Wise focuses on international money transfers, providing a low-cost alternative to traditional banks. It uses a peer-to-peer system to match transfers between users in different countries, which helps reduce fees and offers better exchange rates. Wise charges a transparent fee for each transaction and offers a multi-currency account for managing funds in various currencies. The company also provides an API for businesses to integrate its services, aiming to maintain high performance and transparency.

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Morgan Stanley will offer its clients high-speed cross-border settlements through Wise Platform. The investment bank tapped this solution from Wise, a global technology focused on money movement, to facilitate foreign exchange international settlement for its corporate and institutional clients, the companies said in a Tuesday (Dec. 17) press release. “Our relationship with Wise enables us to adapt to the evolving needs of our clients and deliver one of the fastest, operationally robust and cost-effective payment capabilities in the banking industry,” Samer Oweida, global head of foreign exchange and emerging markets at Morgan Stanley, said in the release

Morgan Stanley Taps Wise Platform To Accelerate Cross-Border Settlements

U.K. FinTech Stenn has reportedly collapsed over possible ties to a Russian money laundering scheme. The company was placed into administration — a type of insolvency procedure — earlier this month after a reference to it appeared in a U.S. indictment in a money laundering case, the Financial Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The sources said that reference led Stenn’s lenders, including banking giant HSBC, to begin examining potentially suspicious transactions. Stenn — which had at one point been valued at $900 million — specialized in invoice financing for small and medium-sized businesses

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Global financial messaging network Swift said earlier this year that it was working with 25 financial institutions (FIs) and application providers on a “proof of value” initiative focused on improving front-end interactions, where the lower-end value transactions (defined as payments below the $100,000 threshold) is worth as much as $12 million. Andy Elliott, vice president of strategy at EvonSys, and Costa Hagidimitriou, senior manager at the National Bank of Canada, told PYMNTS that the drive to integrate Swift services into their front-end channels — through websites and apps — can help traditional FIs compete directly with the digital upstarts, especially in cross-border remittances. Banks may dominate commercial cross-border payments, said the duo, but there’s still opportunity for innovation

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During a time where fundraising is becoming harder to come by for startups like Solarcore, Markesbery said he is encouraged by the company’s ability to raise more than $50 million in one year.

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FinTech Wise reportedly has implemented a European regulator’s recommendations to bolster its anti-money laundering (AML) programs. Wise was forced into a formal remediation plan after the National Bank of Belgium found in 2022 that there was a shortcoming in its AML controls, the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Nov. 28). The National Bank of Belgium supervises the London-listed FinTech in Europe and determined that Wise lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers, according to the report

Report: Wise Implements Regulator’S Recommendations To Bolster Aml Programs

PayPal has been a major force in digital payments since its debut in 1998, leading the charge in online financial interactions. However, the digital payment sector is continually evolving, giving rise to a myriad of alternatives. These include Venmo, Wise, Payoneer, Zelle, and more. These contenders specialize in various areas, offering tailored experiences to meet diverse consumer needs.Evolving Digital Payment ArenaWith a history spanning over two decades (24 years), PayPal has witnessed the rise of various competitors. Venmo is renowned for peer-to-peer transactions, Wise is a go-to for international transfers, and Zelle offers an easy solution for those not keen on app usage, such as older family members.This brings us to a pivotal question: which payment app aligns best with your specific needs?Understanding the Choices: A Comparative OverviewTo assist in navigating this landscape, here’s a breakdown of key players and their distinct offerings:1. Venmo  Zelle: Peer-to-Peer Specialists

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Fintech company Wise debuted on the London Stock Exchange with a record valuation of £8.75 billion, marking the largest direct listing. The stock opened at £8 and rose by 10% to £8.88. Co-founders Kristo Kaarmann and Taavet Hinrikus now have paper fortunes over £1 billion each. The listing is seen as a positive development for London's fintech market. CEO Kaarmann emphasized Wise's mission to save customers £1 billion annually in hidden fees, with £149 billion still to address.

