Fintech investors are bracing for the possibility of stricter regulations for the payments space in light of the Wirecard scandal, and some say there could be knock-on effects to the red-hot industry.

Payment processing company Wirecard was the darling of Germany’s fintech industry until auditors uncovered a $2 billion hole in its accounting. WSJ explains what we know about the missing money ...

Thousands of people in the UK are unable to access their money owing to the fallout from the scandal to hit payments firm Wirecard. The UK licence of Wirecard Card Solutions has been frozen by the ...

February 6, 2025 \| Last updated: February 6, 2025. The heavily requested video on the wirecard scandal. How can $2 ...

Heese, Jonas, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 122-002, July 2021. (Revised February 2024.) ...

Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun is on trial in Germany’s largest post-war fraud case. Braun and two other former Wirecard managers are charged with suspected commercial gang fraud. The largest ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Munich prosecutors have dropped some of the criminal charges against former Wirecard chief executive Markus ...