Kristo Käärmann
Kristo Käärmann is co-founder and chief executive officer of Wise. An Estonian entrepreneur and former Deloitte consultant, he co-founded TransferWise after personal frustration with bank FX fees.1
Career
With Taavet Hinrikus, Käärmann built Wise into a public multi-currency account and remittance company operating under EMI-style licences—often compared with neobanks for its consumer money app while remaining payments-first.
Wise
Kristo Käärmann is principally associated with Wise. See that article for products, licensing and market context.
External links
References
- Kristo Käärmann is a founder of Wise, covered on neobank.wiki. https://wise.com/
Frequently asked questions
- What is Kristo Käärmann?
- Kristo Käärmann is co-founder and CEO of Wise (formerly TransferWise).
See also
- Accrue - Accrue is a Ghana- and Nigeria-rooted fintech that moves money across Africa and the US using a stablecoin agent network.
- Airwallex - Airwallex is an Australian-founded business fintech for global accounts, payments and spend management.
- Alex Johnson - Alex Johnson is the founder of Fintech Takes, a widely read fintech newsletter and podcast; he is active on X as @AlexH_Johnson.
- Alexandre Prot - Alexandre Prot is co-founder and CEO of Qonto, the Paris-based European business neobank.
- Ali Niknam - Ali Niknam is founder and CEO of Bunq, the Amsterdam-based licensed Dutch neobank.