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NEWS: Wise is first company identified under Belgium’s AML ‘name-and-shame’ regime

Wise logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

WISE has become the first financial services company publicly named by Belgium’s National Bank (NBB) under its tougher approach to publishing anti-money laundering enforcement measures.

The move is the first such decision published as part of the regulator’s ‘name and shame’ strategy, introduced earlier this year in an effort to address criticism from the FATF (Financial Action Task Force).

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