Wise Business Customer Agreement

Wise Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd.

Last updated: 16 September 2024

Go back If you are not a business, please see our personal Customer Agreement

Welcome to Wise

This Customer Agreement applies to our products and Services. It describes the rights and obligations of you and us and forms a legally binding contract between you and Wise when you register and use our services such as sending money to third party businesses or holding a balance with us.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW

Wise Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd. is not a bank regulated as a bank or finance company in Singapore and therefore the Singapore Deposit Insurance Scheme (SDIC) does not apply
You must agree to these terms to use our service. If you don’t agree you must not use our Services
You can access and use our Services via our website or App or through social media, API or an authorised third party
Our Pricing Page shows all our fees. You’ll always see our fees upfront
There are certain types of business and transactions we do not support. These are known as ‘restricted activities’ and we tell you about them in our Acceptable Use Policy . You must read this carefully to make sure you do not carry out any of these activities. If you do, we may stop you from using our Services
When you use our Money Transfer service you might be doing business with another Wise entity depending on the currency. These Wise entities and the currencies that apply are listed here
Your profile and Wise Account are for your business use.
You must keep your security details safe and not allow anyone else to use our Services on your behalf, other than Authorised Users. Any use of our Services from your profile or Wise Account is deemed to be approved by you.
We might suspend your access to our Services if we think your profile or Wise Account might be compromised, you engage in a restricted activity or we believe you may have or will violate any applicable laws
We hope you enjoy using Wise, but if you want to stop using our Services or close your Wise Account you can contact Customer Support
If you have a complaint about our Services, please follow our Customer Complaint Procedure

1. About this Customer Agreement

1.1 This Business Customer Agreement is a contract between your Business (“you”) and Wise Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd. (“Wise/us/we”) which defines the terms and conditions on which we provide our Services to you (the “Agreement”). Reference to 'you' includes a sole trader, freelancer, limited or public company, or partnership.

1.2 This Agreement refers to and incorporates by reference additional documents (the “Additional Documents”), which also apply to your use of our Services, including:

a. Our Acceptable Use Policy, which sets out the allowed and restricted uses of our Services.
b. Our Pricing Page, which sets out our pricing and how it works.

You should read these along with our Privacy Policy.

1.3 By using our Services, you confirm that you accept and agree to this Agreement in its most current form as posted on our Website, App or by an API Partner. If you do not agree, you must not use our Services.

1.4 When paying for a Money Transfer in a currency other than Singapore Dollars (SGD), you may be doing business with a different Wise entity as listed here. In those cases, your money will be held in accordance with the regulations and licences applicable to such entity.

1.5 Where there are any differences between this Agreement, the Additional Documents or information we provide on our Website, App or via an API Partner, the terms in this Agreement will take priority.

1.6 To receive some of our Services, such as our Assets products, you may be asked to agree to additional terms and conditions which we will tell you about before you use that service.

1.7 How this Agreement applies to you. If you only use our Services to make Money Transfers or maintain a profile with Wise without a Wise Account, then you agree to this Agreement each time you use our service in this way. When you open a Wise Account, this Agreement applies to that Wise Account whilst the Wise Account is open.

1.8 Future changes. We may update this Agreement from time to time as set out in ‘Our right to make changes’ at section 29. Any changes made to this Agreement will take effect as soon as the Agreement is on our Website and App or on the date notified to you.

1.9 You can always see the most current version of this Agreement on our Website. If you would like a copy of this Agreement, you can download it or contact Customer Support.

2. Defined words in this Agreement

2.1 In this Agreement, capitalised words are defined in brackets within the Agreement or Additional Documents or have the meaning set out below:

API means the application programming interface provided by Wise, for example, through an API Partner.

API Partner means a business we have partnered with for Wise to offer our Services through their website, mobile application or similar.

App means our mobile application software, the data supplied with the software and the associated media.

Business means the limited company, sole trader, freelancer, limited or public company, or partnership, as applicable.

Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in Singapore when financial institutions in Singapore are open for business.

Card means your Wise Card (including any replacement card as applicable).

Chargeback means the person sending you the money has made a claim to their bank or payment provider that money was sent to you illegitimately, or the payment to Wise fails due to insufficient funds, account closed or any other reason.

GST means Goods and Services Tax and refers to:

a. any GST or other turnover taxes imposed in Singapore on the provision of goods and services, under relevant legislation and / or statutes; and
b. to the extent not included in paragraph (a) above, any tax in the nature of goods and services tax, consumption tax, supply or value added tax, sales tax, turnover tax, business tax (including gross receipts tax), digital services taxes, profit participation contributions (PIS), social security financing contributions (COFINS), Municipal Service Tax (ISS) or any similar tax or taxes whether imposed in Singapore, a member of the European Union or United Kingdom, or imposed elsewhere in the world in substitution for, or levied in addition to, the taxes referred to in the above paragraphs or imposed elsewhere. Any other words or expressions used in this definition and which are defined in the tax legislation of the relevant country have the same meaning as in that legislation.

Intellectual Property means (i) rights in, and in relation to, any trademarks, logos, patents, registered designs, design rights, copyright and related rights, moral rights, databases, domain names, utility models, and including registrations and applications for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights, and similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world; (ii) rights in the nature of unfair competition rights and to sue for passing off and for past infringement; and (iii) trade secrets, confidentiality and other proprietary rights, including rights to know how and other technical information.

Money Transfer means a direct transfer of funds paid by you, without using funds in your Wise Account, to a designated recipient that is sent using Wise. In some currencies, you may only be able to convert and send funds using your Wise Account and cannot make a direct Money Transfer.

Reversal means the funds received by you are reversed, returned or clawed back for any reason. For example, due to insufficient funds or account closure.

Services means all products, services, content, features, technologies, or functions offered by us and all related websites, applications (including the App), and service models (including the Website and via an API Partner), and including the Wise Account, the currency conversion and Money Transfer and Wise business offerings.

Third Party Materials has the meaning given in section 23.

Website means any Wise webpage, including www.wise.com, where we provide the Services to you.

Wise Account means a business multi-currency account held by customers at Wise, which may include a Jar. We may also call this a ‘Wise Business Account’.

3. Who we are and how to contact us?

3.1 We are Wise Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of Singapore with Unique Entity Number 201422384R ("Wise", "we", "us", or "our" as applicable).

3.2 Our Registered address. Our registered address is 1 Paya Lebar Link, PLQ2, #13-06, Paya Lebar Quarter, Singapore 408533. This office is not publicly open to you or other members of the public.

3.3 We are licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) as a Major Payment Institution under the Payment Services Act 2019 of Singapore (“PSA”) to carry on the regulated payment services (i) account issuance services; (ii) domestic money transfer service; (iii) cross-border money transfer services; and (iv) e-money issuance service. Please note that such licensing does not guarantee the performance of the major payment institution licensee. You take the risks associated with fluctuations in the relevant exchange rates over time from any remittance or Services.

3.4 How to contact us. You can contact us by email, web chat (if available) or telephone by logging into Wise or through our Help Centre.

USING OUR SERVICES

4. Our Services under this Agreement

4.1 Overview. Each of our Services works slightly differently, here we provide an overview of the services covered by this Agreement and the terms that apply to all the Services under this Agreement. You should carefully read the section of the Service you intend to use:

a. Converting Currency. You can convert one currency to another either as a Money Transfer, using your Wise Account or spending on your Card.
b. Your Wise Account. Wise Account is a multi-currency account that allows you to hold, spend, send, and receive money as well as convert currency. Where possible you may also have a Card.
c. Money Transfer. You don’t need to have a Wise Account to send money. You can carry out a Money Transfer when you log into Wise subject to our terms.

5. Who Can Use Our Services?

5.1 Requirement. Your Business must be organised or registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority in Singapore to use our Services.

5.2 One Wise Account, one profile. Your Business may only open one Wise Account and one profile.

5.3 You must have authority to bind your Business. You must confirm that you in fact have authority to bind the Business on whose behalf you use our Services, and the Business accepts the terms of this Agreement. We may ask you at any time to provide proof of such authority. If you do not provide proof of authority that is acceptable to us, we may close or suspend the Wise Account or Services held by your Business or deny you access. This may be in favour of others who can provide proof of such authority.

5.4 Authorised Users. You can authorise others to access, use or operate a Wise Account or otherwise use our Services on behalf of a Business (but not by or on behalf of an individual) (an “Authorised User”). You acknowledge that if you provide such access to an Authorised User, we’ll deal with such Authorised User as if they were you for the purposes of this Agreement including any conduct related to a balance held in the Wise Account or other instructions, such as withdrawing or sending money. You will be bound by anything done by any Authorised User, even if they do something that is outside the scope of the authority you gave them. You acknowledge that Wise will not be liable for any verification of the authority of your Authorised Users to act on behalf of your Business. You also acknowledge that we may disclose certain information about your profile or Wise Account to any Authorised User and that we are not responsible for your Authorised User’s use of that information. Granting permission to any Authorised User does not relieve you of your responsibilities under this Agreement, including notifying us if your Wise Account has been compromised or if a transaction is suspected to be incorrect or unauthorised.

