Wise Platform improves cross-border money management

Wise Platform, the cross-border payments infrastructure for banks, fintechs and enterprises, has launched a new and bespoke way to help enterprises and their customers with their cross-border money management needs.

Rolling out first in Australia with two partners, ProSpend and Parpera will use Wise's infrastructure to issue multi-currency accounts and digital debit cards via their own interface, directly to their customers, to spend and manage money internationally:

• 170+ countries, one card: Issue Wise co-branded or white labelled digital debit cards (Visa or Mastercard) will allow business owners and employers to spend like a local, wherever at the mid-market exchange rate and manage expenses.
• 40+ currencies, 9 account details, one account: Users are able to issue multi-currency accounts to hold and convert between 40+ different currencies as well as instantly generate local and global account details in 9 currencies including AUD, NZD, EUR, USD, GBP, SGD allowing businesses to go global with a few clicks.
• One stop shop: Users are able to send, spend and manage money across currencies all from the one platform.

Daniel McCarthy, Commercial Lead, Asia Pacific at Wise Platform, comments, "These new features are a significant step forward in our ability to support Australian based Wise Platform partners and their customers in ways they've not experienced before.

"Traditional international banking solutions still dont work well for businesses, and require them to use too many external tools from a range of providers to allow them to do what they need.

"The release of Wise Platform's new features brings us one step closer to solving this pain point, enabling more businesses to expand and operate internationally, without worrying about managing complex, multi-currency cash flow."

McCarthy continues, "Compliance smarts and practices can be a huge barrier to entry to midmarket and enterprise businesses looking to expand into international payments. Leveraging Wise's API also means they're able to tap into Wise's modular components, including our security and verification engines if required; Wise Platform solutions aim to enable these businesses to expand on all fronts, compliantly."

Wise Platform is live with more than 60 banks and non-banks globally in over 18 countries, including Deel, Monzo, Up, Bank Mandiri, Google Pay, Bunq, ZA Bank, Tiger Brokers and Xero to name a few. This extension of the Platform offering aims to further support partners in managing their finances, the company states.

Launch pilot partners comment on the announcement

Prospend states the company is partnering with Wise Platform to give corporate customers the ability to issue instant digital debit cards and process payments to their suppliers, all linked to a central multi-currency account, and convert these balances interchangeably directly within the ProSpend platform.

Sharon Nouh, CEO at ProSpend, says, "We are delighted to be partnering with Wise Platform as our fully integrated payment partner. The partnership aligns with our vision of delivering one hyper automated spend platform. Combining our platform that helps businesses manage their business expenses, their account payables, and purchases with budget controls with Wise's market leading global payments technology, delivers this vision.

"By deeply integrating Wise's payments infrastructure into our platform, our customers can now run their entire company cards program from the same system they use to deliver all other services. We are excited to continue to work with Wise to innovate and improve the payment and spend management process for our mutual clients."

Parpera states the company is using Wise Platform to help power their customers domestic needs initially, and also providing them with the tools they need to scale across borders when the time is right.

Daniel Cannizzaro, CEO at Parpera, comments, "We're thrilled to partner with Wise to leverage its market-leading global payment infrastructure to enable our Australian relaunch.

"Initially, Wise Platform will enable us to offer Australian sole traders and small business owners access to a Business Account, Business Debit card, and payments within the Parpera App. And later, itll extend our offering to multi-currency wallets, and cross-border payments, unlocking greater value for businesses on our platform by enabling them to do business globally with ease.

"Additionally, Wise serves as a strong and trusted partner to enable Parpera's proposition in Australia and its future expansion to new markets."