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Insolvent German financial services company
Wirecard AG is an insolvent German payment processor and financial services provider whose former CEO, COO, two board members, and other executives have
Wirecard
Series of accounting scandals in Germany
The Wirecard scandal (German: Wirecard-Skandal) was a series of corrupt business practices and fraudulent financial reporting that led to the insolvency
Wirecard_scandal
Austrian fugitive businessman (born 1980)
German payment processing firm Wirecard, which became insolvent and collapsed in 2020. Marsalek was responsible for Wirecard's business in Asia, where the
Jan_Marsalek
Multinational professional services network
over Wirecard as accounting woes add up". Accounting Today. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020. Storbeck, Olaf (17 April 2021). "EY's Wirecard audits
Ernst_&_Young
Blue chip stock market index
DAX from 30 to 40 members and a tightening of rules in response to the Wirecard accounting scandal. The expansion occurred in the 3rd quarter of 2021.
DAX
Largest global accounting networks
failing to discover that €1.9 billion in cash was missing at Wirecard AG, precipitating Wirecard's collapse and eventual sale to Santander Bank for €100 million
Big_Four_accounting_firms
Singaporean whistleblower
uncovered the Wirecard scandal, one of the largest corporate frauds in history. Gill was the former Singapore-based legal head for Wirecard's Asia-Pacific
Pav_Gill
Austrian tech investor (born 1969)
payment processor, Wirecard AG from January 2002 until his resignation and arrest in June 2020. Braun stepped down from Wirecard amidst fraud allegations
Markus_Braun
Australian investor
began to suspect irregularities at German payments company Wirecard in 2012 following a Wirecard acquisition in Indonesia, and in 2014 he tipped off Financial
John_Hempton
American businessman (born 1970)
significant financial market infrastructures. In June 2020, he joined Wirecard AG, where he is credited for promptly substantiating and initiating actions
James_Freis
German financial regulator
banned short-selling in response to accusations of accounting fraud in Wirecard.[citation needed] Following the allegations, BaFin itself came under scrutiny
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
Federal_Financial_Supervisory_Authority
German stock market index
generated in the electronic trading system Xetra. In 2021, in response to the Wirecard scandal, the number of constituents in the DAX was increased from 30 to
MDAX
British newspaper
articles detailing fraud suspicions at German payments group Wirecard. When the Wirecard share price plunged, German news media speculated that market
Financial_Times
Cryptographic system
Austrian intelligence officer Egisto Ott, who has a relationship with Wirecard fraudster Jan Marsalek, that a SINA laptop was handed to the Russian secret
Sichere Inter-Netzwerk Architektur
Sichere_Inter-Netzwerk_Architektur
Greek-American businessman (born 1957)
on Wirecard AG. Wirecard AG's stock dropped about 96% in June 2020 after its auditor, EY, disclosed that it was missing about $2.1 billion. Wirecard announced
Jim_Chanos
2020). "neue-fragen-im-wirecard-skandal-hatte-der-bnd-wirklich-keine-informationen-ueber-marsalek" [New Questions in the Wirecard-Skandal - does the BND
List of fugitives from justice who disappeared
List_of_fugitives_from_justice_who_disappeared
Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation
anti-terrorism financing rules, in a matter related to the German payments provider Wirecard scandal between June 2015 and January 2016 relating to accounts maintained
OCBC_Bank
Form of barter where a company sells then buys back an asset
Enron, CMS Energy, Reliant Energy, Dynegy and financial service provider Wirecard. In international scenarios, round-tripping is a method of structuring
Round-tripping_(finance)
Indian-born British business executive
bond lost money. In June 2020, Naheta criticized Wirecard’s auditor EY in the light of the Wirecard revelations and decried EY’s "lack of competence and
Akshay_Naheta
Investigative financial research group
stirred considerable media interest because of their reports on firms like Wirecard. Of late, Viceroy has been known to bet against companies like Tesla, or
Viceroy_Research
English journalist (born 1978/1979)
the newspaper in 2007. He is best known for his investigation into the Wirecard scandal between 2014 and 2020. McCrum's 2022 book on the scandal Money
