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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has charged a director of Citadelle Corporate Services Pte Ltd for falsifying letters related to Wirecard, the troubled German payments firm,…
Read More Singapore charges Citadelle director with falsifying letters related to Wirecard
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German body in charge of regulating auditors is examining the work of EY, the auditor that approved the books of collapsed…
Read More German regulator examines auditor EY over Wirecard accounts
MUNICH (Reuters) – German prosecutors arrested three former top executives of Wirecard (WDIG.DE) on Wednesday, saying it suspected them of masterminding a criminal racket to…
Read More Prosecutors arrest three in suspected Wirecard criminal racket
MUNICH (Reuters) – German prosecutors arrested three former top executives of Wirecard (WDIG.DE) on Wednesday, saying it suspected them of masterminding a criminal racket to…
Read More Prosecutors arrest three in suspected Wirecard criminal racket
MUNICH (Reuters) – German prosecutors arrested three former top executives at Wirecard (WDIG.DE) on Wednesday, saying they now suspected them of an organised criminal enterprise…
Read More Prosecutors arrest three in Wirecard criminal enterprise
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German authorities pressed on for four years investigating investors who bet against Wirecard AG’s shares, even after a UK regulator concluded that…
Read More Germany’s long, lonely campaign: Battling Wirecard’s short sellers
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank’s chief executive said on Tuesday it was too early to say how it might help Wirecard Bank, the banking wing…
Read More Deutsche Bank CEO evaluating help for Wirecard Bank
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested the head of a Dubai-based subsidiary of Wirecard, widening the circle of suspects in…
Read More German prosecutor arrests head of Wirecard's Dubai unit
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested the head of a Dubai-based subsidiary of Wirecard, widening the circle of suspects in…
Read More German prosecutor arrests head of Wirecard's Dubai unit
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against Wirecard’s (WDIG.DE) former Chief Executive Markus Braun and Chief Operating Officer Jan Marsalek…
Read More Wirecard's former boss faces criminal complaint in Austria
BERLIN/MANILA (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition called on Monday for a parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of payments firm Wirecard after a global fraud that left…
Read More Wirecard collapse leads to call for German parliamentary inquiry
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German regulators twice looked into tightening the supervision of collapsed payments firm Wirecard and discussed it with the German and European central…
Read More Exclusive: Germany missed chances to put Wirecard on watchlist, source says
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government plans to terminate its contract with the country’s accounting watchdog after payments company Wirecard filed for insolvency last week…
Read More Germany to sever ties with accounting watchdog after Wirecard scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) – Wirecard, the German scandal-hit payments company, said on Saturday it would proceed with business activities after filing for insolvency and expects a…
Read More Germany's beleaguered Wirecard to proceed with business after insolvency
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – The European Commission in a rare move has asked its markets watchdog to investigate German financial regulator BaFin over the collapse of…
Read More Wirecard collapse puts German watchdog in EU crosshairs
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – Wirecard said on Thursday it was filing for insolvency after disclosing a $2.1 billion financial hole in its accounts, becoming the first…
Read More Wirecard files for insolvency, becoming first DAX member to fail
MUNICH/MANILA (Reuters) – Wirecard’s $2.1 billion accounting scandal is being investigated by the Philippines, which said that the German payments firm’s former chief operating officer…
Read More Philippines launches investigation into Wirecard's phantom billions
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asian ride-hailing and payments company Grab said it had put a partnership with scandal-hit Wirecard (WDIG.DE) on hold, days after the…
Read More Singapore's Grab puts partnership with troubled Wirecard on hold
FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) – Wirecard’s (WDIG.DE) fall from grace prompted calls for an overhaul of Germany’s system of corporate oversight on Tuesday, as the fraud scandal…
Read More Wirecard 'disaster' piles on pressure for corporate reform in Germany
MUNICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Wirecard’s (WDIG.DE) former boss has been arrested on suspicion of falsifying its accounts, after the German payments firm disclosed a $2.1 billion…
Read More Wirecard ex-boss Braun arrested as creditors hunt lost billions
MUNICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Wirecard’s (WDIG.DE) former boss was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of falsifying accounts, after the German payments firm disclosed a $2.1 billion…
Read More Wirecard ex-boss Braun arrested as creditors hunt lost billions
FRANKFURT/MANILA (Reuters) – Wirecard said on Monday that 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) it had booked in its accounts likely never existed, a black hole…
Read More 'Total disaster': Phantom billions plunge Wirecard into chaos
MANILA (Reuters) – None of the $2.1 billion missing from scandal-hit German payments firm Wirecard AG appears to have entered the Philippine financial system, the…
Read More Wirecard's missing money didn't enter Philippine financial system, central bank says
FRANKFURT/MANILA (Reuters) – Wirecard’s chief executive quit on Friday as the German payments firm’s search for $2.1 billion of missing cash hit a dead end…
Read More Wirecard CEO exits as search for missing billions hits dead end in Asia
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Wirecard shares fell by more than 40% as two Philippine banks said the German payments company, which is scrambling to find $2.1…
Read More Wirecard slumps 40% as search for missing billions turns to Philippines
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s financial watchdog BaFin said it has no plans to ban short-selling in payments company Wirecard even as hedge funds increased their…
Read More Germany's BaFin has no plans to ban Wirecard short-selling
BERLIN (Reuters) – The board member overseeing an outside audit of Wirecard has been elected as chairman of the German payments company as it battles…
Read More Board member overseeing Wirecard audit elected chairman
LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Wirecard rejected allegations of impropriety on Tuesday after the Financial Times newspaper published documents on the company’s accounting practices which it…
Read More Wirecard rejects FT report as shares drop
BERLIN (Reuters) – German payments firm Wirecard on Tuesday said it was increasing its 2025 targets for transaction volume, revenue and EBITDA due to organic…
Read More Wirecard raises EBITDA, revenue and transaction targets for 2025
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German payments company Wirecard AG said on Thursday it was teaming up with car-dealing platform AUTO1 Group to offer digital financial services…
Read More Wirecard deal with AUTO1 first fruit of SoftBank alliance