Co-founder and CEO of Wise, global tech company building the best way to move money around the world. Prior to starting Wise, Kristo was a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He worked with European banks and insurers to modernise their processes and systems. Stunned by their inefficiency, he teamed up with Taavet Hinrikus, then Skype's director of strategy, to develop an entirely new system for moving money across borders. Kristo was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers 2015.
We have been changing our fees on Wise over the last months. Some of you benefited as a lot of routes got cheaper, but you would have seen an increase in some...
We changed many of the fees on Wise this week. Some of you benefited as a lot of routes got cheaper, but some of you will also see an increase in some...
When we started Wise 12 years ago, we knew the problem we were tackling was a big one. Solving for hidden fees and rebuilding broken international financial...
In March this year we completed our visual rebrand, unveiling a new look inspired by the millions of people and businesses worldwide that use Wise today. It...
Over the past year, we started our journey as a public company. But our mission has remained the same. Taavet and I started Wise because the international...
Ten years ago we started Wise. We were both sick of losing money to our banks when making cross currency payments. We wanted to end that.
That’s a story that,...
Over the last few weeks you might’ve received a few emails from other financial brands you hold money with. This is because the Financial Conduct Authority...
Today, we’re changing our name from TransferWise to Wise.
Our customers now need us for more than money transfers. Sending, spending, and receiving money...
Welcome to the Wise Mission Update, our quarterly report on how we're keeping true to our mission of building money without borders: making money move...
Welcome to the Wise Mission Update, our quarterly report on how we're keeping true to our mission of building money without borders: making money move...
To the Wise community,
How much closer did we get to making our mission of Money Without Borders a reality in Q2 2020?
A reminder on our mission - we...
Right now, people really need to be able to move and manage their money around the world to support each other.
So we wanted to update you on what you can...
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To the Wise community,
We’ve just finished Q4 and have headed into a new year and new decade.
It’s time for an update on how much closer we’ve...
In August I was on the same flight with Itisam, one of the software engineers in the debit card team. We chatted about what he had been working on and then...
When ATMs and checkout terminals abroad offer to make the conversion, they always intend to profit from the bad exchange rate they use. Save by always...