Dan_McCrum
Singaporean multinational banking and financial services company
terrorism requirements, in a matter related to the German payments provider Wirecard scandal between July 2015 and February 2020, in relation to the accounts
DBS_Bank
Chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025
for Wirecard fiasco". Reuters. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021. "German minister denies responsibility in Wirecard scandal"
Olaf_Scholz
Financial services company
Since 6 January 2021, Wirecard EUR receiving accounts on Payoneer can only receive payments from approved payment sources. Wirecard AG is insolvent since
Payoneer
Cybercrime organization
Lab. They are suspected to have acted on the behalf of companies such as Wirecard and ExxonMobil. Dark Basin is believed to be run by Indian company BellTroX
Dark_Basin
Japanese entrepreneur (born 1957)
in part because of major losses with companies such as WeWork, OneWeb, Wirecard, OYO Rooms, Katerra or Greensill Capital, and SoftBank Group's own stock
Masayoshi_Son
British neobank
www.msn.com. Retrieved 20 June 2025. "Mondo selects Wirecard as their prepaid card issuer". Wirecard. "What it's like to use a Mondo card and account".
Monzo
International airport in Germany
The financial auditors for FBB were the same as for the now insolvent Wirecard company, raising doubts about the validity of the audits. The plan to generate
Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport
German entrepreneur and investor
ultimately went bankrupt), or Softbank's deal with Wirecard (Softbank sold the shares before Wirecard went bankrupt). He is a co-founder of Plasma (XPL)
Christian_Angermayer
British multinational professional services and accounting company
v t e Wirecard scandal Key people Wirecard Markus Braun (ex-CEO) Jan Marsalek (COO) James Freis (Compliance officer and CEO) Regulators and Auditors BaFin
KPMG
Defunct English merchant bank
(2016–ongoing) Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal (2018) Moser Baer (2019) Wirecard (2020) Nikola (2020) Facebook company files leak (2021) Accounting scandal
Barings_Bank
Bros. Discovery Wawa Whirlpool Corporation Wings Surya Wingstop Wipro Wirecard Xiaomi Corporation Xtep Yamaha Corporation Yamaha Motor Company Yandex
List of multinational corporations
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German neobank
banking license; instead, it provided an interface to a backend provided by Wirecard. In July 2016, it re-branded as N26 Bank, after receiving a banking license
N26
American journalist and author
Service. In 2024, Weiss co-led an investigation that identified fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek as an alleged long-term asset of Russia's GRU, reporting
Michael_Weiss_(journalist)
German government agency that examines suspicious transactions
department—Directorate X—within the General Directorate of Customs. Since Wirecard AG went bankrupt, the FIU has faced public criticism for how it dealt with
German Financial Intelligence Unit
German_Financial_Intelligence_Unit
Unemployment security benefit in Germany
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
Bürgergeld
Venture capital fund
to the magnitude of the failure. Costly failures like those of Katerra, Wirecard and Zymergen were just a few examples of SoftBank's reckless investing
SoftBank_Vision_Fund
Bulgarian investigative journalist (born 1969)
Christo; Dobrokhotov, Roman (1 March 2024). "A most wanted man: Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek exposed as decade-long GRU spy". The Insider. Archived
Christo_Grozev
British financial technology company
update: Wirecard Licence Suspended — Pockit accounts temporarily inaccessible". 27 November 2020. "UK markets watchdog lifts restrictions on Wirecard". Reuters
Pockit
Singapore-headquartered cross-border payments company
first acquisitions: Ixaris, a travel payments optimization firm and then Wirecard Forex, a payments services company in India. In April 2022, Nium acquired
Nium
Defunct UK digital current-account alternative
systems, including those of partners GPS, Bottomline Technologies and Wirecard in a centralised account. In early 2017, U added a free Android and iOS
U_Account
Political symbol
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
Scholz_eye_patch
Scottish journalist (born 1976)
Awards winners 2020: FT's Dan McCrum crowned journalist of the year for Wirecard investigation". Press Gazette. 9 December 2020. "Winners announced at first
Pippa_Crerar
British journalist
