Wise Is Moving One Step Closer to Wall Street
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Wise said it’s on track to get its primary listing shifted from London to Nasdaq on May 11, as the money transfer company’s fourth-quarter earnings figure beat analyst expectations.
Wise will not disappear from the UK market; it keeps a secondary listing on the LSE, so existing UK shareholders can still trade the shares there, but the company’s main regulatory and reporting “home” will become the US.
The UK-based FinTech reported a 24% year‑on‑year jump in underlying income and 27% growth in cross‑border volumes to £49.4 billion in Q4.
For the full year 2026, Wise posted around £1.6 billion in underlying income, underpinned by nearly 18.9 million active customers.
On top of that, Wise has also applied for a national trust bank charter in the US, signaling a deeper push into the American market beyond just cross‑border payments and FX.
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