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Today In Payments: Uber Money Head Resigns; Brussels To Investigate German Regulator Over Wirecard
Today In Payments: Uber Money Head Resigns; Brussels To Investigate German Regulator Over Wirecard
June 26, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Peter Hazlehurst, head of Uber Money, has resigned, and Brussels will investigate Germany’s financial regulatory authority over failing to supervise Wirecard....

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EY Under Scrutiny Over Wirecard Accounting Practices
EY Under Scrutiny Over Wirecard Accounting Practices
June 26, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Ernst & Young (EY), the global accounting firm hired to verify Wirecard’s financials, failed to request crucial information from a Singapore bank where the German...

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Mastercard, Visa Said To Rethink Wirecard Deals Amid Accounting Scandal
Mastercard, Visa Said To Rethink Wirecard Deals Amid Accounting Scandal
June 26, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Mastercard and Visa are considering ending their agreements with Wirecard to process payments on their networks as the German financial technology company’s accounting scandal unravels,...

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EY Says Wirecard Gave False Statements During 2019 Audit
EY Says Wirecard Gave False Statements During 2019 Audit
June 26, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

According to auditor Ernst & Young (EY), German payment processor Wirecard knowingly gave false statements and was in the midst of “elaborate and sophisticated fraud...

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Wirecard Files For Insolvency, Seeks Court Protection
Wirecard Files For Insolvency, Seeks Court Protection
June 25, 2020  |  News

Wirecard, the embattled Germany payment services company, said Thursday (June 25) it was filing for insolvency. The decision comes less than a week after auditors...

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Wirecard’s End Appears To Begin In China
Wirecard’s End Appears To Begin In China
June 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

For Wirecard, does the end start in China? It’s well known by now that roughly $2 billion is unaccounted for in a story that continues to...

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Wirecard Says $2.1B Likely Didn’t Exist
Wirecard Says $2.1B Likely Didn’t Exist
June 22, 2020  |  News

Wirecard AG, the Munich, Germany payment processor, acknowledged Monday it’s likely the missing 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) from its accounts in the Philippines never...

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Philippines Central Bank Says Wirecard Deposits Never Made
Philippines Central Bank Says Wirecard Deposits Never Made
June 21, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The Philippines central bank cast doubt on Wirecard AG’s assertion that the Munich, Germany payment processor deposited 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) into two banks...

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Wirecard’s Missing Cash Brings Accounting Saga To New (Perhaps Final) Chapter 
Wirecard’s Missing Cash Brings Accounting Saga To New (Perhaps Final) Chapter 
June 19, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Cash, they say, is king.  And when cash disappears from the bank (and thus from corporate coffers) — under mysterious circumstances with a convoluted backstory...

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