Wise Plc Class A · LSE:WISE

Wise Plc Class A — H1 FY26 Earnings Presentation

58 slides from Wise Plc Class A's earnings presentation, Nov 6, 2025

  1. Slide 1: H1 FY26 Results Presentation

    H1 FY26 Results Presentatio n 6 November 2025

  2. Slide 2: 27WISC

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  3. Slide 3: Welcome

    Welcome Kristo Käärmann Kristo Käärmann Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Co-Founder and CEO

  4. Slide 4: Progressing on our mission

    Progressing on our mission Active Customers Million 18%

  5. Slide 5: Progressing on our mission

    Progressing on our mission Active Cross-border Customers Volume Million £ billion 18% 24%

  6. Slide 6: Progressing on our mission

    Progressing on our mission Active Cross-border Customer Customers Volume Holdings1 Million £ billion £ billion 18% 24% 37% 1 Customer holdings is the total of the amount of customer balances in the Wise account as well as the amounts invested in the ‘Assetsʼ feature. Holdings include Assets Under Cu

  7. Slide 7: Progressing on our mission

    Progressing on our mission Active Cross-border Customer Underlying Customers Volume Holdings1 income Million £ billion £ billion £ million 18% 24% 37% 13% 1 Customer holdings is the total of the amount of customer balances in the Wise account as well as the amounts invested in the ‘Assetsʼ feature.

  8. Slide 8: Progress in the last six months

    Progress in the last six months Pix BR) direct integration is live, Travel Hub Zengin JP) is imminent Accounts for under 18s New licenses approved to offer Interest in Brazil our products in the UAE Wise Business US — Regulatory infrastructure invoicing with card payments investments — instant onb

  9. Slide 9: Faster, lower-cost payments enabled by our infrastructure

    Faster, lower-cost payments enabled by our infrastructure Increased Speed Continued investments in price Payment speed Cross-border take rate Instant 20sec 1hr 24hrs Q2 FY21 Q2 FY22 Q2 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q2 FY25 Q2 FY26 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26 Q2 FY26

  10. Slide 10: Wise platform as driver of long-term volume

    WISE PLATFORM AS DRIVER OF LONG-TERM VOLUME 9, c.5% 10%

  11. Slide 11: Moving trillions as 'the' network for the world's money

    Ready for designmain deck Moving trillions as ‘theʼ network for the worldʼs money Market leading international account for people andfor As ‘theʼ network businesses the worldʼs money The international account for people and businesses 11

  12. Slide 12: £32tn addressable market

    £32tn Note(s): Source: Based on Research by Edgar, Dunn & Company, December 2024 TAM has been converted into GBP 0.782742 FX rate USD/GBP

  13. Slide 13: Wise is growing fast and profitable

    Wise is growing fast and profitable Delivering on our commitment to sustainable growth Emmanuel Thomassin Chief Financial Officer 13

  14. Slide 14: Delivering sustainable customer-driven growth

    Delivering sustainable customer-driven growth Active Customers Cross-border Volume Customer Holdings1 million £ billion £ billion 21% CAGR 22% 34% CAGR CAGR 18% 24% 37% 25% 19% 31% 1 Customer holdings is the total of the amount of customer balances in the Wise account as well as the amounts in

  15. Slide 15: Strong financial performance, investing for growth

    Strong financial performance, investing for growth Underlying Income Underlying Profit Profit before tax £ million before tax margin1 % % 16% CAGR 0.6pps 15% CAGR 13% 13% 51% 5.3pp 5.9pp 19% 1 Includes c.£11.5 million of listing expenses.

  16. Slide 16: Sustained active customer growth

    Sustained active customer growth Personal Active Customers Business Active Customers Million Thousands 22% 14% CAGR CAGR 18% 17% 25% 11% Active customers: total number of unique customers who have completed at least one cross-currency transaction in a given period

  17. Slide 17: Customer growth drives more volumes

    Customer growth drives Cross Border Volume1 £ billion more volumes 22% CAGR 24% 19% 26%ccy Platform 21%ccy c.5% Business Personal Notes: 1Defined as volume of transactions where the source currency and target currency are different. Differences between ‘totalʼ and the sum of the constituent comp

  18. Slide 18: Cross-border volume drives continued revenue growth

    Cross-border volume drives continued revenue growth Cross-border revenue Cross-border take rate £ million % 7% CAGR 5% 9% Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26 Q2 FY26 H1 FY24 H1 FY25 H1 FY26

  19. Slide 19: Increased adoption of the Wise Account with higher card usage

    Increased adoption of the Wise Account with higher card usage Card spend Card revenue £ billion £ million 33% CAGR 33% CAGR 28% 27% 38% 38%

