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Intra-Europe consultancy corridor.
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The leak story
vs PayPal£54.27 skimmed before it even hit your account.
That's enough to pay for…
- 6 months of Spotify
- 9 pints of craft beer
- 6 months of GitHub Copilot
Over a year at this pace
You'll leak £651.24 — that's a PlayStation 5 + 3 games.
Every. Single. Year.
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PayPal
4.4% + $0.30 · 2.5% FX markup
Fee£38.04
FX leak£20.52
Skimmed£58.56
You keep
£800.14
Stripe International
4.3% + $0.30 · 2.0% FX markup
Fee£37.18
FX leak£16.43
Skimmed£53.61
You keep
£805.08
Payoneer
3% flat · 1.5% FX markup
Fee£25.76
FX leak£12.49
Skimmed£38.25
You keep
£820.44
Winner!
Wise Business
0.5% transparent · 0% FX markup
Fee£4.29
FX leak£0.00
Skimmed£4.29
Airwallex
1% intl · 0.6% FX markup
Fee£8.59
FX leak£5.10
Skimmed£13.69
You keep
£845.01
Revolut Business
0.4% · interbank FX (0.4% beyond plan)
Fee£3.43
FX leak£3.42
Skimmed£6.86
You keep
£851.84
WorldFirst
0% fee · 0.5% FX markup
Fee£0.00
FX leak£4.29
Skimmed£4.29
You keep
£854.40
Mercury
Free wires · ~1% FX spread
Fee£0.00
FX leak£8.59
Skimmed£8.59
You keep
£850.11
Bank Wire (SWIFT)
$25 flat · 3% FX spread
Fee£21.47
FX leak£25.12
Skimmed£46.58
You keep
£812.11
Deel
3% withdraw · 1.5% FX markup
Fee£25.76
FX leak£12.49
Skimmed£38.25
You keep
£820.44
Smart Tip
Stop the leak! Based on your parameters, Wise Business saves you £651.24/year compared to PayPal.
Switch the rail and reclaim that margin every cycle.
Per invoice
£54.27Extrapolated yearly
£651.24How we calculated it
Difference between PayPal and Wise Business on the same invoice, split into the two leak sources:
- Platform fee delta£33.75
- FX markup leakage delta£20.52
- Per-invoice savings£54.27
- × 12 months£651.24
Winner breakdown
0.00% better than WorldFirstCalculation breakdown · Wise Business
- Gross billed
- €1,000
- Platform fee %
- 0.50%
- Total platform fee
- €5.00
- Conversion rate
- 0.8587
- FX markup
- 0.00%
- Effective rate
- 0.8587
- Receiving amount
- €995.00
- Hidden FX loss
- £0.00
- Total loss
- £4.29
Final payout£854.40
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