Tag: Electronic payments
Some savings banks already exchange Girocards
This does not turn the Girocard into a credit card, it remains a debit card, so payments are debited directly from the account. But online shopping still works. The same…
Burkhard Balz sees great advantages in the digital euro
Burkhard Balz The Bundesbank board is promoting the digital euro and is counting on all major banks in Germany to go along with the planned European payment system EPI. (Photo:…
Corona pandemic accelerates withdrawal of cash payments
card payment The proportion of card payments is increasing in most countries in the euro zone – including Germany. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt During the corona pandemic, cash payments were downright…
Corona pandemic accelerates withdrawal of cash payments
card payment The proportion of card payments is increasing in most countries in the euro zone – including Germany. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The corona pandemic has accelerated the withdrawal of…
Key witness Bellenhaus calls the group “cancer”
Munich Oliver Bellenhaus has to start a second time. When he first tried to explain himself to the court and the public, he spoke so softly into the microphone that…
Auditor EY continues to grow – but develops weaker than PwC and Deloitte
Auditor EY The company is currently growing mainly thanks to the consulting services. (Photo: imago images/Michael Gstettenbauer) Frankfurt The auditing and consulting group EY remains on a solid growth path…
Key witness Bellenhaus calls the group “cancer”
Oliver Bellenhaus (middle) The former managing director of a Wirecard subsidiary in Dubai admitted years of falsification of the balance sheet, but also put a heavy burden on the former…
Key witness Bellenhaus calls the group “a cancerous growth”
Oliver Bellenhaus (middle) The former managing director of a Wirecard subsidiary in Dubai admitted years of falsification of the balance sheet, but also put a heavy burden on the former…
Cash is disappearing in Brazil
Financial metropolis of Sao Paulo One of the reasons for the success of Pix is the internet affinity and smartphone density in Brazil. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Sao Paulo In September…
Bafin boss Mark Brason calls for comprehensive regulation of the crypto sector
Mark Branson The Bafin boss finds some processes in the crypto business scandalous. “There were providers who were obviously amateurish and infantile.” (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The German financial regulator Bafin…
Markus Braun’s defender wants to have the proceedings suspended
Markus Braun with Alfred Dierlamm (l.) The defense attorney for the former Wirecard CEO complained about the alleged prejudice of his accused in the past few months. (Photo: dpa) Munich…
Markus Braun’s defender wants to have the proceedings suspended
Markus Braun on Monday The defense attorney for the former Wirecard CEO complained about the alleged prejudice of his accused in the past few months. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The defense…
Review of designated Commerzbank risk chief is dragging on
Commerzbank The institute had to write off 187 million euros due to failed loans to Wirecard. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Commerzbank is caught up in the Wirecard scandal when it plans…
Markus Braun’s defender wants to have the proceedings suspended
Markus Braun on Monday The defense attorney for the former Wirecard CEO complained about the alleged prejudice of his accused in the past few months. (Photo: Reuters) Munich Former Wirecard…
Former supervisory board member Wulf Matthias is dead
Wulf Matthias The ex-Credit Suisse banker was the head of the Wirecard supervisory board for twelve years. (Photo: Wirecard) Dusseldorf Former Wirecard supervisory board chairman Wulf Matthias is dead. The…
This is the judge who judges Braun and the Wirecard managers
Judge Markus Foedisch The 48-year-old has only been the presiding judge at the district court since 2020. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf In March 2021, judge Markus Födisch sent a man to…
This is the judge who judges Braun and the Wirecard managers
Judge Markus Foedisch The 48-year-old has only been the presiding judge at the district court since 2020. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf In March 2021, judge Markus Födisch sent a man to…
Markus Braun meets the man who put him in prison
Markus Braun (center) and his defenders Alfred Dierlamm (left) and Nico Werning Munich, Dusseldorf The process of the century begins with a considerable delay. At the planned start at 9…
The prosecutor failed
Wirecard From Thursday, ex-Wirecard boss Markus Braun will be in court. (Photo: dpa) From a constitutional perspective, the first ten years of the relationship between the payment service provider Wirecard…
All the background and information on the Wirecard scandal
The indictment is as thick as a book. The allegations by the Munich public prosecutor against Markus Braun, the former CEO of Wirecard, cover 474 pages. In 2018 the most…