5.3 Disputes with Authorised Users. Disputes between you and an Authorised User relating to your Wise Account or our Services are a matter between you and the Authorised User. You recognise that Wise is not a party to any claim or dispute between you and your Authorised Users. Because you are bound by the actions of Authorised Users, it’s very important that you choose Authorised Users carefully. We suggest you regularly reassess who can be an Authorised User and regularly review the activity undertaken by Authorised Users.

6. Getting Started

6.1 Using our Services. To start using our Services, you must create a profile and provide certain information about your Business as prompted by us.

6.2 Information must be accurate. All information you provide to us must be complete, accurate and truthful always. You must update this information whenever it changes. We cannot be responsible for any loss arising out of your failure to do so. We may ask you at any time to confirm the accuracy of your information and/or provide additional supporting documents.

6.3 Security and customer due diligence checks. We are required by law to conduct certain security and customer due diligence checks on you to provide any Services to you and allow you to have and maintain a Wise Account. Sometimes, we might also need to perform checks on other parties involved in a particular transaction (for example, on your recipient).

6.4 Information requests. You agree to comply with any request from us for further information and provide such information in a format acceptable to us. In addition, you agree that we may make, directly or through any third party, any inquiries we consider necessary to validate the information you provided to us, including checking commercial databases or credit reports. You authorise us to obtain one or more of your credit reports, from time to time, to establish, update, or renew your Wise Account with us or in the event of a dispute relating to this Agreement or our Services. You agree we may disclose certain information about your Business and Authorised Users, including relevant individuals’ names, residential addresses, and dates of birth to a credit reporting agency to obtain a credit report for these purposes.

6.5 Tax information requests. We are required by law to collect and report information in compliance with international standards, specifically Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

6.6 You must provide accurate self-certification information including but not limited to tax residencies information and Taxpayer Identification Number with respect to each tax residency.

6.7 Wise reserves the right to close, suspend, or limit access to your Wise Account or the Services in the event we are unable to obtain or verify any information related to you or your transaction.

6.8 Wise may offer additional features to enhance your Wise Account from time to time, such as connections to third party accounting software. We may stop offering those at any time without prior notice to you.

7. Staying Safe While Using Our Services

7.1 We recommend you use the Services to send money to trusted and verified businesses and third parties that are known to you or that you have already done business with. You should be cautious when sending money to the recipients you don’t know and have never dealt with before.

7.2 When accessing your Wise Account or profile, you should at the minimum do the following:

a. Change your password regularly and ensure that it is not reused for other online accounts.
b. Never share your login details with anyone else. This includes the membership number, password or other security credentials. If you suspect that your account may be accessed by someone else, contact Customer Support. We will never ask you for your password.
c. Always use strong passwords, for example ones that use a mixture of letters, numbers, and symbols. Here is recommended guidance you can follow.
d. Set up 2-step authentication, if applicable.
e. Keep your email account secure. You may reset your password using your email address. Let Customer Support know immediately if your email account becomes compromised.
f. Regularly update the App on your device to the latest version available.
g. Regularly update your device’s browser to the latest version available.
h. Maintain your device’s operating systems with regular security updates provided by the operating system provider.
i. Install and maintain the latest anti-virus software on your device, where applicable.
j. It is essential to ensure every time you are entering your Wise username and password that it is only ever on our official App (downloaded from the iOS or Android store) or if via a browser, at wise.com. Emails and SMS messages sent by fraudsters may lead to fake login portals that could phish your login information and 2-step authentication details. Similarly, criminals can place malicious adverts on search engines that lead to fake websites of trusted businesses, including Wise. More information on how to avoid falling for phishing scams can be found on our website here.
k. If you suspect you have become a victim of a scam, contact our Customer Support.
l. You must make all reasonable efforts to secure any record of your password including keeping the record in a secure electronic or physical location accessible or known only to you, or in a place where the record is unlikely to be found by a third party.

7.3 You must not:

a. Disclose your login credentials or your 2-step authentication details to anyone. You must keep them safe. For example, you should not voluntarily disclose your Wise Account password to a third party.
b. Disclose your Wise Account password in a recognisable way for any Wise Account, on any device or App.
c. Let anyone access your Wise Account or profile or watch you accessing it, including letting someone else take remote control of your device(s).
d. Keep a record of your login details or passwords in a way that allows any third party to misuse or obtain the password to your Wise Account. For example, you should not use any functionality that allows your login details or passwords to be stored by the computer or browser you are using or to be cached or otherwise recorded.
e. Do anything which may in any way avoid or compromise the 2-step authentication process.

7.4 Contact us if you suspect your Wise Account or profile has been compromised. Without prejudice to sections 26 and 27, if you suspect your Wise Account, profile or other login credentials are stolen, lost, used without your authorisation or otherwise compromised, you must contact Customer Support immediately. We recommend that you both call and email Customer Support right away. You can also freeze your Card with immediate effect on our App under the Card tab. You are also advised to change your password.

7.5 Any delays in notifying us of a compromised account may affect the security of your account and result in losses that you would be responsible for. You must provide us with any reasonable assistance we require from you to investigate and take any action required to secure your account.

7.6 Extra Services you use may have additional security requirements and you must familiarise yourself with those.

7.7 You are responsible for ensuring that your information technology, computer programmes and platform is configured to access our Services. We cannot guarantee that our Services will be free from bugs or viruses.

8. Limits on How You Can Use Our Service

8.1 Business purposes. You may only use our Services for business purposes. If you require a product or Service dedicated to your personal activities, you can open a personal Wise Account with us.

8.2 You must not misuse our systems. You must not misuse our systems by:

a. Introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other materials which are malicious or technologically harmful;
b. Taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our websites, software, systems (including any networks and servers used to provide any of the Services) operated by us or on our behalf, or attacking our Website, App or API with any type of denial-of-service attack;
c. Using an anonymizing proxy; use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our websites without our prior written permission; or use any device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers; or
d. Interfering disrupting or attempting to interfere or to gain unauthorised access to our Website, software, API, systems (including any networks and servers used to provide any of the Wise Services) operated by us or on our behalf, any of the Wise Services or other users’ use of any of the Wise Services.

8.3 You must not misuse our Services. You must not misuse our Services by:

a. Breaching this Agreement, Additional Document, or any other agreement between you and any Wise entity;
b. Violating any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation (for example, those governing financial services, consumer protections, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising).
c. Infringing Wise’s Intellectual Property.
d. Selling counterfeit goods.
e. Acting in a manner that is defamatory, libellous, threatening or harassing.
f. Providing false, inaccurate or misleading information.
g. Sending or receiving what we believe to be potentially fraudulently gained funds.
h. Refusing to cooperate in an investigation or provide confirmation of your identity or any information requested by us.
i. Attempting to “double dip” during a dispute or claim by receiving or attempting to receive funds from both Wise and a third party (e.g., a merchant), bank or card issuer for the same transaction.
j. Using Wise’s Services in a manner that results in or may result in;
- i. complaints to or about Wise;
- ii. requests by third parties to invalidate payments made to you; or
- iii. fees, fines, penalties or other liability or losses to Wise, other Wise customers, third parties or you;
k. Using our Services in a manner that Wise, a card network or any other electronic funds transfer network believes to be an abuse of the card system or a violation of card association or network rules;
l. Allowing your Wise Account to have a negative balance;
m. Accessing the Wise Services from a country that Wise is not permitted to operate;
n. Taking any action that may cause us to lose any of the services from our internet service providers, payment processors, or other suppliers or service providers;
o. Circumventing this Agreement or any Additional Document or Wise policy or determinations about your Wise Account such as temporary or indefinite suspensions or other account holds, limitations or restrictions, including, but not limited to, engaging in the following actions:
- i. Attempting to open new or additional Wise account(s) or profile(s) when an account has a negative balance or has been restricted, suspended or otherwise limited.
- ii. Opening new or additional Wise Accounts or profiles using information that is not your own (e.g., name, address, email address, etc.), or using someone else’s Wise Account.
- iii. Continuing to use or access our Services where your Business is no longer eligible or there's been a material change to your Business that affects your verification status with us.
- iv. Harassing, being abusive towards and/or threatening our employees, agents, or other customers.
- v. Abusing a card network dispute resolution process.

8.4 We may suspend your Wise Account or your access to our Services. We may suspend your profile or Wise Account, or restrict its functionality if we have reasonable concerns about:

a. the security of your Wise Account or your profile;
b. suspected unauthorised or fraudulent use of your Wise Account or our Services; or
c. suspected violations of this Agreement or the Additional Documents, including our Acceptable Use Policy.

8.5 We will give you notice of any suspension or restriction and the reasons for such suspension or restriction as soon as we can, either before the suspension or restriction is put in place, or soon after, unless notifying you would be unlawful or compromise our reasonable security measures.

