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Plans to move Wise stock market listing to US approved by High Court judge

In July last year, Wise’s co-founder, Taavet Hinrikus, described the firm’s plans as ‘inappropriate and unfair’.

Evening Standard

Wise Secures US Listing Approval, But Proxy Adviser Oversight Sparks Governance Concerns: Report

British fintech Wise Plc (OTC:WIZEY) secured shareholder approval this week for its controversial move to a U.S. primary listing, but the victory exposed significant shortcomings among proxy advisory firms that could concern institutional investors.

Benzinga

Shareholders of UK fintech Wise vote to move main stock market listing to US

Co-founder Kristo Käärmann gains enhanced voting rights in controversial move

The Guardian - UK

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Wise is bundling co-founder’s voting rights into ballot on US listing. It deserves to lose

Claims the two issues are inextricably entwined reads as self-interested waffle

The Guardian - UK

The billionaire pipeline: How a 2000s startup boom fueled Europe’s tech renaissance

Why did it take Europe so long to kick-start its entrepreneurial streak? And what changed to allow the continent’s founder factories to flourish?

Fortune

8 European Fintech Entrepreneurs Who Transformed Startups into Global Giants

As the minds behind leading payment platforms, fintech services, and crypto exchanges, they are bringing the future within reach.

International Business Times

Co-founder of collapsed energy firm Bulb hopes to expand battery business

Loss-making venture led by Amit Gudka eyes continent as countries move towards using renewable power

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Wise co-founder Hinrikus partners for €250 million tech fund

Plural will benefit from ‘scar tissue’ built by digital start-up luminaries

Evening Standard

City watchdog opens probe into tax affairs of Wise founder Kristo Käärmann

Company says entrepreneur “intends to cooperate fully” with the investigation.

Evening Standard

FCA investigates Wise cofounder after tax default

Kristo Käärmann was included on HMRC’s list of deliberate tax defaulters in September 2021

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