Transparency comes to Europe, ish.
In January, we highlighted a new European regulation, CBPR2, because it was meant to lower fees for some payments in the EU. Since 15 December 2019, firms are...
In January, we highlighted a new European regulation, CBPR2, because it was meant to lower fees for some payments in the EU. Since 15 December 2019, firms are...
It’s not the first time we’ve celebrated good political decisions coming out of the European Union. After European policymakers put more transparency for...
Just before Christmas you may have been sent a message from your bank saying they won’t be charging you for making euro payments from non-euro countries like...
Over the last few years, we’ve been calling on Europe to make foreign exchange fairer. Every year, Europeans lose more than €12.5billion to hidden fees when...
On 5 November, MEPs voted to bring more transparency to international payments and make finance fairer. We brought players from the tech community together...
Last week, Wise took the Know What You Pay campaign to the streets outside Parliament. We were there to ask them to vote to support a regulation that...
On the 5th November, the European Parliament votes on a new law that could put an end to misleading currency conversion charges in the EU. The proposed law,...
We’ve all seen the ‘Free’, ‘0% Commission’ or ‘No fees’ signs in airports, banks or high street brokers, making us believe that we won’t be out of pocket when...
Wise, complaints service Resolver and fellow fintech Plum have launched Fight Overseas Fees, to expose the true cost of spending abroad, empowering...
Last week the Conservative Government published their response to the consultation on the Payment Services Regulations. It’s clear to consumers where their...
You have €1,000 which you want to convert into GBP (£). You are given an exchange rate of 0.8671 GBP (£) to the Euro (€). There is an upfront fee of €9,50...
