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Wise

  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    Wise rebuked by European watchdog over money laundering controls

    Regulatory review in 2022 found fintech lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers

    Montage of Wise app on a mobile phone in foreground, and Wise logo and close-up of sterling note in background
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Wise chief executive fined £350,000 over ‘tax issues’

    UK financial regulator says Kristo Käärmann breached conduct rules but clears him to continue in his job

    Kristo Käärmann is posing for a portrait. He is wearing a blue T-shirt with the company's logo
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Lex
    Wise’s fee cuts are a cautionary tale for fintech fans Premium content

    The payment firm’s long-term goal should give shareholders a bumpy ride

    Wise app on phone with logo and UK Sterling notes in background
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Wise shares tumble after forecasts disappoint

    UK fintech to step up investment in payments infrastructure as it battles for customers

    The Wise digital payments app icon on a smartphone with a credit card in the background
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
    Wise pauses taking on European business customers as it beefs up compliance

    London-listed fintech steps up due diligence amid geopolitical tensions and sanctions

    The Wise app on a mobile phone and its logo
  • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
    Wise shares surge as higher interest rates drive profits

    UK fintech expects benefits from monetary tightening to continue

    Wise’s logo on a smartphone screen
  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Fintech
    Wise chief Kristo Käärmann to take three-month sabbatical

    Chief technology officer to hold position at payments company in interim

    Kristo Käärmann poses for portrait
  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Wise shares fall as transfer volumes drop in last quarter of 2022

    Rising interest rates lead fintech to issue upgraded guidance for the year

    Wise digital payment app on a phone
  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    LexFinancials
    Wise: payments group continues to take share in developed world Premium content

    If you seek momentum, the UK-listed fintech has it

    The Wise app icon on a smartphone
  • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
    Legal services
    Wanted: fast-growth companies seek willingness to handle legal risk

    Challenges proliferate on all fronts when disruptive businesses expand

    Male and female entrepreneurs brainstorming over document during meeting in office
  • Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
    Wise fined by Abu Dhabi over anti-money laundering failures

    Payment fintech under pressure as economic conditions worsen and chief probed in UK

    The Wise digital payments app icon on a smartphone
  • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
    Wise boosted by customers transferring money before currency volatility worsens

    Payments app says diverse user base protects it from cost of living squeeze

    The Wise company logo on a smartphone screen
  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    News in-depth
    Wise man looks for silver lining as dark clouds gather

    Kristo Käärmann puts positive spin on payment app’s first year as public company despite FCA probe and jump in costs

    Kristo Käärmann at Wise’s HQ in Shoreditch, London
  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Investments
    Investors’ Chronicle: Moonpig, Wise, Mulberry

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

    A Mulberry fashion event in Seoul, South Korea
  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Rising costs take shine off strong revenue growth at Wise

    Payments company says it is ‘business as usual’ as FCA investigates its chief executive

    Kristo Käärmann
  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    UK financial watchdog investigates Wise chief over tax default

    Kristo Käärmann has already been fined by HM Revenue & Customs over the matter

    Kristo Käärmann
  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    LexFinancials
    Wise: remittance disrupter hits targets, bolstering bull belief Premium content

    Results sparked rebound for would-be disrupter of staid money transfers industry

    Graphic showing Wise stock rising
  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    Wise customer numbers and volumes continue to climb

    Money transfer group reports revenue surge in second quarter

    Kristo Kaarmann, Wise chief executive
  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    Investments
    Bellway chair buys amid building boom

    Group’s shares up 36 per cent in the past year

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    Lex
    Wise: maverick fintech hero heads for zero fees Premium content

    Investors are buying into a story of disruptive and rapid revenue growth

    Wise logo on a smartphone
  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Kristo Kaarmann
    Billionaire Wise founder could face FCA sanctions after tax violation

    Kaarmann fined by UK authorities for deliberately defaulting on his taxes

  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    Bryce Elder
    Wise risks turning off UK investors with the direct approach

    Floating by direct listing will bar the currency exchange house from many investment portfolios

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    LexFintech
    Global payments: Wise guys opt for low jeopardy listing Premium content

    London quotation should help with transparency at fintech with growth potential

    Wise’s logo on a smartphone
  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Fintech
    Wise to go public in direct London listing

    Fintech formerly known as TransferWise says plan is ‘cheaper’ than traditional IPO

  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    Fintech Wise in talks with regulators over direct UK listing

    Move to go public would be a boost after Deliveroo IPO flop

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