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Wise Lays Out Post-Nasdaq Growth Plan, Targets Banks With Payments Platform

Wise (LON:WISE) executives used an investor presentation in New York to outline the company’s growth strategy following its Nasdaq listing, emphasizing its cross-border payments infrastructure, expanding product suite and medium-term financial targets. Founder and CEO Kristo Käärmann said Wise was

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Shareholders of UK fintech Wise vote to move main stock market listing to US

Co-founder Kristo Käärmann gains enhanced voting rights in controversial move

The Guardian - UK

Wise is bundling co-founder’s voting rights into ballot on US listing. It deserves to lose

Claims the two issues are inextricably entwined reads as self-interested waffle

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Wise Favours US for Primary Stock Listing: Is This Goodbye for Its London Listing?

Kristo aims to accelerate its mission by gaining strategic and financial benefits, such as increasing brand awareness in the US.

International Business Times UK

Wise goes to the US. Will its founder’s supercharged voting rights follow?

It’s odd that the move comes as a ‘sunset clause’ that allows Kristo Käärmann enhanced rights here approaches expiry

The Guardian - UK

Stock exchange dealt another blow as £12bn fintech ditches main London listing

Money transfer service Wise will move primary listing to US and dual list shares to try to lure more investors

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8 European Fintech Entrepreneurs Who Transformed Startups into Global Giants

As the minds behind leading payment platforms, fintech services, and crypto exchanges, they are bringing the future within reach.

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Wise boss fined £350,000 for not telling FCA he had failed to pay tax

Kristo Käärmann failed to notify City regulator of fine from HMRC related to share sale

The Guardian - UK

Wise boss Kristo Käärmann fined £350,000 by City watchdog over tax blunder

Fintech boss failed to tell the FCA about his earlier fine from HMRC for failing to disclose a CGT liability

Evening Standard

Top two Wise execs leave firm in good shape as profit triples before both step aside

Kristo Käärmann and Matt Briers announced plans to step aside temporarily and quit, respectively, just days apart last month

Evening Standard

Taavet Hinrikus net worth | Evening Standard Tech Rich List

Taavet Hinrikus was the first employee hired by Skype. But in that role, he quickly encountered a problem that inadvertently led to the formation of one of London’s top fintechs, Wise.

Evening Standard

Kristo Käärmann net worth | Evening Standard Tech Rich List

As a consultant living in London in 2019, Kristo Käärmann made what he called an “incredibly stupid” decision; he tried to send his Christmas bonus back home to Estonia.

Evening Standard

What exactly is the FCA investigating about Kristo Käärmann’s tax records?

And why did it take so long to act over Wise co-founder’s unpaid tax bill from 2017-18?

The Guardian - UK

How Wise co-founder went from tech darling to tax list of shame

FCA could bar Kristo Käärmann from senior role after claim he failed to pay £720,000 in tax

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City watchdog opens probe into tax affairs of Wise founder Kristo Käärmann

Company says entrepreneur “intends to cooperate fully” with the investigation.

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FCA investigates Wise cofounder after tax default

Kristo Käärmann was included on HMRC’s list of deliberate tax defaulters in September 2021

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