Tag: Wirecard

Wirecard’s CEO leaves company after search for missing €1.9bn hits a...

The Wirecard scandal sweeping across the European FinTech space intensified over the weekend with CEO Markus Braun leaving the company as the board says the missing €1.9bn ($2.1bn) "do not exist."

FinTech giant Wirecard in deep trouble after $2.1bn goes missing

German Wirecard saw its shares plunge by as much as 60% after the payment company revealed that €1.9bn ($2.1bn) was missing just as it was about to file its financial statements for 2019.

German prosecutors have arrested the chief executive of Wirecard’s Dubai unit...

The highly publicised collapse of Wirecard has taken another turn with German prosecutors having arrested the head of the company's Dubai-based subsidiary.

German FinTech investment declined in Q1 due to lack of large...

FinTech funding in Germany declined nearly 90% in the first quarter of 2020 as no deals over $50m were completed, compared to the first...

Wirecard has become Visa’s preferred payment processor

Hot on the heels of signing a new partnership with Klarna in March, Wirecard has now inked a new deal with Visa to help the payment giant bolster the Visa Fintech Fast Track programme in the Middle East.

Wirecard and Klarna ink new deal to give merchants even more...

Swedish PayTech unicorn Klarna and Wirecard, the FinTech company, have launched a joint payment solution.

FinTech investment in Germany has grown more than seven-fold since 2015

German FinTech companies have raised more than $5.9bn since 2015 FinTech companies in Germany collectively raised over $5.9m in funding across 286 transactions between...

SwatchPAY! launches in Germany and Austria, as Europe’s appetite for wearable...

SwatchPAY! has launched in Germany and Austria, with Wirecard serving as its exclusive payment partner.

Wirecard has asked KPMG to review its accounting practices after facing...

German payments company Wirecard is wrestling with fraud allegations after an expose in the Financial Times. It has now enlisted the services of KPMG to go over its accounting practices.

Wirecard releases new PSD2 fast track service

Wirecard, digital financial technology developer, has released a new fast track to PSD2 onboarding through its digital Financial Commerce platform.

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