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In this article WISE-GB Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Wise logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Wise posted a 55% jump in profit in the first half of its 2025 fiscal year Wednesday, citing customer growth and expanding market share. The British digital payments firm said that its first-half profit totalled £217.
3 million, up from £140.6 million in the same period a year ago. That came on the back of a 25% increase in active customers, with Wise reporting a total of 11.
4 million consumer and business clients. Revenues at the money transfer platform climbed 19% year-on-year for the period to £591.9 million, Wise reported Wednesday.
Earlier this year, Wise issued a sales warning that sent shares of the U.K. online payments firm down as much as 21%.
Back in June, Wise said it was expecting underlying year-over-year income growth of 15-20% for its fiscal 2025, much lower than the 31% growth clip it achieved in the 12 months ending in March 2024. The softer guidance came off the back of a series of price reductions. Last month, Wise reported a 17% increase in underlying income for the second quarter of 2024.
The firm also said it was on track to achieve an underlying profit before tax (PBT) margin of 13% to 16% in the medium term — reiterating previous guidance from June — and wouldn't have to make "further material investments in reduced pricing" in the second half. On Wednesday, Wise said that its underlying PBT margin for the first-half period was 22%, above its target range of 13% to 16%. However, the firm added that investments it's made in reducing pricing will take that margin down to a level close to that target range for the second half of its 2025 fiscal year.
Last week, Wise's billionaire CEO and co-founder Kristo Käärmann was fined £350,000 fine by the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority for failing to report an issue with his tax filings.
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