8.6 The actions we may take if you misuse our Services or systems

If we believe that any of the activities listed in this section 8 have been taken by you, we may take several actions to protect Wise, its customers and others at any time and at our sole discretion. The actions we may take include, but are not limited to, the following.

a. Terminating this Agreement immediately.
b. Suspending your Wise Account or your profile, during which time your Wise Account and profile will remain open but is not able to be operated or may be subject to restrictions, or you may not be able to use our Services, until we remove the suspension.
c. Closing your Wise Account and terminating your access to our Services, which means your Wise Account is deactivated and/or your profile will not be available, without notice, and without penalty to us.
d. Reporting suspected breach of law, regulation, or criminal statute to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and we will cooperate with those authorities, including by disclosing your identity to them.
e. Refusing to provide our Services to you or your businesses or affiliates in the future.
f. Limiting your access to our Website, App, software, systems (including any networks and servers used to provide any of the Wise Services) operated by us or on our behalf, your Wise Account or any of the Services, including limiting your ability to pay, convert or send money with any of the payment methods linked to your Wise Account, restricting your ability to send money or make withdrawals.
g. Holding the balance in your Wise Account if reasonably needed to protect against the risk of liability or if we reasonably believe you have violated our Acceptable Use Policy.
h. Contacting your bank or credit card issuer, other impacted third parties, or law enforcement about your actions.
i. Updating inaccurate information you provided us.
j. Taking legal action against you, including seeking damages and reimbursement for losses and fees.

8.7 Court Orders. If we are notified of a court order or other legal process (including garnishment or any equivalent process) affecting you, or if we otherwise believe we are required to do so in order to comply with court order, applicable law or regulatory requirements, we may be required to take certain actions, including holding payments to/from your Wise Account, placing a reserve or limitation on your Wise Account, or releasing your funds. We will decide, in our sole discretion, which action is required of us. Unless the court order, applicable law, regulatory requirement or other legal process requires otherwise, we will attempt to notify you of these actions using the contact information that you have provided to us. We do not have an obligation to contest or appeal any court order or legal process involving you, your Wise Account or your use of our Services. When we implement a hold, reserve or limitation because of a court order, applicable law, regulatory requirement or other legal process, the hold, reserve or limitation may remain in place as long as reasonably necessary.

9. Closing your Wise Account or stopping your use of Wise

9.1 You may stop using Wise and/or close your Wise Account at any time. This Agreement continues until your Wise Account is terminated. You may close your Wise Account and/or end your ability to use our Services at any time by following the steps provided by us on our Website, App or via an API Partner.

9.2 If you want to close your Wise Account, you should withdraw your funds. You must withdraw your funds before your Wise Account closes. At the time of closure, if you still have funds in your Wise Account, you will no longer have access to them, but you can still withdraw your money by contacting Customer Support.

9.3 Remaining funds may be subject to additional checks. After closure or deactivation of your Wise Account, you may be subject to additional checks before Wise is able to return the funds back to you.

9.4 When you may not close your Wise Account or delete your profile. You must not close your Wise Account or delete your profile to evade an investigation (either by Wise or an enforcement agency) or if you have a pending transaction or an open dispute or claim. If you attempt to do this, we may hold your money for a period that is reasonably necessary to protect our or a third party’s interest.

9.5 We may prevent your account from being closed or delete your profile if you have a negative balance or if your Wise Account is subject to a hold, limitation, or reserve.

9.6 You are responsible for your Wise Account after closure. You agree that you will continue to be responsible for all obligations related to your Wise Account and your use of our Services, even after it is closed or you have stopped using our Services. For example, if you have a negative balance with Wise, you will remain responsible for paying us even after your Wise Account is closed and/or you have deleted your profile. For more information, see “What happens if you owe us money” at section 28.11.

9.7 We may end this Agreement at any time without giving any prior notice. We may, at any time, terminate this Agreement and close your Wise Account or any Services associated with it without giving any prior notice or reason for doing so.

9.8 You cannot use the App if this Agreement ends. On termination for any reason all rights granted to you in connection with the App shall cease.

10. How much will you pay?

10.1 Registering for Wise and/or opening a Wise Account may incur a charge. You may incur a fee when you use parts of our Services such as sending money, converting currencies, getting a card, or receiving wire payments.

10.2 You must pay our fees. We may not process your transaction(s) or provide any other Services to you until we have received the fees from you. Our fees do not include any fees that an API Partner, your bank, the recipient’s bank or other third party may separately charge.

10.3 You can see our fee structure on the Pricing Page. The fees set out in our Pricing Page will be applicable to you when you use our Services and forms part of this Agreement. We may charge you a variable fee during periods of potential heightened volatility or unpredictability in the foreign exchange market, as determined by Wise. We will let you know if this fee is applicable when you set up your order, for more information please visit our Help Centre. It is important that you read and agree to these fees before you use our Services. We may make changes to our fees as set out in “Our right to make changes” at section 29.

10.4 We can make deductions for amounts you owe us. You agree that we are authorised to deduct our fees, any applicable Reversal amounts, or any amounts you owe us from your Wise Account, including negative Wise Account balances and funds held in a Jar. If you don’t have sufficient funds in your Wise Account to cover these amounts, we may refuse to execute pending or future transactions or provide any Services to you and may deduct funds sent to us for Services in the future.

10.5 Taxes. You are responsible for any taxes which may be due by you because of your use of our Services, and it is your responsibility to collect, report and pay the correct tax to the appropriate tax authority.

10.6 GST applicability.

a. Unless set out elsewhere in this Agreement, all Services provided by us and the fees on these are exclusive of any applicable GST.
b. Where any such Service provided by us is subject to GST, you will pay GST over to us in addition to the agreed fees.
c. The GST will be payable at the same time as the underlying fee, except where you have the responsibility to self account for such GST to a tax authority, and we have no obligations in respect of GST in Singapore or elsewhere.

CONVERTING CURRENCY

11. Currency Conversion

11.1 Our Services include the ability to convert currencies, for example:

a. As part of a Money Transfer;
b. In your Wise Account, when you add money in one currency and then later use those funds to send money to a third party, spend money on your Card or withdraw money in a different currency; or
c. In your Wise Account, when you hold a balance in one currency and then convert it to a different currency.

11.2 Exchange rate. When we refer to an exchange rate in this Agreement, it means the exchange rate at the relevant time for the relevant currency pair (for example, GBP to EUR, USD to AUD) that is offered by Wise., which is typically provided by a reference rate provider and usually the mid market exchange rate. We may change our reference rate provider from time to time without notice to you.

11.3 For some currencies, we do not use the mid-market exchange rate, including where we are required by law to use a different reference rate for the exchange rate for your currency pair. For these currencies we will notify you of the exchange rate offered by Wise when you initiate a current conversion.

11.4 We may not process your currency conversion order until we hold or have received the funds and specified fees. It is your responsibility to ensure money that you fund a currency conversion order (whether through your Wise Account as part of a Money Transfer or any other Service we provide) in a timely manner. We cannot be responsible for the time it takes for the money to be sent to us by your bank or payment service provider. A conversion fee will apply when we perform a currency conversion, for more information on the applicable fees, please refer to the Pricing Page.

11.5 Refusing a currency conversion order. We reserve the right to refuse any currency conversion order if the conditions set out in this Agreement have not been met. Reasons for refusal may include but are not limited to incorrect information about a recipient, insufficient available funds, or where we believe you may have violated this Agreement, including where we believe you are or may be attempting to engage in currency trading or other trading for purposes not permitted by this Agreement. We will endeavour to notify you of any refusal, using the contact information that you have provided to us, stating (where possible) the reasons for such refusal and explaining how to correct any errors. However, we will not notify you if such notification may be unlawful.

11.6 Confirmation of currency conversion order. Each currency conversion order is given a unique transaction number which is shown in the order confirmation and transaction history. You should quote this transaction number when communicating with us about a particular currency conversion order.

YOUR WISE ACCOUNT

12. Information about your Wise Account

12.1 About your Wise Account

a. Your Wise Account allows your Business to hold, spend, send and receive funds and convert currency.
b. The funds held on your Wise Account do not expire.
c. The funds held on your Wise Account will not earn any interest or return.
d. You may hold your funds in any currencies that we support from time to time.
e. You may withdraw funds from your Wise Account at any time subject to certain conditions, please see section 13 “Withdrawing funds from your Wise account” for more details.
f. The funds held on your Wise Account belong to your Business as the registered Wise Account holder.
g. You may not place a charge or other form of security over your Wise Account.
h. We may place certain limits on your Wise Account depending on your Business type, country of domicile, verification status or other legal considerations. You can contact our Customer Support team for more information about these limits. We will determine your country of domicile on the basis of such evidence as we may determine.
i. We may at our sole and absolute discretion reject a requested transaction, or refund a payment or other transaction, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, where the value of your Wise Account could directly or indirectly exceed any value permitted under the applicable laws and regulations or any other regulatory or risk limit prescribed for that Wise Account.

12.2 Your funds in the Wise Account are “e-money” for purposes of the PSA.

12.3 Wise is not a bank, and your Wise Account is not a bank account. The funds held with Wise, including balances in your Wise Account, are not insured by any deposit protection scheme, including the Deposit Insurance Scheme established under the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011 of Singapore.

