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The election of Donald Trump as president and a Republican-led U.S. Senate projects an isolationist posture toward international commerce, threatening cross-border payments volume. London-based Wise, which processes international digital payments as a core part of its business, is not worried. 

“There’s nothing here that concerns us from that perspective,” said Martin Adams, director of finance, financial planning, analysis and investor relations for Wise, in an interview after the company released its first half earnings for 2024. “The U.S. is a focus for our business but we are geographically diversified and are very well spread out,” Adams said.

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