Raiffeisen Bank International Partners with Wise Platform to Transform Cross-Border Payments for Customers in Central and Eastern Europe

Vienna, Austria, 13 May, 2025 – Raiffeisen Bank International today announces a strategic partnership with Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure to transform international payments for personal and business customers across the region. With this partnership, Raiffeisen Bank International joins a strong roster of leading banks choosing Wise Platform to enhance their cross-border payment capabilities and end-to-end experience, driving customer loyalty.

Operating as a universal bank in 11 Central and Eastern European markets, Raiffeisen Bank International will roll out Wise Platform’s industry-leading solution across its network to enable fast, secure, low-cost and transparent cross-border payments for customers in the region.

Raiffeisen Bank’s enhanced offering, powered by Wise’s robust infrastructure, will be available to customers directly from their existing Raiffeisen accounts. Wise Platform is powered by 70+ licenses and six direct connections to payment systems globally, enabling fast and secure cross-border payments to 160+ countries and 40+ currencies, with 65% of payments completed instantly (in under 20 seconds)¹. 

Steve Naudé, Global Managing Director at Wise Platform said: “This partnership highlights major banks’ commitment to providing outstanding customer experiences and modernising their international payments offering with Wise Platform. By integrating our payments infrastructure, Raiffeisen is taking a significant step towards offering customers and businesses exactly this: cross-border payments that are instant, transparent, and ultimately more affordable, and we’re excited to be powering this for their customers.”

Matthias Dekan, Head of Payments & Daily Banking at Raiffeisen Bank International said: "In the past few years, we have seen growing customer demand and rising expectations for seamless international payments and we're looking forward to going live with this innovative offering. Our collaboration with Wise Platform will allow us to provide our customers with a superior international payments experience."

¹ Transaction speed depends on individual circumstances and may not be available for all transactions.

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About Raiffeisen Bank International 

RBI regards Austria, where it is a leading corporate and investment bank, as well as Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as its home market. 11 markets of the region are covered by subsidiary banks. Additionally, the RBI Group comprises numerous other financial service providers, for instance in leasing, asset management or M&A.

Around 42,600 employees service 17.9 million customers through around 1,400 business outlets, the by far largest part thereof in CEE. RBI's shares are listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The Austrian regional Raiffeisen banks own around 61.2 per cent of the shares, the remainder is in free float. Within the Austrian Raiffeisen Banking Group, RBI is the central institute of the regional Raiffeisen banks and other affiliated credit institutions.

About Wise Platform

Wise Platform is Wise - but for banks, financial institutions and global enterprises. Wise Platform allows partners to utilise Wise’s infrastructure, meaning they can embed the best way to send, receive and manage money into their existing infrastructure, creating value for their business and customers.

Over the past decade, Wise has built a global payments infrastructure that has revolutionised how money moves around the world. Now, thanks to Wise Platform, we allow partners to bring new products to customers without building it themselves, saving both time and money. This allows them to innovate quickly and retain and grow their customer base.