a documentary about the devastation of Sarawak M for Malaysia (2019) Wirecard: The Billion Euro Lie (Sky, 2021) Man on the Run (Netflix, 2023) In 2021
Clare_Rewcastle_Brown
British Chief Constable
into the Financial Times for their reporting on Wirecard's financial irregularities. Executives at Wirecard had attempted to portray Financial Times investigative
Keith_Bristow
Online newspaper based in Riga, Latvia
managed to establish that one of the most wanted criminals in Europe, former Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek, is in hiding in Russia after receiving cover documents
The_Insider_(website)
Defunct Italian bank (1896–1982)
(2016–ongoing) Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal (2018) Moser Baer (2019) Wirecard (2020) Nikola (2020) Facebook company files leak (2021) Accounting scandal
Banco_Ambrosiano
German debate on delivering cruise missiles to Ukraine
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
German_Taurus_controversy
Financial institution in the United Kingdom
plans to lend more to the North East's housing market. Ten months later, Wirecard AG of Germany acquired Newcastle Building Society's prepaid card issuing
Newcastle_Building_Society
Intelligence activities since WWII
listed company Wirecard went bankrupt in June 2020 after the company was found to have committed accounting fraud amounting to billions. Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek
Russian_espionage_in_Germany
Financial technology company
Enforcement Network (FinCEN) bureau in the US and blown the whistle on the Wirecard scandal. On April 12, 2022, it was reported that MoonPay had brought in
MoonPay
British journalist
Awards winners 2020: FT's Dan McCrum crowned journalist of the year for Wirecard investigation". Press Gazette. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022
Paul_Brand_(journalist)
German multinational food delivery company
Deutsche Börse announced on 19 August 2020 that Delivery Hero will replace Wirecard in Germany's leading index DAX. In August 2020, Delivery Hero acquired
Delivery_Hero
German politician
Constitutional Court. On the Finance Committee, he led his group's work on the Wirecard scandal. In addition to his committee assignments, Bayaz was a member of
Danyal_Bayaz
(28 January 2021). "Wie Guttenberg mit Wirecard um Millionen feilschte" [How Guttenberg Haggled with Wirecard for Millions]. Der Spiegel (in German).
Lobbying_in_Germany
Extradition of Syria's former president from Russia
fugitives such as Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych and the former Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek. Syrian journalist Omar Alhariri told TRT World
Proposed handover of Bashar al-Assad to Syria
Proposed_handover_of_Bashar_al-Assad_to_Syria
donation scandal [de] (2017) Asylum office scandal (2018) Alternative for Germany donation scandal (2018) Coup d'état plot (2022) Wirecard scandal (2022)
List of political scandals in Germany
List_of_political_scandals_in_Germany
British journalist
Awards winners 2020: FT's Dan McCrum crowned journalist of the year for Wirecard investigation". Press Gazette. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original
Lizzie_Dearden
Manx gambling company
reports that the HMRC probe was related to insolvent payment processor Wirecard, saying there was “no evidence of any link between the HMRC investigation
Entain
Real estate company
investors called for a significant reduction in leverage. The former Wirecard-hunter, the British short seller Fraser Perring, allegations against the
Adler_Real_Estate
quote: "I've not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Wirecard Germany June 2020 Banking, Money transfer €1.9 billion, which apparently
List of corporate collapses and scandals
List_of_corporate_collapses_and_scandals
2016 document leak scandal
Helen (July 10, 2020). "From payments to armaments: the double life of Wirecard's Jan Marsalek". Financial Times. Retrieved July 19, 2020. Will Fitzgibbon
Panama_Papers
State government of Hamburg city-state in Germany from 2015 to 2018
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
Senate_Scholz_II
(1990-2019) Landesbank Sachsen [de] (1992-2007) Comdirect Bank (1994-2020) Wirecard (1999-2020) Depfa Bank (2002-2022) Eurohypo (2003-2016) Hypo Real Estate
List_of_banks_in_Germany
2020 leak of 2,657 financial documents showing suspicious activities
reported that the Turkish bank Aktif Bank was a financial facilitator for Wirecard and was alleged to have laundered money for the Taliban. The Central Bank
