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September 18, 2023

On the wires

April 25, 2023

On the web

Wise Launches New Interest Feature for US Customers, Bolstering Multi-Currency Account

Wise Newsroom

"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. This new feature of the Wise Account will allow customers to earn interest on USD balances while keeping the flexibility to send, spend and receive money internationally with instant access to their funds."

April 12, 2023

On the wires

Bluevine and Wise Launch International Bill-Pay Solution for U.S. SMBs

Businesswire

"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."

March 1, 2023

On the wires

January 26, 2023

On the wires

Wise Enters 2023 With 15 New Partners in 4 New Markets, Bringing Total to Over 60 Partners Worldwide

Businesswire

Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move money around the world, launched 15 new partnerships in 2022 and enters 2023 with a total of 60 partners globally. These partnerships are made possible through Wise Platform, which allows banks and businesses to embed the power of Wise into their existing platform. Almost 10 million new customers gained access to Wise, via Wise Platform, in 2022 alone.

November 16, 2022

On the wires

Wise Platform and Deel Make It Even Faster to Get Paid With New Feature

Businesswire

“Wise Platform has launched a new service with leading global HR and payroll company, Deel . The feature enables customers to send funds via Deel using just an email address, opening up 10 new currencies in Deel’s payments infrastructure and further simplifying global payroll for over 10,000 Deel customers – from SMBs to publicly traded companies. To date, customers using Deel in certain markets would have had to fund payroll by sending a USD or EUR international SWIFT transfer from their bank, which can be expensive, slow and inefficient. They would also have had to input a large amount of employee information in order to initiate their payments, including selecting a currency, adding account details, account type, and address information.”

November 2, 2022

On the web

Wise Gets MAS License for Investment Product Launch

Tech in Asia

“Global payments firm Wise said it has received a capital markets service license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The license allows Wise to bring its new investment product, Assets, to the city-state early next year. Business and personal customers can use the product to earn returns on their investments in more than 50 currencies. Assets is currently only available in the UK.”

September 13, 2022

On the web

Wise Introduces Intermediary SWIFT Connection Service for Neobanks

Financial and Business News | Finance Magnates

“Wise Platform, a payment infrastructure service owned by London-based fintech company, Wise, on Monday launched International Receive. International Receive, according to Wise, is a solution designed to enable neobanks not connected to the SWIFT network to offer cross-border payment remittance service to their customers. Wise said the new service has gone live with a European neobank after what it described as a quick integration.”

August 10, 2022

On the web

Wise and Plaid Launch Open Finance Agreement to Enable Secure Financial Connectivity

Wise Newsroom

“Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move money around the world, and Plaid, the API-first data network powering the digital financial ecosystem, today announced an open finance agreement to provide customers a seamless way to move money across different financial institutions. The integration is based on Plaid’s industry-aligned open finance solution Core Exchange and provides Wise customers, totaling 13 million worldwide, with the ability to move money conveniently and securely across their own accounts. Customers simply connect their Wise USD local account details in their app of choice and use Wise with thousands of Plaid-powered apps and services. The Plaid network covers more than 6,000 apps including 9 of the top 10 most downloaded fintech apps in the Android + App Store (as of May 2022) such as Venmo, Truebill, Chime, and more.”

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