  20. Slide 20: Growth in customer balances generates higher interest income

    Growth in customer balances generates higher interest income Customer Holdings1 Interest income on customer balances £ billion £ million 34% CAGR 19% CAGR Assets under custody Interest income above 1% Customer balances Underlying Interest 37% income (first 1% 42% 1% Avg. yield 4.10% Avg. yield 3

  21. Slide 21: Diversification of underlying income

    Diversification of underlying income 41% non-cross) driven by Wise Account Underlying income Underlying income mix £ million % Underlying interest income Other revenue Card revenue Cross border revenue

  22. Slide 22: Geographically diversified underlying income

    Geographically diversified Underlying income geographical mix % underlying income

  23. Slide 23: Our investments fuel growth and efficiency

    Our investments 1 fuel growth and efficiency, Target 1316% which create Underlying PBT margin further capacity for more 4 2 investment Reinvestment brings Margin improvement Underlying PBT margin due to operational back towards 1316% efficiency and scaling 3 Reinvestment of the incremental margin

  24. Slide 24: Investing to service and onboard

    Investing to service Servicing investment £ millon and onboard Live support in 1min1 a growing 70% 20% customer base in Oct ‘25 NPS 69 Notes: 1: live support in 1 minute; all back office operations in 1 hour

  25. Slide 25: Targeted marketing investments

    Targeted marketing Marketing and sales investment £ millon investments Word of mouth to acquire 59% customers 70% and build the Wise brand Payback period1 6 months Notes: 1 Excludes investment in brand investment, includes word of mouth

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  27. Slide 27: Investments drive strong customer acquisition

    Investments drive strong New Active customers Million customer 13% CAGR acquisition 14% 13% Active customers: total number of unique customers who have completed at least one cross-currency transaction in a given period

  28. Slide 28: Tech and product development for growth

    Tech and product Tech and development investment £ million development for growth 18% and improved customer experience

  29. Slide 29: General and administrative — building foundations for long-term growth

    General and administrative General and administrative investment — building the £ millon foundations 35% for long-term growth

  30. Slide 30: Delivering a sustainable, profitable underlying business model

    Delivering a sustainable, Underlying profit before tax margin1 % profitable underlying business model Target 1316% margin range 1 Includes £11.5m of listing costs in H1 FY26.

  31. Slide 31: Additional interest income contributes to higher reported profit before tax

    Additional interest income Profit before tax £ million contributes to higher reported profit before tax Note:* Includes £11.5m of listing costs; ** c.30 related to the UK

  32. Slide 32: Continuing to target strong growth and healthy levels of profitability

    Continuing to target strong growth and healthy levels of profitability 1520% underlying FY26 around 16% income growth in FY26 underlying PBT margin and as a CAGR over excl. one-off listing expenses the medium term CCY

  33. Slide 33: Capital allocation framework

    Capital allocation framework Underlying Income growth Prudent Return of capital + management of To date in FY26, have Sustainable profitability profile strong levels repurchased c.50% + of capital and cash of shares of announced FCF generation share repurchase

  34. Slide 34: Strong fundamentals — executing on our strategy

    Strong fundamentals — executing on our strategy 13m+ £85bn £25bn+ Active customers Cross-border volume Customer holdings1 18%YoY 24%YoY 37%YoY 52bps Cross-border take rate £750m Underlying income 16.3% Underlying PBT margin2 10bps YoY 13%YoY 6pp YoY 1 Customer holdings is the total of

  35. Slide 35: 27WISC

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  36. Slide 36: Fireside chat

    Fireside chat Kristo Käärmann Emmanuel Thomassin Co-Founder and CEO Chief Financial Officer

  37. Slide 37: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer This document and any accompanying materials or presentation may include forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations and projections about future events. These statements may include, without limitation, any statements preceded by, followed by or including words su

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  39. Slide 39: Continuing to expect strong growth and healthy levels of profitability

    Continuing to expect strong growth and healthy levels of profitability 1520% underlying income growth in FY26 and as a CAGR over the medium term Growth Driven by customer growth from investments including reductions in price Targeting 1316% of underlying income 13% incl. £35m in dual-listing exp

  40. Slide 40: Capital allocation framework

    Capital allocation framework Underlying Income growth Prudent management Sustainable profitability Return of strong levels of profile of capital capital and cash At Owners Day we announced £1.15bn H1 FY26 regulatory capital1, incremental c.25m one-off purchase well in excess of required levels of sh

