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2020: Wirex’s Facts and Figures

If you read our

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2020: Wirex’s Year to Remember

You might remember that we said that

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Wirex Becomes Visa Principal Member

Wirex has become only the second ‘crypto-native’ company in the ...

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The Waitlist: 25,000 and Counting

After being open for just 19 days, Wirex has reached 25,000 ...

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Launch of Waitlist for Revolutionary Multicurrency Mastercard Card

We have now launched the waitlist for our highly-anticipated Wirex ...

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Record Crowdfund for Crypto Company, Raising Over £3.7 Million

We’ve officially smashed our crowdfunding target by 370% and raised ...

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Introducing the Wirex 2021 Graduate Programme

Many graduates might be looking for new roles after University. That’s ...

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Addition of 5 New Currencies Welcomes More Customers

We have now launched Croatian Kuna (HRK), Czech Koruna (CZK), Polish Złoty ...

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Wirex Reaches Target for First Crowdfund in Only 1 and a Half Hours

After opening a private allocation for our crowdfunding campaign only ...

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All About Crowdfunding

What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a ...

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Wirex Launches First £1 Million Crowdfunding

Today, we’re excited to announce our first crowdfunding ...

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First Phase of Revolutionary Product Overhaul and Mastercard Launched

What is Wirex’s Product Overhaul? Wirex fired a ...

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In the UK, your Visa Debit & Prepaid Card will be issued by Contis Financial Services Ltd who is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to issue e-money (Firm Reference Number: 900025) and is a member of Visa. Please note the Visa card is an electronic money product and although it is a product regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, it is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. We ensure that any funds received by you are held in a segregated account so that in the unlikely event that Contis Financial Services Ltd becomes insolvent your funds will be protected against claims made by creditors.

In the EEA, if you hold an EUR denominated card your Visa Wirex card and account is issued by UAB “Finansinės paslaugos „Contis“ (304406236) whose registered address is Mėnulio g. 11-101, Vilnius, Lithuania and who is authorised by the Bank of Lithuania to issue e-money and is a member of Visa.. Please note that the Wirex Visa card and account is an electronic money product and although supervised by the Bank of Lithuania, it is not covered by the Deposit Insurance System of the Republic of Lithuania.We ensure that any funds received by you are held in a segregated account so that in the unlikely event that UAB “Finansinės paslaugos „Contis“ becomes insolvent your funds will be protected against claims made by creditors.