FinCEN_Files
Computer hacking group
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GnosticPlayers
International organization
police terminals was developed by Jan Marsalek then CFO of the now defunct wirecard. ICMPD was approached to explore the potential introduction of the card
International Centre for Migration Policy Development
International_Centre_for_Migration_Policy_Development
death of ex-Wirecard exec Bauer". Reuters. August 13, 2020. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021. "Wirecard, giallo sulla
List of bus companies of the Philippines
List_of_bus_companies_of_the_Philippines
International reputation and privacy consultancy
for Wirecard, a German financial services company, in its response to media reporting around its operations. This later became known as the Wirecard scandal
Schillings
Defunct German version of Sky Comedy
Sky Comedy". Kurier (in German). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024. ""Wirecard"-Doku, "Quatsch Comedy Club" und Dieter Nuhr: Das bieten die neuen Kanäle
Sky_Comedy_(Germany)
German politician
2020), Former Wirecard CEO rearrested and accused of long-running fraud Financial Times. Ruth Bender (22 July 2020), Merkel Lobbied for Wirecard Despite German
Klaus-Dieter_Fritsche
British online bank
Valimahomed as B-Social, offering an app based debit Mastercard issued by Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd. Valimahomed founded the bank after previously selling
Kroo_(bank)
Indian multinational card payment service
Mobility Card in all respects. RBL Bank partnered with GI Technology, a Wirecard subsidiary and India's largest wallet-based domestic money remittance company
RuPay
Lithuanian politician
financial oversight and its part in global financial scandals such as the Wirecard scandal perpetrated by a Russian spy. According to the Bank of Lithuania
Gintarė_Skaistė
military equipment and information technology. Jan Marsalek, former COO of Wirecard who has been a fugitive in Moscow since 2020, is wanted for a €1.9 billion
Russian spies in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian_spies_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war
Austrian typesetter and activist (1914–2011)
Mauthausen. Dokumentation. 4. Auflage. Edition Mauthausen. ISBN 3-7035-1235-0 "Wirecard fraudster Jan Marsalek's grandfather was suspected Russian spy". Financial
Hans_Maršálek
German politician (born 1965)
Preceded by Alexander Gauland Succeeded by Andreas Kalbitz Chair of the Wirecard scandal inquiry Committee In office 18 October 2020 – 25 June 2021 Deputy
Kay_Gottschalk
Pav Gill Wirecard Famed whistleblower who blew the whistle on the world's largest fintech fraud and Germany's largest financial scandal, Wirecard. Pav Gill
List_of_whistleblowers
Austrian lawyer and politician
government employees, Wirecard and Russian intelligence services. In the international documentary ‘Scandal! Bringing Down Wirecard’ (2022), released on
Stephanie_Krisper
Topics referred to by the same term
Gill, Singaporean lawyer who was the whistleblower that uncovered the Wirecard scandal Matthew Pavlich (born 1981), Australian rules footballer; games
Pav
Collapse of German ruling coalition
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
2024_German_government_crisis
American journalism award
Kenneth P. Vogel, and Zach Wichter, The New York Times 2021: "Collapse of Wirecard." by Dan McCrum, Olaf Storbeck, Stefania Palma, John Reed, Guy Chazan,
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Breaking News
Gerald_Loeb_Award_winners_for_Breaking_News
Scandal arising from the disclosure of financial misdeeds
14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018. Browne, Ryan (June 18, 2020). "Wirecard shares plummet over 60% as embattled payments firm says $2.1 billion of
Accounting_scandal
Anthrax Attacks September 8, 2022 1 h 35 min English Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard September 16, 2022 1 h 33 min English The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone September
List of Netflix original films (2022)
List_of_Netflix_original_films_(2022)
German politician (born 1939)
established by audit firm Ernst & Young to assess its involvement in the Wirecard scandal. From 1966 to 1993 Waigel was married to Karin Waigel (two children)
Theo_Waigel
data handbook, p222 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 "The Double Life of Former Wirecard Executive". Spiegel. Retrieved 8 April 2026. Brittain, Victoria (8 January
