Q4 FY2026 Trading Update

Wise

13/04/2026 07:00

RNS Number : 1607A

Wise PLC

13 April 2026

 

13 April 2026 

Strong volume growth of 27%1 and customer holdings up 37%

Update on Dual Listing

 

●     Quarterly cross-border volume grew +26% YoY (+27% on a constant currency basis), to £49.4bn, with 11.3m active customers in Q4 (+22% YoY)

●     Continued diversification of income through the Wise account, with customer holdings growing by +37% to £29.4bn, and card and other revenue up +29% YoY

●     Wise Business active customers in the quarter rose +26% YoY to 572,000 as volumes grew strongly again (+35% YoY)

●     Cross-border take rate reduced 1bp in the quarter to 51bps, and is down from 53bps a year ago, reflecting a balanced approach to investing in price and the business to support long-term growth

●     Underlying income was £435.3m in Q4 FY26, up +24% YoY, on both a reported and constant currency basis 

●     For FY26, growth in active customers, up 21% to 18.9m, combined with the greater adoption of Wise account features, drove a 25% increase in cross-border volume to £181.7bn and underlying income growth of 18% to £1,609.2m on a reported basis. On a constant currency basis, underlying income grew 19% to £1,619.7m for the year

●     Continue to expect FY26 underlying PBT margin to be towards the top of the 13-16% range (including costs related to the Dual Listing) as we remain focused on investing in long-term growth and becoming 'the' network for the world's money

●     FY26 results will be presented in USD and in accordance with US GAAP, rather than GBP and IFRS, reflecting the expected completion of our Dual Listing this quarter

 

"We are making good progress on building the network for the world's money. Our infrastructure makes cross-border transactions cheaper and faster and, in January, we became one of the first payment institutions to be granted membership to Payments Canada, paving the way to direct access there.

 

"More and more people are using Wise at home or abroad for their everyday spending, for paying bills, for savings and investments. That's why last month we formally launched our UK current account with a physical branch concept on Oxford Street in London."

 

-Kristo Käärmann, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

 

Q4 FY26
Q4 FY25
YoY Movement
YoY
Movement
Constant
CCY
Cross-border volume (£ billion)
49.4
39.1
26%
27%
Underlying income (£ million)
435.3
350.4
24%
24%
Cross-border take rate (%)
0.51%
0.53%
-2 bps
-
Instant transfers (%)
75%
65%
+10 pps
-

 

Update on Dual Listing

As announced on 5 June 2025, the Board proposed to transfer Wise's primary listing to a US stock exchange and maintain a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange, in order to accelerate our path to become 'the' network for the worldʼs money and create long-term value for our stakeholders. We believe that the addition of a primary US listing would bring a number of strategic and capital markets benefits to Wise and its owners, including greater visibility in the United States, the biggest market opportunity for our products today, and better access to the world's deepest and most liquid capital market.

The proposal was duly approved by Wise shareholders at meetings convened on 28 July 2025. In connection with our primary US listing, a Registration Statement (which has not yet been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")) has been filed with the SEC and is available both on the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system ("EDGAR") and our website at https://wise.com/owners/wise-dual-listing. We remain on track to complete our Dual Listing this quarter, with an expected listing date of 11 May 2026 on Nasdaq.

 

 

Enquiries

Martin Adams - Investor Relations

owners@wise.com

 

Sana Rahman - Communications

press@wise.com

 

Brunswick Group

Charles Pretzlik / Emily Murphy

Wise@brunswickgroup.com

+44 (0) 20 7404 5959

 

About Wise

 

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money.

 

With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses can hold 40+ currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new network for the world's money. Launched in 2011, Wise is one of the world's fastest growing, profitable tech companies.

 

In fiscal year 2025, Wise supported around 15.6 million people and businesses, processing over £145 billion in cross-border transactions and saving customers around £2 billion.

 

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Appendix - Historical Financials

 

 

