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Two Sifted recognitions. One bigger ambition.

By Deniz Güven

Made in Finland. Built for Europe.

Being recognised twice by Sifted in 2026, ranked #160 in the Sifted 250 and #57 in the Sifted 100: UK & Ireland, is a very special milestone for wamo.

More than anything, this is a team victory.

Behind these rankings are years of building, learning, fixing, challenging ourselves and moving forward together. Every wamigo has played a part in getting us here.

And while we should take a moment to celebrate it, growth has never been the vision. It is simply evidence that we are solving something that matters.

Our vision is built around three ideas

Solve the real problems of running a business. SMEs don't need more financial products. They need fewer obstacles. We want to remove the friction, complexity and unnecessary work that gets in the way of running and growing a business.

Help businesses stand out through new services. We want to go beyond banking and payments. By continuously introducing new services around the needs of SMEs, wamo can help businesses operate better, serve their customers better and compete with companies many times their size.

Turn small companies into Super Companies. The agentic world changes what is possible. AI agents will increasingly manage repetitive work, analyse information, take action and coordinate different parts of a business. Capabilities that once required large teams and complex infrastructure will become accessible to even the smallest company.

This is where we believe wamo is going.

From a financial platform, to a business platform, and ultimately to an agentic platform for SMEs.

Today belongs to the team

Today, though, belongs to the team. To every wamigo who helped us get here: this one is yours.

And tomorrow, we keep building.

Our ambition is simple: give every small business the capabilities of a much bigger one, and help them become Super Companies.


wamo builds one intelligent financial operating system for Europe's small businesses, combining accounts, payments, cards and AI-powered tools shaped around how each market actually works.

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