Wise

181 results about this entity

Period: 18 Apr 2012 - 10 Sep 2024

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Wise buoyed by rising interest rates and customer growth

Money transfer firm Wise is reporting a strong first quarter, driven by 33% year-on-year growth in active customers to 6.7 million and rising interest income.

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Higher interest rates help Wise triple profits

Shares in Wise soared by more than 18% on Tuesday on news that the money transfer app saw its full year pre-tax profits triple, boosted by rising interest rates.

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Wise Platform signs first Indian bank

Wise Platform has secured its first bank integration in India with IndusInd Bank, enabling non-residents living abroad to make international payments into the country.

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Wise Platform secures first Japanese client, GMO Azora Net Bank

Wise Platform, Wise’s infrastructure offering for banks and non-banks alike, has announced its first partnership in Japan with GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd, bringing fast, low-cost international payments to more than 80,000 corporate customers.

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Wise CFO to stand down in wake of bike accident

Matthew Briers, the long-standing chief financial officer of money transfer app Wise, is stepping down in March 2024 as he bids to make a full recovery from a horrific bike accident last year.

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Revolut CFO quits for 'personal reasons'

Revolut has lost another senior executive, with chief financial officer Mikko Salovaara leaving the fintech giant for "personal reasons". Separately, Wise CEO Kristo Kaarmann is set to take a three-month sabbatical.

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Payments Canada Summit: open access and open banking

Payments Canada is pushing hard for the government to open up access to the country's payment systems to local credit unions and payment service providers this year, CEO Tracey Black told the organisation’s summit in Toronto on Wednesday.

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Wise adds interest to USD balance in multicurrency account

Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move money around the world, is now offering its US based business and personal customers the opportunity to opt-in to receiving 3.92% APY on their USD balances.

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Wise sponsors students in search for next generation of talent

Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move and manage money, today announced two partnerships aimed at improving diversity and social mobility in the next generation of workers.

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Bluevine taps Wise for international payments

Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move money around the world, and Bluevine, the leading provider of small business banking solutions, today announced a partnership that leverages the power of Wise Platform to make international payments more convenient, simple and transparent for Bluevine’s customers in its all-in-one digital banking account.

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Interactive Brokers integrates 'Pay with Wise'

Wise, the company building the best way to move and manage money around the world, has announced a collaboration with Interactive Brokers (IBKR), an automated global electronic broker.

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Wise: Big banks continue to hide fees on cross-border payments

Knowing exactly how much a cross-border payment costs is a right protected by law in the UK and the EU.