Quarterly
Q4 FY2024
Q1 FY2025
Q2 FY2025
Q3 FY2025
Q4 FY2025
Q1 FY2026
Q2 FY2026
Q3 FY2026
Q4 FY2026
QoQ
Movement
Q YoY
Movement
QoQ
Movement
Constant
CCY
Q YoY
Movement
Constant
CCY
Active Customers (thousand)¹
7,911
8,374
8,892
9,047
9,291
9,797
10,440
10,897
11,290
4%
22%
-
-
Personal (thousand)
7,517
7,962
8,469
8,612
8,838
9,321
9,936
10,354
10,718
4%
21%
-
-
Business (thousand)
395
412
423
435
453
475
504
542
572
5%
26%
-
-
Cross-border volume (£ billion)²
30.6
33.2
35.2
37.8
39.1
41.2
43.7
47.4
49.4
4%
26%
4%
27%
Personal (£ billion)
22.6
24.5
26.1
27.4
28.4
29.7
31.2
33.2
34.9
5%
23%
5%
23%
Business (£ billion)
8.0
8.7
9.1
10.4
10.7
11.5
12.5
14.2
14.4
2%
35%
2%
37%
Customer balances (£ billion)³
13.3
14.1
14.7
16.2
17.1
18.1
19.7
21.2
22.6
7%
33%
-
-
Personal (£ billion)
7.9
8.4
9.0
9.8
10.5
11.3
12.4
13.1
14.2
8%
34%
-
-
Business (£ billion)
5.4
5.7
5.7
6.4
6.6
6.8
7.3
8.1
8.4
4%
30%
-
-
Cross-border revenue (£ million)
204.6
211.2
207.9
212.9
208.4
214.8
226.1
245.4
251.4
2%
21%
2%
21%
Card and other revenue (£ million)
72.6
80.0
92.8
97.8
100.9
103.3
113.8
127.4
130.2
2%
29%
2%
29%

 

Note: Differences between 'total' rows and the sum of the constituent components of personal and business are due to rounding.

The split between personal and business is based on customer selection at onboarding

¹ Total number of unique customers who have completed at least one cross-border transaction in the given period.

² Cross-border volume only.

³ Customer balances do not include Assets Under Custody which are not recognised on the balance sheet.

 

 

Appendix - Historical Financials (continued)

Quarterly
Q4 FY2024
Q1 FY2025
Q2 FY2025
Q3 FY2025
Q4 FY2025
Q1 FY2026
Q2 FY2026
Q3 FY2026
Q4 FY2026
QoQ
Movement
Q YoY
Movement
QoQ
Movement
Constant
CCY
Q YoY
Movement
Constant
CCY
Underlying interest income (first 1pct yield) (£ million)
32.3
34.2
36.3
38.8
41.1
43.9
47.6
51.6
53.7
4%
31%
4%
30%
Personal (£ million)
19.0
20.4
22.1
23.6
25.1
27.4
29.9
32.1
33.5
4%
33%
4%
32%
Business (£ million)
13.3
13.8
14.2
15.2
16.0
16.5
17.7
19.5
20.2
4%
27%
4%
26%
Underlying income (£ million)¹
309.5
325.4
337.0
349.5
350.4
362.0
387.5
424.4
435.3
3%
24%
3%
24%
Personal (£ million)
234.0
247.1
259.8
266.9
266.7
274.3
291.2
314.0
322.1
3%
21%
2%
20%
Business (£ million)
75.5
78.3
77.2
82.6
83.7
87.7
96.3
110.4
113.2
3%
35%
3%
36%
Interest income (above the first 1pct yield) (£ million)
109.6
114.3
115.9
110.0
103.7
103.2
102.7
102.1
96.7
(5%)
(7%)
(5%)
(7%)
Personal (£ million)
64.3
68.0
70.4
67.0
63.5
64.4
64.5
63.5
60.2
(5%)
(5%)
(5%)
(5%)
Business (£ million)
45.3
46.3
45.5
43.0
40.2
38.8
38.2
38.6
36.5
(6%)
(10%)
(6%)
(9%)
Benefits paid relating to customer balances (£ million)
(37.9)
(41.3)
(43.5)
(38.2)
(38.2)
(36.0)
(37.3)
(37.2)
(36.4)
(2%)
(5%)
(2%)
(5%)
Personal (£ million)
(22.6)
(24.8)
(26.5)
(24.3)
(23.6)
(22.7)
(23.7)
(23.8)
(22.8)
(4%)
(3%)
(4%)
(4%)
Business (£ million)
(15.3)
(16.5)
(17.0)
(13.9)
(14.6)
(13.3)
(13.6)
(13.4)
(13.6)
1%
(7%)
2%
(7%)
Cross-border take rate (%)
0.67%
0.64%
0.59%
0.56%
0.53%
0.52%
0.52%
0.52%
0.51%
-1 bps
-2 bps
-
-
Personal (%)
0.71%
0.68%
0.64%
0.62%
0.58%
0.57%
0.57%
0.57%
0.56%
-1 bps
-3 bps
Business (%)
0.54%
0.51%
0.45%
0.42%
0.40%
0.39%
0.39%
0.40%
0.39%
-1 bps
-1 bps


 

Note: Differences between 'total' rows and the sum of the constituent components of personal and business are due to rounding.

¹ Underlying income is an alternative performance measure comprising revenue, first 1% of gross yield of interest income on customer balances, and any interest expense on customer balances. It does not include interest income above the first 1% gross yield or benefits paid on customer balances.

 

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