12.4 Account Details. When Wise provides you with Account Details (as described further below), these Account Details are a means to receive funds from third parties into a bank account held by Wise and its affiliates. Wise can credit your Wise Account when you use these Account Details, and they are not a bank account number for a bank account held by you. If you provide these Account Details to a third party, you agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting payment of funds to that account.

12.5 How we protect your money. As Wise is not a bank, we use safeguarding to protect your money. In accordance with the regulatory requirement under the PSA, Wise keeps your money in its name in established financial institutions. Your money is deposited in SGD (or in SGD equivalent) into one or both of the dedicated and segregated accounts held by us with each of DBS Bank Ltd (DBS) and the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC Bank) as our safeguarding institutions. If money in your Wise Account is held in currency(ies) other than SGD, we will convert such money to SGD using either Reuters mid-market rates or where Reuters mid-market rates are unavailable, XE mid-market rates, before placing such SGD or SGD equivalent amounts with DBS and/or OCBC for safeguarding. We do not offer interest on monies in your Wise Account. Interest on monies held on trust are not payable to you.

12.6 All monies in the dedicated customer segregated accounts are held on trust by us for you. Such monies in the dedicated customer segregated accounts are always kept separately from the accounts we use to run Wise, and we will not use the money held in such accounts to repay any debts that we may owe to any other party. If we were to become insolvent, you will be able to make a claim for your funds from the segregated accounts. We’d return your money in the Wise Account to you in SGD, and where your monies held in the Wise Account is held in currency(ies) other than SGD, we will use the Reuters mid-market rates or where Reuters mid-market rates unavailable, XE mid-market rates, to determine the SGD equivalent amount to be paid to you on the day when pay-out instruction is given. Please note that you may not get all your money back in SGD equivalent if (i) the funds in the dedicated and segregated accounts held by us with DBS and OCBC are insufficient to meet the pay-out instruction; or (ii) if the safeguarding institution becomes insolvent.

For further information on how we safeguard your money, please visit the Help Centre.

12.7 Adding money to your Wise Account. To add funds to your Wise Account, you need to log in to Wise and follow the steps. You may be presented with one or more methods of adding funds to your Wise Account. For example, you may be able to use a bank transfer, authorise Wise to debit the money from your bank or payment account with a third party, or use a credit card or debit card (in this Agreement, we will call these methods “Pay-in Methods”). Any Pay-In Method that you use to add money to your Wise Account must be in your name.

12.8 Pay-in Methods. The Pay-in Methods made available to you will depend on a few factors including where you live and your verification status with us. You will see the available Pay-In Method when you choose to add funds to your Wise Account. We cannot guarantee the availability of any particular Pay-in Method and we may change or stop offering a Pay-in Method at any time without notice to you.

12.9 Adding money with your debit or credit card. Where you can use a debit or credit card as your Pay-in Method to add money to your Wise Account, you will need to provide your card details to us. This will include your card number and cardholder name. When you choose to add money via debit or credit card, you confirm that your card details are correct, that you are authorised to access and transmit funds from your card account, that your card account is in good standing with the account provider and that you have the authority to initiate a debit or credit card payment in the amount at issue from your card account. You will need to pay any fees incurred from adding money by using your debit or credit card.

12.10 Chargebacks on your Pay-in Method. If you select a Pay-in Method which can be subject to chargeback (for example a credit card), you agree that you will only exercise this chargeback right if:

a. we have breached this Agreement; or
b. there was an unauthorised use of your Pay-in Method , meaning that you did not execute or authorise the payment.

You agree that you will not exercise your chargeback right for any other reason. If we need to investigate or take any actions in connection with a chargeback caused by or related to you, we may charge you for our costs in doing so and we may deduct this amount from your Wise Account, limit your access to our Services until the investigation is complete. In serious circumstances, including where there are unusually high or frequent amounts of chargebacks, we may close your Wise Account.

12.11 Restrictions on adding Money. We only offer the Pay-In Methods you see when you access our Services. Other methods, such as a paper or e-cheque, and cash will not be accepted. For legal, security, or other reasons, there may be financial limits on your chosen Pay-in Methods or currencies, including how much you can add to your Wise Account. We will let you know at the time of adding money if there is a limit.

12.12 Receiving money to your Wise Account from other sources. In certain currencies, we may provide you with local account details that you or a third party can use to send money directly to your Wise Account (“Account Details”). The Account Details that we provide to you are only a means to receive funds from third parties into a bank account held by Wise and its affiliates, so that Wise can credit your Wise Account that is held at the Wise entity described in the beginning of this Agreement (regardless of currency), and are not a bank account number for a bank account held by you.

12.13 We may carry out verification checks when you request Account Details in addition to the checks required to obtain a Wise Account, and we may carry out further checks on an ad-hoc basis. From time to time your Account Details may change. When this occurs, we will notify you, and you are responsible for updating third parties and other arrangements you may have to receive funds using your Account Details. Wise is not responsible for issues that arise when Account Details are changed, and it is your responsibility to notify third parties that your Account Details have changed.

12.14 When money received is shown in your Wise Account. Any money you receive into your Wise Account will be e-money for purposes of the PSA, and recorded in your transaction history. You should check and confirm the receipt of incoming funds in your Wise Account regularly and let us know if there are any irregularities or discrepancies.

12.15 When we will credit your Wise Account. We are not responsible for the funds you have added until we have received them. For clarity, when you add funds to your Wise Account, we are the recipient of those funds. This means the bank or payment service provider you used to send the funds to us is the one responsible for making sure we receive them so that we can credit them to your Wise Account.

12.16 We will credit your Wise Account once we have received your funds. For some Pay-in Methods such as a credit or debit card, we may credit the funds before we receive the funds subject to our right of Reversal. This means if we credit your Wise Account for the full amount you intended to add but this amount does not reach us, we will deduct that amount from your Wise Account. If you have already spent the funds, this could make your Wise Account have a negative balance (see “What happens if you owe us money” at section 28.11).

12.17 Adding Money by Wire or PayNow. If you choose to add money using PayNow or domestic wire transfer method (including FAST), then your transaction order will remain inactive until we receive your funds to our specified account via PayNow or domestic wire transfer. In cases where for any reason the transaction is cancelled or refused, then we will return the deposit to your bank account from which the transfer originated. In the event that we are unable to return the deposit, then we will contact you using the most current contact information in your Wise Account.

12.18 Receiving Money by PayNow or Wire. You may receive funds into your Wise Account using PayNow or the domestic wire transfer method (including FAST and bank transfers). These account details are offered by our third-party banking partner(s). If you choose to receive money using this method, you will not have access to such funds until we receive the cleared funds.

12.19 Tax obligations of a Wise Business Account. You may be required to disclose and pay withholding tax (or other similar tax in nature) when making payments via Wise Business Account. It is your responsibility to determine the applicable taxes that apply to payments made or received through Wise Business Account, and to collect, report and pay the applicable tax to the tax authorities, where applicable.

13. Withdrawing funds from your Wise Account

13.1 You can request to withdraw your funds. You may withdraw all or some of the balance in your Wise Account. We may charge you a fee for each withdrawal request, we will let you know the exact amount when you submit your request. You can also find out more information about the fees we charge on the Pricing Page.

13.2 Pay-out Methods available to you. You may be presented with one or more methods of withdrawal (in this Agreement, we will call these methods "Pay-out Methods"). The number of Pay-out Methods made available to you will depend on a few factors including where you live and your verification status with us. We cannot guarantee the use of any Pay-out Method and may change or stop offering a Pay-out Method at any time without notice to you.

13.3 You must provide correct information to us. When setting up your withdrawal request, you must ensure that the information you provide is correct and complete. We will not be responsible for money sent to the wrong recipient because of incorrect information provided by you.

13.4 What happens if you provide incorrect recipient information. If you have provided incorrect information to us, we may, but are not required to, assist you in recovering your funds. We cannot guarantee that such efforts will be successful as they rely on the policies and practices of other banks and institutions. In addition, Wise may not be able to confirm that your recipient’s name and account number match, as the names and other information associated with third party accounts may not be known to Wise. This means that if you provide an incorrect account number, your funds will most likely go to the wrong account.

13.5 Your withdrawal request is subject to limits. You agree that your Wise Account is subject to withdrawal limits. If your withdrawal request exceeds the current limit, we may decline your request or we may require you to provide additional documents to us so that we can carry out additional checks before allowing the money to be withdrawn.

13.6 Delay in withdrawal. We may delay a withdrawal in certain situations, including if we need to confirm that the withdrawal has been authorised, to complete verification checks, or if other payments to your Wise Account have been reversed (for example, because of a chargeback or Reversal). We cannot be held responsible for any such delays, provided that we have acted reasonably in delaying a withdrawal.

13.7 Finality. Pay-outs, currency conversions and Card or other transactions executed by us are final and irrevocable once you request them, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or pursuant to applicable law.

