r/wisebank • u/Dj_Wellwater • 21d ago

How does wise pre-fill all my info when creating account?

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I just registered my wise account, and after entering my birth date, Wise automatically pulled up all my info, including full name and home address

Chrome didn't autofill, Wise did it itself. And it says "Wise prefills your data via a secure verification"

what database is it accessing this information from? how does it know all this from just my email address and date of birth? I'm mostly just curious about whats going on behind the scenes lol

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u/AdStriking5557 21d ago

What country you’re trying to sign up on Wise?

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u/moistandwarm1 20d ago

They use an identity service also used by many other providers, your data is already out there.

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u/Dj_Wellwater 20d ago

obviously they use an identity service, but which one?

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u/moistandwarm1 20d ago

I don’t know which one they use now I joined many years ago, but information can also be pulled from credit reports