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July 2022

- 29 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...
- 26 July 2022
- Reports and Research
End hidden fees on remittances in the U.S.

Consumers are often unaware what they pay to send, spend, or receive money internationally, due to fees hidden in inflated exchange rates. That’s because pricing is misleading - with advertisements...

- 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.
- 15 June 2022
- Statements and Blogs
DACA is temporary. The recipients of the program are not

In 2019, we signed an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Today, we’re calling on Congress to enact a bipartisan...

- 16 June 2021
- Statements and Blogs
Policy Makers Worldwide Have Moved to Stop Hidden Fees - Where is the United States?

Today is the International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR), which was adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to recognize the more than 200 million individuals worldwide who send mone...

- 8 February 2021
- Statements and Blogs
Wise submits Open Banking comment letter to the CFPB

“Open banking” is moving forward in the United States. Well, actually, it’s been happening through industry-driven partnerships for years, but the government will soon produce its first set of regu...

- 18 November 2019
- Initiatives
Our message in support of Dreamers

We’re proud to support our employees and our customer community by joining 140 companies in sending an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court, in support of the Deferred Action for Childho...

- 26 September 2019
- Statements and Blogs
Our testimony to Congress: How to improve payments for US consumers

Our CTO, Harsh, spoke to the House Committee for Financial Services at Congress, today, to explain how to improve access, transparency, speed and innovation in payments.

- 17 June 2019
- Reports and Research
We’re pushing for fee transparency in Canada

New research shows Canadians unknowingly lose $13 billion annually in hidden fees on international payments.