14. Reversals and Chargebacks

14.1 Funds added or received to your Wise Account may be subject to Reversal or chargeback. Funds added to your Wise Account could be Reversed or subject to a chargeback, which means that you will not get those funds credited to your Wise Account. A Reversal or chargeback may occur where the funds added to your Wise Account are Reversed by Wise, or Reversed to or subject to a chargeback by the person paying you the money or the payment provider.

14.2 When a Reversal or chargeback may happen. You may be liable for and/or have funds reversed or be subject to a chargeback when, without limitation, we have reason to believe:

a. Wise, or any other party, sent the amount received to you in error;
b. The amount received was unauthorised or fraudulently undertaken or induced;
c. The amount received was received for activities that appear to have violated a law, this Agreement, the Acceptable Use Policy, or any other agreement between you and Wise;
d. The amount received is, for any reason, Reversed by the sender or a payment provider; or
e. Any other error that may result in your Wise Account being credited in circumstances where you are not the lawful recipient and/or lawfully entitled to retain the amount received.

14.3 If any funds are Reversed by the sender or any payment provider, you agree that Wise may refund, deduct or Reverse the amount of the funds plus any fees from your Wise Account (if applicable) in the same currency as the original transaction. If your Wise Account balance for the relevant currency is insufficient to cover the amount of a refund or Reversal, Wise may at its discretion perform a currency conversion to refund or Reverse the transaction, subject to the exchange rate being offered by Wise in the applicable currencies at that time. If a Reversal or chargeback causes you to have a negative balance, you will be immediately liable to Wise for the negative balance plus any losses to Wise, if any.

14.4 Chargeback Fees. If you receive a debit or credit card-funded payment into your Wise Account and you (or a third party) pursue a chargeback for the transaction with the card issuer, then Wise may apply a fee in accordance with our Pricing Page, for facilitating the chargeback process and will remove the chargeback funds from your Wise Account, including funds held in a Jar.

15. Maintaining your Wise Account

15.1 Transaction history is displayed on your Wise Account. All your transactions (including your current balance, funds you have added, received, sent and/or withdrawn), related fees and exchange rates, if applicable, are recorded in the statement section of your Wise Account.

15.2 Statements. You have the right to request a physical account statement showing your Wise Account activity by contacting Customer Support. You may view your Wise Account statement by logging into your Wise Account. You may be able to view your Wise Account in a way that some of your transactions are hidden. This is to allow you to isolate transactions from recipients to determine your spending with those recipients. You will need to readjust your viewing preferences if you have used this feature to see all transactions.

15.3 Check your Wise Account regularly. You must check your Wise Account regularly and carefully and contact our Customer Support team immediately if you don’t recognise a transaction or think we have made a payment incorrectly. You must tell us about any unauthorised or incorrectly executed transactions immediately.

15.4 You accept the risks of holding funds in multiple currencies. You agree and accept all the risks associated with maintaining an account that can hold balances in multiple currencies including any risks associated with fluctuations in the relevant exchange rates over time.

15.5 Auto Conversion. For certain currencies, you may be able to set one or more conversion orders to be automatically executed once the exchange rate you pick is offered by our Services (an “auto conversion order”). There may be limits to the number of auto conversion orders you are able to set up, as well as the amounts of money you can schedule to convert. Wise does not guarantee that it will be able to execute your auto conversion order in all circumstances.

15.6 We are not a currency trading platform. Wise is not a currency trading platform. You agree that you will not use your Wise Account for seeking to profit from currency conversion or foreign exchange trading or other types of speculative trading, or for speculative trading purposes, conversion arbitrage, conversion options or any other activity that Wise determines is primarily for the purpose of gaining or making gains based on currency conversion rates.

15.7 Accordingly, you should not use our Services, including the Wise Account or the auto conversion order function for this purpose, including creating multiple auto conversion orders or a series of Money Transfers without the intention of completing them. If we detect that you are using our Services for this purpose, we may, at our sole discretion, set a limit on the number of auto conversion orders you may create, cancel your orders, set a limit on the amount of money you can convert or transfer in one or more currencies or in the same currency, restrict your ability to access certain features or use our Services, or suspend or close your Wise Account. Wise may also hold, cancel, or reverse any transaction we determine to violate this policy and disgorge your gains.

15.8 Negative Balances. You promise to always have a zero or positive balance in your Wise Account and to repay Wise if your Wise Account balance is negative, including because of a chargeback, Reversal, deduction of fees, any other error, or any other action. That negative amount represents an amount you owe to Wise and you must repay the negative amount immediately without any notice from us. We may send you reminders or take other actions to recover the negative amount from you, for example, we may use a debt collection service or take further legal actions. We may charge you for any costs we may incur as a result of these collection efforts. For more information, see “What happens if you owe us money” at section 28.11.

16. Jars

16.1 What is a Jar? A “Jar” is a sub account within the Wise Account that can be used to segregate a portion of your funds. You may use jars to keep funds for a designated purpose in the future, such as paying invoices or to assist with your budgeting. You can only put funds into your Jar by transferring money from your Wise Account. You cannot use the funds directly from a Jar to make payments. To use the funds held in a Jar you must transfer the funds out of the Jar back into your Wise Account. The funds within a Jar may not be accessed via direct debits or Card transactions and may not be spent or sent by you unless they are moved out of the Jar. You should keep enough unrestricted money in your Wise Account to cover all anticipated fees. Wise is not responsible for fees resulting from unfunded transactions due to funds being in a Jar.

16.2 Jars are not savings accounts, do not have their own account numbers, and don’t earn interest. Money held in your Jars does not earn an interest and represents an unsecured claim against Wise and is not insured by any deposit protection scheme, including the Deposit Insurance Scheme established under the Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011 of Singapore.

17. Using or spending funds in your Wise Account via Direct debits

17.1 Direct Debit. Depending on the currency you use, you can set up a direct debit to allow someone else (a payee) to take money from your Wise Account. This is an agreement between you and a third party, and you may agree to allow such automatic withdrawal on a recurring or sporadic basis. Examples of automatic payments that can be arranged by you include those that may be called a “billing agreement,” "subscription," "recurring payment,” “reference transaction,” "preauthorized transfer" or "preapproved payment."

17.2 Once your direct debit is cancelled, all future automatic payments under your agreement with that seller will be stopped. If you cancel a direct debit, you may still owe a third party for any goods or services that you receive but have not paid for.

17.3 If you have given advance authorization, either to a third party or to Wise, that permits the third party to take or receive payments from your Wise Account on a regularly recurring basis (for example, every month or otherwise on a routine cycle), and if such payments will vary in amount, you have the right to advance notice of the amount and date of the transfer from the seller, typically 3 days before the transfer is made. If the seller provides the option, you may choose to receive this advance notice only when the amount of your automatic payment will fall outside a range established between you and the seller.

17.4 If you have authorised a direct debit and Wise performs a currency conversion for an automatic direct debit transaction, Wise will use the exchange rate offered at the time the transaction is processed.

MONEY TRANSFERS

18. Sending money

18.1 Information you need to provide to set up a Money Transfer. To set up a Money Transfer, you will need to provide certain information to us, including, but not limited to, the full name of your recipient, your recipient’s bank account details or their Wise Account information and the amount and currency that you are sending.

18.2 You will need to sign into Wise using all relevant passwords and prompts to carry out a Money Transfer transaction. We will view your use of all relevant passwords and prompts as the giving of your consent to us to make a Money Transfer.

18.3 Payment order limits. We may place limits on the amount you may send per Money Transfer. You can see more information in the Help Centre.

18.4 Remember when you use our Money Transfer services you might be doing business with another Wise entity depending on the currency you are sending. You will be subject to that entity’s customer agreement for that Money Transfer.

19. Paying for Your Money Transfer

19.1 How to pay for your Money Transfer. To pay for your Money Transfer, you need to access your Wise Account or profile, by logging in on our Website or App or via an API Partner, and follow the steps provided.

19.2 Payment methods. You may be presented with one or more methods of paying for a Money Transfer (for example, a bank transfer, credit cards or debit card or a Wise Account balance). The number of payment methods made available to you will depend on a few factors including where you live and your verification status with us. We cannot guarantee the availability of a particular payment method and we may change or stop offering a payment method at any time without notice to you.

19.3 Payment instruments must be in your name. Any payment instrument (for example, the credit card or debit card or bank account from which you make a transfer) you use to pay for a Money Transfer must be in your name.

19.4 Paying with your debit or credit card. Where you can pay for a Money Transfer using your debit or credit card, you will need to provide your card details to us, including your card number and cardholder name. When you choose to pay with a debit or credit card, you confirm that your card details are correct, that you are authorised to access and transmit funds from your card account, that your card account is in good standing with the account-holding financial institution, and that you have the authority to initiate a debit or credit card payment in the amount at issue to or from your card account. You authorise us to initiate credits and debits to your bank account through card payment networks to process your transaction, including any applicable fees and charges, and this authorization shall remain in effect so long as you are able to use our Services, unless cancelled in accordance with this Agreement.

