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Why can't I open a Wise balance?

We’d like to offer balances to everyone. But there are countries and territories where you can’t open balances just yet:

A

  • Afghanistan

  • Albania

  • Algeria

  • American Samoa

  • Angola

  • Anguilla

  • Antarctica

  • Antigua and Barbuda

  • Argentina

  • Armenia

  • Aruba

  • Azerbaijan

B

  • Bahamas

  • Bangladesh

  • Barbados

  • Belarus

  • Belize

  • Benin

  • Bermuda

  • Bhutan

  • Bolivia

  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Botswana

  • British Indian Ocean Territory

  • British Virgin Islands

  • Brunei Darussalam

  • Burkina Faso

  • Burundi

C

  • Cambodia

  • Cameroon

  • Cape Verde

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Christmas Island

  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • Comoros

  • Cook Islands

  • Costa Rica

  • Cote d'Ivoire

  • Crimea

  • Cuba

D

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Djibouti

  • Dominica

  • Dominican Republic

E

  • Ecuador

  • Egypt

  • El Salvador

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Eritrea

  • Eswatini

  • Ethiopia

F

  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

  • Faroe Islands

  • Fiji

G

  • Gabon

  • Gambia

  • Ghana

  • Greenland

  • Grenada

  • Guatemala

  • Guinea

  • Guinea-Bissau

  • Guyana

H

  • Haiti

  • Heard and Mc Donald Islands

  • Honduras

  • Hong Kong

I

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Israel

J

  • Jamaica

  • Jordan

K

  • Kazakhstan

  • Kenya

  • Kiribati

  • Kosovo

  • Kyrgyzstan

L

  • Laos

  • Lebanon

  • Lesotho

  • Liberia

  • Libya

M

  • Madagascar

  • Malaysia (balances are only available for personal accounts)

  • Malawi

  • Maldives

  • Mali

  • Marshall Islands

  • Mauritania

  • Mauritius

  • Micronesia

  • Moldova

  • Mongolia

  • Morocco

  • Mozambique

  • Myanmar

N

  • Namibia

  • Nauru

  • Nepal

  • Netherlands Antilles

  • New Caledonia

  • Nicaragua

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Niue

  • Norfolk Island

  • North Korea

  • Northern Mariana Islands

O

  • Oman

P

  • Pakistan

  • Palau

  • Palestinian Territory

  • Panama

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Paraguay

  • Peru

  • Philippines

  • Pitcairn

R

  • Russia

  • Rwanda

S

  • Saint Kitts & Nevis

  • Saint Lucia

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Samoa

  • San Marino

  • Sao Tome and Principe

  • Senegal

  • Serbia

  • Sevastopol (city)

  • Seychelles

  • Sierra Leone

  • Solomon Islands

  • Somalia

  • South Sudan

  • Sri Lanka

  • Sudan

  • Suriname

  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen

  • Syria

T

  • Tajikistan

  • Tanzania

  • Territories of the United States

  • Timor-Leste

  • Togo

  • Tokelau

  • Tonga

  • Trinidad and Tobago

  • Tunisia

  • Turkey

  • Turkmenistan

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Tuvalu

U

  • Uganda

  • Ukraine

  • United Arab Emirates

  • United States Minor Outlying Islands

  • Uruguay

  • Uzbekistan

V

  • Vanuatu

  • Vatican City

  • Venezuela

  • Vietnam

W

  • Wallis and Futuna

  • Western Sahara

Y

  • Yemen

Z

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe

US state where you can’t open balances

  • Nevada (NV)

We can’t offer everyone USD account details yet. Check which countries you can get USD account details in. 

BRL accounts only in Brazil

You can only open a BRL account if you reside in Brazil.

Receive only accounts in India

Indian businesses can get account details in USD, GBP, EUR. They can use these details to receive money from international clients.

Balances are not available for personal accounts in India.


We sometimes need to make changes that only affect new accounts. It's possible that older Wise accounts have access to different features than new ones.

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