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Global currency tech company Wise is calling on the Commerce Commission to investigate what banks charge for overseas remittances when it conducts its market study into the retail banking sector.

Blue-chip shares are trading higher today as London sentiment benefits from a strong Wall Street handover.

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

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London fintech Wise could soon be without both its long-serving bosses, after the CFO today said he plans to leave the firm just days after the CEO revealed he would be taking a multiple-month leave of absence.

City Voices: The more senior male leaders take their family into account when making career decisions, the better

The billionaire boss of payments firm Wise is to take a three-month sabbatical to spend more time with his family, he announced today.

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.

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.

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