Wise valued at £8.75bn in LSE debut

Money transfer firm Wise is reportedly hoping to tap India’s $32 billion remittance market.To that end, Wise plans to begin signing up new customers in the world’s most populous nation after pausing that side of its business in the country, company officials told Bloomberg News Monday (Aug. 12).Wise, based in London, ceased taking new customers in the past months as it upgraded its infrastructure. This was in response to the company being awarded a license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that lets the app’s customers send more money overseas.Now, Wise will begin signing up new customers in the next few months, Shrawan Saraogi, Asia Pacific head of expansion at Wise, said in an interview with Bloomberg.“India is a huge market for remittance,” Saraogi said. “We will be primarily focusing on cross-border movement that’s currently almost entirely done by banks.”The report cites data from the RBI showing that people in India sent $32 billion to other countries — mostly for travel, education and family expenses — in the year leading up to March 2024. That’s up from $27 billion a year earlier.Wise in June said it was increasing its investment in its payments infrastructure, a cost that the company is wagering will let it cut fees by making payments processing more efficient.Kingsley Kemish, the group’s interim chief financial officer, argued during an earnings call that the investment would help Wise to achieve its long-term goal of becoming a global leader in the cross-border payments sector.As covered here earlier this year, there are a number of challenges that hinder the wider use of cross-border payments, including transaction fees, exchange rates and security concerns, all of which have the potential to deter customers and harm revenue growth.Illustrating the troubles with this sector, the PYMNTS Intelligence in the report “Cross-Border Sales and the Challenge of Failed Payments,” a collaboration with Nuvei, found that in the year alone prior to the report, American merchants suffered at least $3.8 billion in lost revenue from failed cross-border payments.“Cross-border payments inherently have more points of failure compared to domestic payments,” Citi Global Co-head of Payments and Receivables, Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) Amit Agarwal told PYMNTS in an interview late last year.To bring down these higher failed-payment rates, businesses looking to expand internationally should bolster their collaboration with their payment service providers (PSPs). The report found that this can offer merchants access to advanced tools and expertise that allow for efficient and reliable cross-border transactions

Wise Resumes Signing Customers In India To Tap $32 Billion Remittance Market

The cost of sending Bitcoin is now the cheapest it’s been in nearly one year—just as the price of the biggest cryptocurrency nears its all-time high. Data from Bitinfocharts shows that the average transaction cost on the Bitcoin blockchain stands at $0.73. That’s the lowest fee cost registered since August 2023, when it briefly touched 64 cents. When Decrypt tried to send $10,000 in Bitcoin, the suggested transaction fee was just $0.40—about one hundred times cheaper than sending a wire transfer from the U.S. to Europe via Wise.com, for example. The drop in transaction fees comes as the price of Bitcoin sits at $68,000 per coin after briefly hitting $70,000 on America’s biggest digital asset exchange, Coinbase, earlier on Monday.Bitcoin transaction fees typically soar when the network is busy: when lots of people are using the network, Bitcoiners have to compete with others to have their transactions processed by miners. Miners, or operators of powerful computers that process transactions and mint new coins, can charge higher amounts to get payments sent through quickly.  Back in April, the cost to send Bitcoin hit a record high of $128 per transaction as the network became clogged with activity following the launch of Runes, a new standard for creating tokens on the blockchain.Bitcoin hit a new all-time high in March of nearly $74,000. It has since struggled to stay above the $70,000 level.But now evidence points to an impending interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. America’s central bank hiked interest rates to a two-decade high following the Covid-19 pandemic to cool inflation. When interest rates are high, investors tend to back off buying “risk-assets” like crypto.Bitcoin’s latest resurgence also comes on the back of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s appearance at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, where he vowed to create a national “strategic Bitcoin stockpile” if elected.Edited by Andrew HaywardDaily Debrief NewsletterStart every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more

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Visa announced Tuesday (July 9) that it partnered with Zing, a FinTech that is part of the HSBC Group, to develop an international payments app that Zing launched in the United Kingdom in January. The Zing app allows members to hold funds in up to 10 different currencies, send more than 30 currencies, and transact in more than 200 countries and territories, the companies said in a Tuesday press release. “We shared a clear vision with our partners at Visa — that people all across the globe want easy to use, secure and trustworthy financial products that enable them to live their best international lives,” James Allan, CEO and founder at Zing, said in the release. “Zing delivers on that promise, and we look forward to building on this partnership in the future.”

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