1980_in_Austria
German politician (born 1968)
Finance Committee, Paus was involved in the parliamentary inquiry into the Wirecard scandal from 2020 until 2021; following the inquiry's completion, she co-authored
Lisa_Paus
SSC is a collective formed by MasterCard, Visa, American Express, JCB, Wirecard and Discover. Certified Payment-Card Industry Security Auditor PCI SSC
Certified Payment-Card Industry Security Implementer
Certified_Payment-Card_Industry_Security_Implementer
2022 speech by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
Zeitenwende_speech
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
Hamburg bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Hamburg_bid_for_the_2024_Summer_Olympics
British journalist
2021 Gerald Loeb Award for Investigative business Journalism for "Inside Wirecard", The Financial Times "Announcements". Pearson.com. Retrieved 8 November
Paul Murphy (British journalist)
Paul_Murphy_(British_journalist)
German politician (born 1961)
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
Britta_Ernst
Twelfth meeting of the Group of Twenty
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
2017_G20_Hamburg_summit
metres below 4 minutes, 1972 Pav Gill - whistleblower who uncovered the Wirecard scandal, one of the largest corporate frauds in history Kokila Annamalai
List_of_Indian_Singaporeans
German politician
2020), Merkel’s government pressed to release conversations with former Wirecard chief Financial Times. Markus Peters (7 December 2021), Das sagt Sarah
Sarah_Ryglewski
fugitive former chief operating officer of the collapsed German payments firm Wirecard, who acted as an intermediary between Russian intelligence and the cell's
Bulgarian_spy_ring
German politician (born 1949)
Deutsche Bank. Notable clients also included the Government of Qatar, Wirecard and M. M. Warburg & Co. In 2021, Süddeutsche Zeitung revealed that Gauweiler
Peter_Gauweiler
Form of restaurant dining
publisher (link) "Why Alipay will become one of the most Popular Payment…". Wirecard. Retrieved 2020-07-15. "China: preferred payment methods when dining out
Contactless_dining
1963 corporate fraud
(2016–ongoing) Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal (2018) Moser Baer (2019) Wirecard (2020) Nikola (2020) Facebook company files leak (2021) Accounting scandal
Salad_oil_scandal
2022 international leader meeting in Germany
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Federal Minister of Finance (Wirecard scandal) Vice-Chancellor of Germany Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming
48th_G7_summit
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Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew, Scandinavian
Lofty; Inspired; Exalted; On High; High Mountain; Light Bringer
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, a variant of Rothwell (representing the local pronunciation of the place in Northamptonshire).English : habitational name from a place in Devon, so named from Old English rūh ‘rough’, ‘overgrown’ + hyll ‘hill’.English : from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Rowe 2.
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Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh, Traditional
Precious Like God's Lamp
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Painter
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Indian, Traditional
God of Snakes
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
King
Surname or Lastname
English
English : like Bate, a derivative of the Middle English personal name Batte, a pet form of Bartholomew.English : possibly from a Middle English survival of an Old English personal name or byname Bata, of uncertain origin and meaning, but perhaps akin to batt ‘cudgel’ and so, as a byname, given to a thickset man or a belligerent one.English : topographic name, of uncertain meaning. That it is a topographic name seems clear from examples such as Walter atte Batte (Somerset 1327), but the meaning of the term is in doubt although it is found in medieval field names.German : from a medieval personal name (Latin Beatus ‘Blessed’), bestowed in honor of the apostle who was reputed to have brought Christianity to Switzerland and southern Germany.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Wild ass, heap of empire, dragon.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Touchstone, Stone that turns iron to gold
Boy/Male
English
Boar meadow; from Ever's meadow.
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