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TransferWise: ADGM licence recorded for TransferWise

Issuing authority
Abu Dhabi Global Market
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Licence type
Financial Service

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by Abu Dhabi Global Market. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Abu Dhabi Global Market No number on the register

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Holder
TransferWise Ltd
Issuing authority
Abu Dhabi Global Market
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Licence type
Financial Service

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Our check

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About ADGM

Abu Dhabi Global Market is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Arab Emirates.

Full name
Abu Dhabi Global Market
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
2015
Firms we track under it
3 firms
Licences it issues
Cat 3A/3B Brokerage Licence
Typical cost of a licence
USD 50000-100000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

ADGM's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Complaints routeFSRA Complaints
  • Maximum leverage1:50
This describes the authority's regime, not how TransferWise applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against TransferWise. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
TransferWise Ltd
Based in
Australia
Wikilix score
53.7the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • WISE AUSTRALIA PTY LTDAustralia · Reg. 616463855 · Jun 29, 2018
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Also on record

Other licences TransferWise holds

4 other licences are on record for TransferWise.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
TransferWise provides customer support via live chat during business hours and phone support with international numbers for the US, Australia, and Canada. Support is available in English.
TransferWise is authorized to offer a range of regulated financial instruments including Forex, bonds, stocks, funds, options, derivatives, commodities, loans, and retail investments. However, binary options trading is subject to limits.
Yes, users funding accounts via debit cards with TransferWise may need to upload scanned images of the front and back of their debit card for verification. This is part of the broker's compliance with regulatory requirements to verify user identity.
TransferWise supports various funding methods including bank transfers (ACH), debit and credit cards, wire transfers, mobile wallets, and Wise debit cards. Processing times vary from instant for cards and wallets to 1-3 business days for bank and wire transfers. Fees differ by method, with credit card deposits incurring higher fixed fees.
TransferWise Ltd is regulated by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a tier 1 regulator. It offers client fund insurance up to £85,000 under FSCS and follows strict regulatory standards including fund segregation. The FCA provides a complaint mechanism through the Financial Ombudsman Service.
TransferWise holds this ADGM licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the ADGM register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates ADGM tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
TransferWise has 4 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 4 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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