19.5 You need to provide us with sufficient funds after you set up your Money Transfer before we can process it. We are not responsible for the funds you have sent us until we have actually received them. We may only process your Money Transfer if we hold or have received sufficient cleared funds in accordance with this Agreement and the instructions provided. If you send us funds before finalising a Money Transfer order, those funds will either be placed into your Wise Account, or, if you do not have one, we will attempt to return them to you. It is your responsibility to fund your Money Transfer in a timely manner. We cannot be responsible for the time it takes for the money to be sent to us by your or a third party’s bank or payment service provider.

20. Processing your Money Transfer

20.1 When we will complete your Money Transfer. We will complete your Money Transfer once we have received your funds. For some payment methods such as a credit or debit card, we may send your Money Transfer as soon as possible.

20.2 Guaranteed rates. We may provide you with a guaranteed foreign exchange rate for a period. We will notify you of the guaranteed rate and the period during which we are offering that rate (the “Guaranteed Period”) when you create your Money Transfer.

20.3 Guaranteed Periods are subject to the following conditions:

a. The Guaranteed Period may be extended if your Money Transfer is created over the weekend or on a public holiday.
b. We must receive sufficient funds from you during the Guaranteed Period to convert your funds at the guaranteed rate. You will see when we have received your funds in your Wise Account or profile. Wise is not responsible for the failure of a third party to send your funds to us in a timely manner.
c. If we receive your funds after the Guaranteed Period, we will not be able to convert your money using the guaranteed rate and your transfer will become a non-guaranteed rate transfer. Accordingly, we may convert your money at the applicable exchange rate at the time we receive your money or we may email you and ask you if you want to proceed with your transfer at the new exchange rate.
d. If the Wise exchange rate changes by 5% or more during the Guaranteed Period, we can, at our discretion, suspend your transfer for a reasonable period or cancel your transfer and refund the money to you.
e. For certain currencies, including where you are paying for a Money Transfer with Japanese Yen (JPY), the guaranteed rate will only be offered after your identity has been verified by us.
f. We may change these guaranteed rate conditions or suspend the guaranteed rate feature at any time.

20.4 The Wise exchange rates. We will confirm the available exchange rate (if applicable) for your Money Transfer:

a. when you place your Money Transfer, if it is a guaranteed rate Money Transfer; or
b. when we have received your payment, if it is a non-guaranteed rate Money Transfer.

20.5 Chargebacks on your payment instrument. If you selected a payment method which can be subject to chargeback (for example a credit card), you agree that you will only exercise this chargeback right if:

a. we have breached this Agreement; or
b. there was an unauthorised use of your payment instrument, meaning that you did not execute or authorise the payment.

20.6 You agree that you will not exercise your chargeback right for any other reason, including a dispute with a recipient. If we need to investigate or take any actions in connection with a chargeback caused by or related to you, we may charge you for our costs in doing so and may deduct those costs from your Wise Account (if you have one) or limit or remove your access to our Services. See “What happens if you owe us money” at section 28.11.

20.7 Paying by a Linked Bank Account. If you choose to pay for a Money Transfer using a Linked Bank Account, you will need to be redirected to your bank to create an authorisation for us to initiate an electronic funds transfer for the relevant amount at issue. When you choose to pay using a Linked Bank Account, you confirm that your details are correct, that you are authorised to access and transmit funds from your bank account, that your bank account is in good standing with the account-holding financial institution, and that you have the authority to initiate an electronic funds transfer in the amount at issue to or from your bank account. When you choose to pay using a Linked Bank Account , you authorise us to initiate electronic credits and debits to your bank account, including any applicable fees and charges, and this authorisation shall remain in effect so long as you are a registered user with our Service unless cancelled in accordance with this Agreement.

20.8 Paying by Wire or PayNow. If you choose to pay for your Money Transfer using PayNow or domestic wire transfer (including FAST), then your Money Transfer will remain inactive until we receive your funds to our specified account. In cases where for any reason the payment is cancelled or refused, then we will return the deposit to your bank account from which the transfer originated. In the event that we are unable to return the deposit, then we will contact you using the most current contact information that you have provided to us.

20.9 When we receive your request. Your Money Transfer request may be subject to an applicable cut-off time. If this is the case, and your Money Transfer request is received by us after the applicable cut-off time on a Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day (e.g., a weekend or bank holiday), your Money Transfer will be deemed received on the following Business Day.

20.10 What happens after you have submitted your Money Transfer request. Once we have received your Money Transfer request, we will provide you with a unique transaction number which you can find in your Wise Account or profile. You should quote this number when communicating with us about a particular Money Transfer or other transaction.

20.11 Sending money using an email address. If you send money to a person using an email address which is not registered with us, the money will not be credited until the intended recipient has claimed the money by following the steps set out for them in an email that they will receive. Until that process is successfully completed, there is no relationship between us and the intended recipient and the money continues to belong to you. We will contact you for further instructions if the intended recipient does not claim the money by such time period as determined by us subject to applicable laws and regulations, and we may refund the money to you if the intended recipient does not claim the money or if they have failed our recipient checks within a reasonable period as determined by us subject to applicable laws and regulations.

20.12 Delay in transfer. We may delay processing a Money Transfer in certain situations, including if we need to confirm that the transaction has been authorised by you, because of verification checks or due diligence reviews, or if other payments to your Wise Account have been reversed (for example, because of a Chargeback or Reversal). Wise is not responsible for such delays, where we have acted reasonably.

20.13 Completion time of your Money Transfer. The estimated completion time of your Money Transfer will be provided to you when setting up your Money Transfer.

20.14 We will use reasonable efforts to ensure funds arrive at your recipient’s account within the timeframe provided. We will use reasonable efforts to ensure that the funds arrive in the recipient’s bank account or payment account within the notified timeframe provided to you. We do not have any control over the time it may take for the recipient’s bank or payment provider to credit and make available funds to the recipient.

20.15 Refusal of your Money Transfer. If we are unable to complete your Money Transfer, we will let you know and, when possible, the reasons for the refusal and an explanation of how to correct any factual errors. However, we are not required to notify you if such notification would be unlawful.

20.16 You may cancel your Money Transfer before your funds are converted. You may cancel your Money Transfer by following the instructions set out in our Help Centre. You cannot cancel your Money Transfer once your funds have been converted and transfer initiated. We will return the deposit to your bank account from which the transfer originated. In the event that we are unable to return the deposit, then we will contact you using the most current contact information that you have provided to us.

20.17 When will I be notified of my scheduled Money Transfer? If you have scheduled a Money Transfer in advance then we will notify you 24 hours before your upcoming Money Transfer, setting out the total fees and the estimated exchange rate for that Money Transfer. By scheduling a Money Transfer, you agree to Wise sending the funds using the exchange rate at any time on the scheduled date. If you have opted in to receiving confirmation emails, we will send you a Money Transfer receipt after successfully sending your scheduled Money Transfer.

20.18 You must ensure the information you provide to us is correct. You must make sure that the information you provide when setting up a Money Transfer is accurate. If we have processed your order in accordance with the information you have provided to us it will be considered correctly completed even if you have made a mistake.

20.19 What happens if you provide us with incorrect information. If you have provided incorrect information to us, we may, but are not required to, assist you in recovering your funds. We cannot guarantee that such efforts will be successful as they rely on the policies and practices of other banks and institutions. In addition, Wise may not be able to confirm that your recipient’s name and account number match, as the names and other information associated with third party accounts may not be known to Wise. This means that if you provide an incorrect account number, your funds will most likely go to the wrong account.

20.20 Finality. When you make a Money Transfer, the settlement and payout to the recipient are final and irrevocable unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or pursuant to applicable law.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

21. Intellectual Property Rights

21.1 All rights, title and interest in and to any software (including without limitation the App, the Website, the API, developer tools, sample source code, and code libraries), data, materials, content and printed and electronic documentation (including any specifications and integration guides) developed, provided or made available by us or our affiliates to you, including content of the Website, and any and all technology and any content created or derived from any of the foregoing (“Wise Materials”) and our Services are the exclusive property of Wise and its licensors. The Wise Materials and Services are protected by intellectual property rights laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

21.2 How you can use Wise Materials. You may only use the Wise Materials if you have received written permission from us. Any use of the Wise Materials and Services not specifically permitted by us or under this Agreement is strictly prohibited. The licences granted by Wise terminate if you do not comply with this Agreement or any other service terms.

21.3 When you cannot use Wise Materials. Unless you have received written permission from us, you may not, and may not attempt to, directly or indirectly:

a. use any of the Wise Materials for any commercial purpose or otherwise infringe our intellectual property rights;
b. transfer, sublicense, loan, sell, assign, lease, rent, distribute or grant rights in the Services or the Wise Materials to any person or entity;
c. remove, obscure, or alter any notice of any of our trademarks, or other Intellectual Property appearing on or contained within the Services or on any Wise Materials;
d. modify, copy, tamper with or otherwise create derivative works of any software included in the Wise Materials; or
e. reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Wise Materials or the Services or apply any other process or procedure to derive the source code of any software included in the Wise Materials or as part of the Services.

