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What's Next For Profitable Unicorn As It Wises Up?

Venkatesh Saha, Head of APAC Expansion, Wise

02-Apr-21 08:00

What's Next For Profitable Unicorn As It Wises Up?

Investment products, digital banking, growth in Asia, and key partnerships. Roshan Kanesan speaks to Venkatesh Saha, Head of APAC Expansion at

London based fintech Wise, about all this and more.

Wise is one of Europe’s most valuable unicorns, worth around $5 billion dollars as at July 2020. Formerly known as TransferWise, the company started with 2 people swapping money to pay mortgages and moved on to helping move billions of dollars across the world. 10 years since starting, the company has changed its name to signal to the world its ambitions to be more than just a cross-border payments solution.

Image credit: Shutterstock.com and Wise

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Roshan Kanesan


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