WISH* Charge (What It Is + Is It Legit?)

When you shop on the Wish online marketplace, the charge shows up as "WISH*" on your bank statement because Wish's payment processing system uses an asterisk following the brand name as a standard delimiter to separate the merchant identifier from any additional transaction details that may follow, such as an order number or product category. This truncated format is a common convention used by payment processors handling high-volume e-commerce platforms, where space on a bank statement descriptor is limited to around 22 characters. If you see "WISH*" paired with an unfamiliar string of characters or numbers after it, that trailing information is simply Wish's way of encoding order-specific data into the billing descriptor.

No, this is a legitimate charge from Wish. However, if you did not authorize this charge or cancelled your subscription, you may be eligible for a refund.

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