Wirecard collapse leads to call for German parliamentary inquiry

[ad_1] By Andreas Rinke, Neil Jerome Morales BERLIN/MANILA (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition called on Monday for a parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of payments firm Wirecard after a global fraud…

UPDATE 1-Italy’s Nexi to pick 13 banks for Milan listing – sources

[ad_1] By Valentina Za, Gianluca Semeraro (Adds details, context) MILAN, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Italian banking service provider Nexi will hire 13 banks to run what could be Italy’s biggest…

Germany bans Wirecard ‘shorting’ as prosecutors probe FT journalist

[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s financial watchdog has banned “short” selling of Wirecard shares due to volatility in the payments firm’s stock following reports in the Financial Times which are…

EU watchdog slams Germany for lapses in Wirecard fraud

[ad_1] By Huw Jones, John O’Donnell LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany failed to do enough to avert the Wirecard fraud, the European Union’s markets watchdog said on Tuesday as it delivered…

Former Wirecard boss Braun to be quizzed by German lawmakers

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Markus Braun, CEO of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions attends the company’s annual news conference in Aschheim…

REFILE-FACTBOX-How state-backed lender CDP stepped up role in Italy Inc

[ad_1] (Adds extra context on role at Telecom Italia) Nov 2 (Reuters) – What do a bid for Italy’s biggest highway operator involving Macquarie and Blackstone and a hedge fund’s…

Subsidiary of German state bank KfW probed over Wirecard

[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Frankfurt prosecutors are investigating a subsidiary of the KfW state lender for a 100 million euro (91.2 million pounds) credit line to the collapsed German payments…

German regulator examines auditor EY over Wirecard accounts

[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – The German body in charge of regulating auditors is examining the work of EY, the auditor that approved the books of collapsed payment services firm Wirecard,…

Wirecard’s missing $2.1 billion didn’t enter Philippine financial system, central bank says

[ad_1] MANILA (Reuters) – None of the $2.1 billion missing from scandal-hit German payments firm Wirecard AG WDIG.DE appears to have entered the Philippine financial system, the central bank said…

Italy’s Nexi to merge with SIA in pursuit of European payments

[ad_1] MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Nexi and SIA agreed a long-awaited merger on Monday to create a dominant domestic payments group with 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion) in revenue and…