payfazz’s financial network in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Liu and Kwik reflected on the company’s growth since combining [StraitsX’s](https://iq.wiki/wiki/straitsx) compliant stablecoin infrastructure with Payfazz’s regional presence.\n\n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UbSPTx7SQto)$$","summary":"Tianwei Liu is the co-founder and CEO of StraitsX, a Singapore-based digital payments company. 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