21.4 Wise Trademarks. This is a non-exhaustive list of Wise Trademarks : “WISE”, “WISE CARD”, “WISE PLATFORM”, “WISEPLATFORM”, “WISE PAY”, “WISEPAY”, “WISEBUSINESS”, “WISE BUSINESS”, “WISETRANSFER’, “WISE TRANSFER”, “TRANSFERWISE”, “BORDERLESS”, “MONEY WITHOUT BORDERS” and any other business and service names, logos, signs, graphics, page headers, button icons and/or scripts (each as might be amended from time to time) are all registered or unregistered trademarks or trade dress of Wise or Wise’s licensors in the relevant jurisdictions (“Wise Trademarks”). You may not copy, imitate, modify or use Wise Trademarks without our prior written consent. You may use HTML logos provided by us for the purpose of directing web traffic to the Services. You may not alter, modify or change these HTML logos in any way, use them in a manner that mischaracterizes Wise or the Services or display them in any manner that implies Wise’s sponsorship or endorsement. Further, you may not use Wise Trademarks and trade dress in connection with any product or service that is not Wise’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Wise.

21.5 All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos not owned by Wise that appear in Wise Materials or in the Services are or may be the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Wise, and may not be used without permission of the applicable rights holder.

22. Wise App

22.1 The App is subject to this Agreement and the App Store and Google Play Rules. We licence the use of the App to you on the basis of this Agreement and subject to any rules and policies applied by any app store provider or operator whose sites are located at the App Store and on Google Play. We do not sell the App to you. We always remain the owners of the App..

22.2 App updates. From time to time updates to the App may be issued through App Store or Google Play. Depending on the update, you may not be able to use our Services via the App until you have downloaded the latest version of the App and accepted any new terms.

22.3 Your right to use the App. In consideration of you agreeing to abide by the terms of this Agreement, we grant you a non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to use the App on your device subject to this Agreement. We reserve all other rights.

22.4 App Store terms. The following provisions apply with respect to your use of any version of the App compatible with the iOS operating system of Apple Inc. (“Apple”):

a. Apple is not a party to this Agreement and does not own and is not responsible for the App.
b. Apple is not providing any warranty for the App except, if applicable, to refund the purchase price for it.
c. Apple is not responsible for maintenance or other support services for the App and shall not be responsible for any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses with respect to the App, including any third-party product liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement, claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation, and claims with respect to intellectual property infringement.
d. Any inquiries or complaints relating to the use of the App, including those pertaining to intellectual property rights, must be directed to Wise in accordance with this Agreement.
e. The licence you have been granted herein is limited to a non-transferable licence to use the App on an Apple-branded product that runs Apple’s iOS operating system and is owned or controlled by you, or as otherwise permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in Apple’s App Store Terms of Service. In addition, you must comply with the terms of any third-party agreement applicable to you when using the App, such as your wireless data service agreement.
f. Apple and Apple’s subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce this Agreement against you as a third-party beneficiary. Notwithstanding this, our right to enter, rescind or terminate any variation, waiver or settlement under this Agreement is not subject to the consent of any third party, including Apple.

23. Third Party Materials

23.1 Certain Website, App or API functionality may contain or provide you access to information, products, services and other materials by third parties (“Third Party Materials”) or allow for the routing or transmission of such Third Party Materials, including via links.

23.2 We neither control nor endorse, nor are we responsible for, any Third Party Materials, including the accuracy, validity, timeliness, completeness, reliability, integrity, quality, legality, usefulness or safety of Third Party Materials, or any intellectual property rights therein. Certain Third Party Materials may, among other things, be inaccurate, misleading or deceptive. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty by us with respect to any Third Party Materials. We have no obligation to monitor Third Party Materials, and we may block or disable access to any Third Party Materials (in whole or part) through the Website, App or API at any time. In addition, the availability of any Third Party Materials through the Website, App or API does not imply our endorsement of, or our affiliation with, any provider of such Third Party Materials, nor does such availability create any legal relationship between you and any such provider.

23.3 Your use of Third Party Materials is at your own risk and is subject to any additional terms, conditions and policies applicable to such Third Party Materials (such as terms of service or privacy policies of the providers of such Third Party Materials).

OTHER LEGAL TERMS

24. Your Additionals Duties as a Wise Account User

24.1 Transactions Notifications. As a Wise Account user, you must provide contact information, opt to receive all outgoing transaction notifications and monitor notifications sent by Wise, if any. This includes:

a. providing us with contact details as required for us to send you transaction notifications; and
b. if you have opted to receive transaction notifications by email, to provide your email address to us, which must be complete and accurate.

25. Duties of Wise to you

25.1 Transaction Notifications. We will provide transaction notifications to you for a transaction in your Wise Account, where we have been instructed to send transaction notifications to in accordance with section 24.

a. The transaction notification will be sent to your Wise Account contact details provided.
b. The transaction notification will be sent on a real time basis for each transaction.
c. The transaction notification will be conveyed to you by way of push notification or email.

25.2 The transaction information will contain the following information for the purposes of enabling you to identify whether the transaction is an authorised transaction or unauthorised transaction:

a. Information that allows you to identify the Wise Account such as the Wise Account number that we have assigned to it.
b. Information that allows you to identify the recipient whether by name or by other credentials such as the recipient’s account number.
c. Information that allows us to later identify you, the Wise Account, and the recipient account such as each account number or name of the account holder;
d. Transaction amount;
e. Transaction time and date;
f. Transaction type;
g. If the transaction is for goods and services provided by a business, the trading name of the merchant and where possible, the merchant’s reference number for the transaction.

We may, however, omit any confidential information from the transaction information.

25.3 Confirmation of Payment Transaction. Where transactions are made by way of internet banking, any mobile phone application or device arranged for by us for payment transactions, we will provide an onscreen opportunity for you to confirm the payment transaction and recipient credentials before we execute any authorised payment transaction. This includes:

a. Information that allows you to identify the Wise Account to be debited.
b. The intended transaction amount.
c. Credentials of the intended recipient that is sufficient for you to identify the recipient, which at the minimum should be the recipient’s phone number, identification number, account number or name as registered for the purpose of receiving such payments.
d. A warning to ask you to check the information before executing the payment transaction.

26. Unauthorised Transactions

26.1 It is your sole responsibility to enable transaction alerts on any device used to receive transaction notifications from us, to opt to receive all transaction notifications for all outgoing transactions of (any amount) made from your Wise Account and to monitor the transaction notifications sent to your Wise Account contact provided. Please note that we will not send further reminders or repeat transaction notifications to you.

26.2 You must report any unauthorised transactions to us as soon as practicable after receipt of any transaction notification alert for any unauthorised transaction. Where you are unable to report immediately, you should provide us with the reasons for the delayed report, if requested. This includes time periods or circumstances where it would not be reasonable to expect yourself to monitor transaction notifications. The report should be made in any of the following ways:

a. by reporting the unauthorised transaction in any reporting channels informed to you by us for such purpose; or
b. by reporting the unauthorised transaction to us in any other way. All such reports made in this manner will only be deemed to have been received by us upon our dispatch of an acknowledgement or receipt of the report.

26.3 An “unauthorised transaction” means a payment transaction initiated by any person without the actual or imputed knowledge and implied or express consent of you. A “payment transaction” means the placing, transfer or withdrawal of money initiated through electronic means and where the money is received through electronic means. Without limiting the meaning of “unauthorised transaction”, the following are not considered unauthorised transactions and you will remain responsible for the transactions in these situations:

a. If you give someone access to your Wise Account (by giving them your login information or Wise Account password) and they use your Wise Account with your consent.
b. If you give someone access to your Wise Account (by giving them your login information or Wise Account password) or disclose or keep record of your login information or Wise Account password in a recognisable way to a third party, and they use your Wise Account without your knowledge or permission.

26.4 Reporting Channels. You may report any unauthorised transaction to Customer Support.

26.5 Assessment of Claim. We will assess any claims made by you in relation to any unauthorised transaction. You agree to provide us, in a timely manner, any of the following information that may be requested by us for the purposes of investigation any claim made by you:

a. The Wise Account affected.
b. Your identification information.
c. The type of authentication device, login details (including your Wise Account password) and device used to perform the payment transaction.
d. Whether your Wise Account, authentication device, or login details (including your Wise Account password) was lost, stolen or misused and if so; the date and time of the loss or misuse, the date and time that the loss or misuse was reported to us, and the date and time that the loss or misuse was reported to the police.
e. Where any login details (including your Wise Account password) is applicable to the Wise Account, how you may have recorded those login details (including your Wise Account password), and whether it was disclosed to anyone.
f. Any other information; about the unauthorised transaction that is known to you.

26.6 We may require that you furnish a police report in respect of any unauthorised transaction claim, before we can begin the claims resolution process. Subject to applicable laws, we will also provide you with the relevant information we have of all the unauthorised transactions initiated from your account, including transaction dates, transaction timestamps and parties to the transactions. Should we request that a police report be made to facilitate the claims investigation process, you agree that you will make such police report in a timely manner.

