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- 18 July 2022
- Initiatives
Nothing To Hide

A global grassroots campaign striving to bring transparent pricing to international payments to help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of reducing remittance prices below 3% b...

- 30 June 2022
- Statements and Blogs
IBAN discrimination: How to ignore the law and get away with it

In 2014, the European Union passed a law that made it illegal to discriminate against a bank account number (IBAN) from another European country.
- 22 June 2022
- Initiatives
Pride at Wise: An open letter

During this year’s Pride, we’ll be celebrating all the people that have gone before us, because long before it was a party Pride was a very real protest at the discrimination that LGBTQ+ community ...
- 16 June 2022
- Statements and Blogs
Remittances: why they matter to me and millions more around the world

Today, we celebrate the International Day of Family Remittances. Wise was founded by immigrants, built by immigrants, and is used by immigrants.

- 19 May 2022
- Statements and Blogs
Change the law: tell the European Commission what you think

Help us end hidden fees in the EU. Call on the European Commission to put an end to financial providers hiding fees in inflated exchange rates. Share why transparency in international payments is i...
- 19 May 2022
- Initiatives
Transparency & PSD2 - here we go again!

Financial providers hide fees whenever people send money abroad. They can continue to rip people off because the rules are too vague. You now have the chance to tell the European Commission that th...

- 16 December 2021
- Statements and Blogs
Hidden fees continue, despite EU transparency law: An open letter from the tech community to the European Parliament

We came together with a group of tech companies in Europe to call on the European Parliament to take notice. As long as CBPR2 isn’t applied and enforced, European consumers will continue to lose out.
- 13 December 2021
- Product
Wise Business launches new, cheaper than ever, international expense cards

Wise Business, the business account for going global, has today announced the launch of its new employee expense card, which is set to save businesses and their employees time, hassle and money on ...

- 14 October 2021
- Statements and Blogs
$11.5B lost in remittance fees this year alone

Today more than ever, low- and middle-income communities rely on money sent home from friends and family abroad. In 2021, G20 sending countries will send nearly $215 billion in remittances - but a ...

- 23 September 2021
- Reports and Research
People sending remittances from G20 countries set to lose $11.5bn in fees in 2021

In 2021, people in G20 sending countries are estimated to send over $215 billion in remittances across borders to support families and friends. A new analysis of World Bank data, conducted by globa...

- 16 August 2021
- Statements and Blogs
1000 reports of IBAN discrimination submitted via Accept My IBAN

Accept My IBAN, a coalition of companies that came together to combat the illegal practice of IBAN discrimination, announces today that it has received 1000 complaints of IBAN discrimination just f...

- 7 July 2021
- Corporate
Wise lists on the London Stock Exchange

Wise releases independent research* revealing £150 billion is unknowingly spent in hidden fees on foreign currency transfers each year, to coincide with its direct listing on the London Stock Excha...

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