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Additionally, when customers sent money that did not arrive on time, Wise failed to refund the remittance fees within the legally required timeframe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CFPB is ordering Wise to pay approximately $450,000 in redress to harmed consumers and to pay a $2.025 million civil money penalty. &#8220;Overall, the company\u2019s actions led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in harm to consumers,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wise sent multiple emails and blog posts to its customers worldwide, promoting lower ATM fees, free withdrawals, and other perks. However, the CFPB found that these promotions misled U.S. customers into believing they applied to them when they did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also committed several disclosure violations, including failing to provide accurate fee information to consumers who funded prepaid accounts using a credit card through Apple Pay or Google Pay. Additionally, Wise failed to properly disclose exchange rates, did not refund fees when funds were unavailable to recipients by the promised date, and failed to meet other required disclosure obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wise PLC is a publicly traded global electronic money services provider headquartered in the United Kingdom. It operates in the United States through Wise US, a wholly owned subsidiary that offers international money transfer services\u2014also known as remittance transfers\u2014through a mobile app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy deceiving customers, Wise gave itself an unfair advantage over other competitors in the remittances market,\u201d said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. \u201cNew technology can help make money transfers cheaper and more convenient, but companies must be truthful and live up to longstanding law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international remittance company Wise has been ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for a series of illegal actions, including misleading customers about fees and failing to properly disclose exchange rates and other costs. 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