I consider this to be pocket money for him and Wise, still it is one of the best services I ever have been using for several years.September 2021 Wise CEO fined hundreds of thousands of pounds
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/09/27/billionaire-wise-founder-fined-uk-tax-violation/
August 2022 Abu Dhabi's free zone financial centre said on Tuesday it had fined the local subsidiary of fintech firm Wise $360,000 for breaching anti-money laundering (AML) requirements.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/fintech-firm-wise-fined-360000-by-abu-dhabi-regulator-2022-08-30/
Oct 2024 The founder of the money transfer service Wise has been fined £350,000 for failing to inform the City regulator that he had failed to pay his taxes.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-tech-boss-fined-failing-091802781.html
Remind me again about their AML requirements?
I don't think it's redundant at all. When a bank examines the details and banking history of a client, they examine data containing both good and bad points over the years. The bank then makes a decision about that individual. This is part of KYC and AML. However, the client also has a duty and even an obligation to do their own due diligence. This may involve public data such as market capitalization, profit, liquidity, history of CEO etc but also information gathered from other sources. Websites like this one serve as a very important source of such information. Since the fiasco that was the Great Financial Crisis, a client's KYB and AML checks are more important than ever. Simply do an internet search for 'bank's name' + court+ fine+ corruption+money laundering...etc and you see what I mean.The thread is rather redundant as it depends on the person or company using a particular EMI (Electronic Money Institution) to determine which they think is bad or good. And then there are those who constantly have problems with banks and EMIs, and those who never have any issues.
Elias, I agree with you. Wise provides a good service. My post was really to emphasise the irony and sarcasm in the hoops through which we have to jump in order to satisfy their 'checks' while the banks continue their own agenda of turning those checks on their head when it comes to their own shortcomings.I consider this to be pocket money for him and Wise, still it is one of the best services I ever have been using for several years.
I have not got a card yet as still dealing with the rubbish customer serviceWhy? Apart from rubbish customer service. I use its debit card daily.
I liked the "run from coworking offices and Starbucks" part the mostWhat are the worst EMIs in the world?
Staffed by monkeys and bots, run from coworking offices and Starbucks, suddenly closing and blocking accounts, detecting via app geolocation that you've changed your place of residence and then ceasing to work, demanding ridiculous documents, shutting down at night because Starbucks is closed.
Let’s create a list of shame!
You probably need a large poll covering 1000s of people to get an answer. I think that this forum is perhaps too small to draw any definite conclusions- apart from a few really bad ones. We've all had both good and bad experiences with the same EMIs. e.g. Revolut has been mostly good, but their software has really screwed up at times, asking me the same questions, I.D. that they already have etc. At one point I had a reminder to send my tax code., even though I had sent it years ago. I finally discovered that they had added Ireland to my 'tax residency'. I've never been to Ireland in my life!how can one say which is the worst EMI in the world ?
For people this thread is an option to get something off their chest. For EMIs it is a good indicator they are doing something wrong.The thread is rather redundant as it depends on the person or company using a particular EMI (Electronic Money Institution) to determine which they think is bad or good. And then there are those who constantly have problems with banks and EMIs, and those who never have any issues.
Exactly worst EMI out there by farWise
But you must give reasons, examples!Exactly worst EMI out there by far
They emailed me asking about invoices for 2 payments I received, I provided info regarding those 2 transactions and asked if they needed anything else, they replied asking for an actual invoice, I provided that, they never got back to me...But you must give reasons, examples!
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Zen is crypto friendly. What kind of transactions did you make?ZEN has closed my account because of crypto related transactions.
It is easy if you look at previous posts they were fined 3 times for illegal activity.But you must give reasons, examples!
what?! I only use Zen because I can withdraw fiat instantly from bybit... That's weird.ZEN has closed my account because of crypto related transactions.
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