  41. Slide 41: Our investments fuel growth and efficiency, which create further capacity

    Our investments fuel growth and efficiency, which create further capacity for more investment Target 1316% Underlying PBT margin Margin improvement Reinvestment brings Underlying PBT due to operational efficiency and margin back towards 1316% scaling Reinvestment of the incremental margin in produ

  42. Slide 42: Increased adoption of the Wise Account with higher card usage

    Increased adoption of the Wise Account with higher card usage Card spend Card revenue £bn £m 28% 33% 27% 33% 38% CAGR CAGR 38%

  43. Slide 43: Delivering sustainable customer-driven growth

    Delivering sustainable customer-driven growth Active Customers Cross-border Volume Customer Holdings1 Million £ billion £ billion 31% 21% 34% CAGR 18% CAGR CAGR 37% 24% 25% 19% 31% 1 Customer holdings is the total of the amount of customer balances in the Wise account as well as the amounts in

  44. Slide 44: Strong financial performance, investing for growth

    Strong financial performance, investing for growth Underlying Profit before Underlying Income Profit before tax tax margin1 £ million % % 16% 60bps 15% CAGR CAGR 51% 13% 13% 5.9pp 5.3pp 19% Take rate 1 Includes £11.5m of listing costs in H1 FY26.

  45. Slide 45: Sustained active customer growth

    Sustained active customer growth Personal Active Customers Business Active Customers Million Thousands 22% 18% 14% 17% CAGR CAGR 25% 11% Active customers: total number of unique customers who have completed at least one cross-currency transaction in a given period

  46. Slide 46: Customer growth drives more volumes

    Customer growth drives Cross Border Volume1 £bn more volumes 24% 26% ccy Platform c.5% 22% 19% CAGR 21% ccy Notes: 1Defined as volume of transactions where the source currency and target currency are different. ¹Comparison is H1 FY26 vs H1 FY25. Additional comments: FY25 YoY growth is 25% on a c

  47. Slide 47: Cross-border volume drives continued revenue growth

    Cross-border volume drives continued revenue growth Cross-border revenue Cross-border take rate £, Million % 7% 5% CAGR 9%

  48. Slide 48: Diversification of underlying income

    Diversification of underlying income 41% non-cross) driven by Wise Account Underlying income Underlying income mix £m % YoY 30% YoY 22% YoY 5% YoY 28%

  49. Slide 49: Cost growth reflective of a growing business

    Cost growth reflective of a Administrative expenses1 growing business £m as we invest 27% more and serve 25% CAGR 24% more customers Includes c.£11.5m of listing costs Notes: [1Administrative expenses comprise Marketing, Technology and development, Consultancy and outsourced services , Other adm

  50. Slide 50: We have a highly profitable underlying business model

    We have a highly profitable Underlying profit before tax margin1 % underlying business model Target 16% margin range 13% 1 Includes £11.5m of listing costs in H1 FY26.

  51. Slide 51: Additional interest income contributes to higher reported profit before tax

    Additional interest income Profit before tax £m contributes to higher reported profit before tax Note:* c.30 related to the UK

  52. Slide 52: Investing to service and onboard a growing customer base

    Investing to service and onboard a growing customer base 20% Customer contacts 4.1m 4.8m H1 FY24 H1 FY25 Servicing expenses £m

  53. Slide 53: Targeted marketing investments to acquire customers and build the Wise brand

    Targeted marketing investments to acquire customers and build the Wise brand 59% 70% 12 word month of mouth payback period Marketing and sales expenses £m

  54. Slide 54: Tech and product development for growth and improved customer experience

    Tech and product development for growth and improved customer experience 18% Tech and development expenses £m

  55. Slide 55: Targeted marketing investments to acquire customers and build the Wise brand

    Targeted marketing investments to acquire customers and build the Wise brand Marketing and sales expenses Areas of investment £m ● Focus on value-driven marketing ● Increased investment in business marketing 59% ● Relentless focus in payback economics ● Increased Investment in upper funnel market

  56. Slide 56: General and administrative — building the foundations for long-term growth

    General and administrative — building the foundations for long-term growth General and administrative expenses £m 47% Areas of investment ● Continued investment to drive global scale ● Increased investments in compliance ● Setting up the right structure ahead of US listing ● Investment in risk ma

  57. Slide 57: Cross-border volume drives continued revenue growth

    Cross-border volume drives continued revenue growth Cross-border revenue Cross-border take rate £ million % 7% CAGR 5% 9% H1 FY24 H1 FY25 H1 FY26

  58. Slide 58: Faster, lower-cost payments enabled by our infrastructure

    Faster, lower-cost payments enabled by our infrastructure Increased Speed Continued investments in price Payment speed Cross-border take rate Instant 20sec 1hr 24hrs

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