Tagged: wirecard

June 27, 2020 @ 6:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Wirecard AG (WDI:DE) saga has gone from bad to worse as allegations of profound fraud cratered the company when its auditor, EY, uncovered a misplaced €1.9 billion in funds. Since the clear operational failure, the former CEO, Markus Braun, has been arrested and… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, it was reported that Wirecard AG (WDI:DE) had initiated bankruptcy proceedings as the company attempted to stave off a complete financial collapse created by a misplaced amount of funds totaling around €1.9 billion. Allegations of profound actions of fraud immediately followed as the former… Read More

June 25, 2020 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Wirecard (WDI.DE) has filed for insolvency following a report €1.9 Billion had gone missing. Shares in Wirecard collapsed on the news trading at around €2.50 a share. It was only last week that shares in Wirecard traded at over €100 a share. Wirecard joined the… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The collateral damage of the alleged Wirecard (WDI.DE) fraud will not be fully understood for weeks or months. Earlier this week, disgraced former CEO Markus Braun was arrested by Munich Police. He was soon back out on the street after ponying up a €5 million… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Markus Braun, former CEO of Wirecard (WDI:DE) has been arrested by Munich authorities according to multiple reports. Braun apparently turned himself into local police as the Fintech attempts to unravel what exactly happened to the missing €1.9 billion. Last week, Wirecard halted a scheduled financial… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, it was reported that Wirecard’s (WDI.DE) missing €1.9 billion may have never existed at all. Last week, the payments Fintech revealed in a statement that during an audit questions emerged regarding the funds with the auditor intimating it was under the belief there… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Wirecard AG  (WDI.DE), a publicly-traded Fintech that jolted shareholders last week when it disclosed it could not account for €1.9 billion, has issued a new statement today on the missing funds. According to the Management Board of Wirecard “there is a prevailing likelihood that the… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Markus Braun has resigned his position as CEO of Wirecard AG  (WDI.DE), effective immediately.  The news came the day after the company posted that it could not account for €1.9 billion and the auditor, EY, claimed there had been attempts to deceive its work. Yesterday,… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Wirecard AG   (WDI.DE), a Germany based payments and cards platform, has delayed publication of its financial statements due to “indications of presentation of spurious balance confirmations.” The obfuscated statement relates to an apparent audit by EY that uncovered a €1.9 billion discrepancy. EY reports an… Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech Payhawk, a corporate expense management solution provider that secured €3 million in seed funding in March 2020, has teamed up with Visa in order to issue business cards that offer 0.50% exchange rates. The Payhawk team says that by working with the payments… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 8:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Tuesday it has received the report on the special investigation by the auditing company KPMG that concluded there is no incriminating evidence founded for the publicly raised accusations of balance sheet manipulation. Wirecard reported… Read More

April 20, 2020 @ 7:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Monday it has joined forces with Visa to be the preferred payment processor for Visa as a way to boost the Visa Fintech Fast Track Program in the Middle East region. According to… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Tuesday it is expanding its presence in Mexico by forming a new partnership with Mexican financial institution Banca Afirme. The duo has notably worked together to implement and market payout products, branded as Afirme… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Thursday it has expanded its e-commerce offer for Chinese online shoppers by integrating with payment method WeChat Pay. Wirecard reported that the solution is ideal for European merchants seeking to enter the Chinese market…. Read More

March 12, 2020 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Klarna, a global payments and shopping provider, to launch a new enhanced joint payment solution specifically for merchants. According to the duo, all three Klarna shopping methods, Pay… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple of weeks after Securing more than $800 million from Japanese investors, Southeastern Asian ride-hailing services Grab has formed a new partnership with Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard. The companies revealed that through the partnership, they will see Wirecard… Read More

March 3, 2020 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirecard AG (GER:WDI), a multinational internet tech and financial services provider which is listed on the German stock exchange (DAX) and is headquartered in Aschheim, district of Munich, has teamed up with Estonia-based Xolo, a company that allows entrepreneurs to launch their businesses completely online. … Read More

February 29, 2020 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany-based Wirecard, a global internet technology firm and financial services provider, is teaming up with Union Bank in the Philippines in order to enhance the efficiency and the convenience of its banking services for corporate clients in the country. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 9:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Wednesday it is teaming up with Sprint to integrate its unified commerce solutions into Sprint’s Curiosity Internet of Things (IoT) platform to deliver the “Internet of Payments.” The two companies, which were brought together… Read More

December 30, 2019 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard recently announced it has teamed up with Singapore currency exchange platform FXchange to provide outbound and inbound travelers in Singapore with digital payment options. Wirecard reported that the duo will be launching multi-currency Visa cards and a… Read More