26.7 We will resolve such a claim in a fair and reasonable manner, and communicate the claim resolution process and assessment to you in a timely and transparent manner. If you are a sole trader, we will aim to complete an investigation for any relevant claim within 21 Business Days for straightforward cases or 45 Business Days for complex cases.

26.8 We will credit your account with the total loss arising from any unauthorised transaction as soon as we have completed our investigation and assessed that you are not liable for any loss arising from the unauthorised transaction. We will disclose this arrangement to you at the time you report the unauthorised transaction to us, and inform you of the timeline for completing our investigation.

26.9 Where you do not agree with our assessment of liability, you may proceed to commence other forms of dispute resolution. If you are a sole trader, this includes mediation at the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC), which we are a member of. If you are not a sole trader, you will not be able to complain to the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC).

27. Erroneous transactions

27.1 If you should discover any omissions and/or errors in a transaction, you should immediately inform us of the error and provide us the following information in writing in respect of the error:

a. The Wise Account affected.
b. Your identification information, including your name.
c. The recipient’s identification information, including their name and account number.
d. The type of authentication device, login details (including your Wise Account password) and device used to perform the payment transaction.
e. The date, time, amount and purpose of the erroneous transaction if known.
f. Any other information about the erroneous payment transaction that is known to you or is requested by us.

27.2 Reporting Channels. You may report any erroneous transaction to Customer Support.

27.3 Our responsibility in relation to any erroneous transaction is to facilitate communication between you and the recipient. Our responsibility in relation to any erroneous transaction is not to resolve any erroneous transaction claim.

28. Our responsibility for loss or damage

28.1 Unforeseeable loss or damage. We are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen, for example, if you discussed it with us during your sign up process.

28.2 We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

28.3 We are not liable for business losses. To the extent permissible by law, if you use our Services for any commercial or business purpose we will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, loss of business opportunity or similar.

28.4 We are not liable for technological attacks. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, or other technological issues or attacks or harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programmes, data or other proprietary material related to your use of our Services.

28.5 We have no control over websites linked to and from our Website. We assume no responsibility for such Third Party Materials or any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

28.6 Our liability to you for unauthorised transactions. In case of an unauthorised transaction, we shall at your request refund the transaction amount including all fees deducted by us. We may require proof that such transactions were unauthorised. This shall not apply where we believe:

a. your Wise Account, or other personalised security features, are lost, stolen or misappropriated. You will be liable for any unauthorised transactions if we believe you should have been aware of the loss, theft or unauthorised use. We will not hold you liable if the unauthorised transaction was caused either by our acts or omissions, or those of a third party expressly carrying out activities on our behalf. If you have acted fraudulently or with gross negligence, you will be liable for the total amount of the unauthorised transaction. If you are a sole trader, we will not hold you liable for the first SGD 1,000 of an unauthorised transaction (or other currency equivalent) if it was caused by the acts or omissions of an independent third party not expressly carrying out activities on our behalf and you have complied with your obligations to use your Wise Account or profile in the manner set out in this Agreement;
b. you have acted fraudulently;
c. you do not quickly notify us of security issues (e.g., loss of your password). You remain liable for losses incurred up to your notification to us;
d. the payment transaction was unauthorised but you have with recklessness, intent or gross negligence compromised the security of your Wise Account or profile or failed to comply with your obligations to use your Wise Account or profile in the manner set out in this Agreement. In such a case you shall be solely liable for all losses; or
e. you don’t let us know about the unauthorised or incorrectly completed transaction as soon as practicable after receipt of a transaction notification alert for any unauthorised transaction.

If we believe that any of the paragraphs above apply, we can rely on any one of the paragraphs and the provisions in paragraph (a) do not preclude us from relying on any other paragraph.

28.7 You are responsible for checking your Wise Account or profile regularly. We rely on you to regularly check the transactions history of your Wise Account or profile and to contact Customer Support immediately in case you have any questions or concerns.

28.8 We are not liable for certain losses. You are solely responsible for losses arising from your gross negligence or fraud. We also will not be liable in the following instances:

a. If through no fault of ours, you do not have enough funds available for your Money Transfer or in your Wise Account to complete the transaction.
b. If a merchant refuses to accept your Card.
c. if an ATM where you are making a cash withdrawal does not have enough cash.
d. If an electronic terminal where you are making a transaction does not operate properly.
e. If access to your Card has been blocked after you reported your Card lost or stolen or if Wise has reason to believe that your Wise Account was compromised.
f. If there is a hold or your funds are subject to legal or administrative process or other encumbrance restricting their use.
g. If the requested transaction is unauthorised as defined in section 26 of this Agreement.
h. If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire, flood, or computer or communication failure) prevent the completion of the transaction, despite reasonable precautions that we have taken.
i. Any other exception stated in this Agreement.

28.9 We are not liable for things which are outside of our control. We (and our affiliates) cannot be liable for our inability to deliver or delay because of things which are outside our control.

28.10 You are liable if you breach this Agreement or applicable laws. In the event of loss, claims, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your breach of this Agreement, any applicable law or regulation and/or your, or any Authorised User’s use of our Services, you agree to defend, compensate us and our affiliates and hold us harmless. This provision will continue after our relationship ends.

28.11 What happens if you owe us money. In the event you are liable for any amounts owed to us for whatever reason, we may immediately deduct such amounts from your Wise Account (if available). If there are insufficient funds in your Wise Account to cover your liability or you do not have a Wise Account, you agree to repay the outstanding amount to us immediately on demand along with any applicable fees and interest. If you do not repay the outstanding amount, then, without prejudice to any other rights we may have, we reserve the right to collect your debt to us by using any payments received for our Services in the future (such as to fund a Money Transfer or your Wise Account), and otherwise you agree to reimburse us through other means. We may also recover amounts you owe us through other collection avenues, including, without limitation, using a debt collection agency. We may recover all reasonable costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement.

28.12 Release. If you have a dispute with any other Wise Account holder or a third party that you send money to or receive money from using the Services, you irrevocably, fully and unconditionally release Wise from any and all actions, causes of action, claims, demands, obligations and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes, whether such actions, cause of action, claims, demands, obligations and damages are existing or arose before or at the time of agreeing to such release, and/or such dispute and/or whether such actions, cause of action, claims, demands, obligation and damages are known or unknown at the time of agreeing to such release and/or such dispute. This means that you must use caution when dealing with third parties when using our Services or your Wise Account.

28.13 In entering this release, you expressly waive any protections (whether statutory or otherwise) that would otherwise limit the coverage of this release to include only those claims which you may know or suspect to exist in your favour at the time of agreeing to this release.

28.14 Disclaimer of Warranty. The Services are provided “As-Is” “Where Is” and “Where Available” and without any representation or warranty, whether express, implied or statutory. Wise specifically disclaims any implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We disclaim all warranties with respect to the Services to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and title.

28.15 Availability of Services. We will try to make sure our Services are available to you when you need them. However, we do not guarantee that our Services will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our Service without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our Services are unavailable at any time or for any period.

29. Our right to make changes

29.1 We may change this Agreement at any time. We may change this Agreement at any time by posting a revised version in our Website. The revised version will be effective once it is posted. Where appropriate, we may give you notice of any changes to this Agreement either by email or displaying a notice in the App or in our Website. If you do not agree to the revised terms in this Agreement, you can terminate this Agreement immediately by closing your Wise Account or profile and ceasing use of our Services (see “Closing your Wise Account or stopping your use of our Services” at section 9). If we do not hear from you, you will be considered as having accepted the proposed changes and they will apply to you from the effective date.

29.2 In some instances, we may change this Agreement immediately. Notwithstanding section 29.1, changes to this Agreement which are (1) more favourable to you; (2) required by law; (3) related to the addition of a new service, extra functionality to the existing Service; or (4) changes which neither reduce your rights nor increase your responsibilities, will come into effect immediately. Changes to exchange rates shall come into effect immediately without notice and you shall not have the right to object to such a change.

30. Complaints

30.1 If you have any complaints about us or our Services, you may contact us following our customer complaint procedure.

31. General but important terms

31.1 No Third Party rights. This Agreement is between you and us. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement (for example in the App Store terms), no other person shall have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 2001 of Singapore to enforce any of its terms. Neither of us will need to get the agreement of any other person to end or make any changes to this Agreement.

31.2 Assignment. You may not transfer, assign, mortgage, charge, subcontract, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any or all your rights and obligations under this Agreement (including the Wise Account) without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to transfer, assign or novate this Agreement (including the Wise Account) or any right or obligation under this Agreement at any time without your consent. This does not affect your rights to close your Wise Account under section 9.

31.3 Severability. Each of the paragraphs of this Agreement operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

31.4 Enforcement. Even if we delay in enforcing this Agreement, we can still enforce it later. If we delay in asking you to do certain things or taking certain action, it will not prevent us from taking steps against you at a later date.

31.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements between you and Wise, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.

31.6 Governing law. This Agreement is governed by Singapore law. Any dispute between you and us in connection with the Services and/or this Agreement shall be brought in the courts of Singapore.