Coming up on this week’s episode, whatever happened to Wirecard? The German-based payment processor and financial services unicorn that collapsed in August of 2020.

The story, and the lessons learned, from the Wirecard collapse: It’s an exercise of what happens when threat is in plain sight, where the canary in the coalmine is practically comatose, and yet, nothing is done to right the ship. Until it’s too late.

On this week’s episode, the rise and fall of a European darling, Wirecard.

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https://www.ft.com/content/03a5e318-2479-11e9-8ce6-5db4543da632
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-wirecard-inquiry-timeline-idUSKBN2B811J
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirecard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirecard_scandal
https://www.regulationasia.com/wirecard-the-biggest-fintech-success-and-failure-story-of-all-time/