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2.7KDigital PaymentsNew Wirecard App Offers Full Gamut Of Financial Services
Payment company Wirecard is introducing a new service called boon Planet, a mobile payment app, the company said in a release. With...
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2.9KSecurity & FraudAllied Wallet Settles With FTC Over Fraud Charges
Allied Wallet, an online payment provider and a client of Wirecard, settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last month over charges...
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4.2KPayments Innovation12 Payments Execs On How To Make Instant Pay
Instant gratification isn’t instant enough for modern consumers. Gig, public utility and eCommerce companies are all focusing on payment innovations to remain...
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2.8KSecurity & FraudWirecard Partners With India To Create Digital Taxpayer ID Cards
Wirecard, the global digital financial technology company, announced on Wednesday (May 22) that it has partnered with India’s government-owned UTI Infrastructure Technology...
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3.6KDisbursementsThe Cashless Check Is In The Mail
It might be too much (and certainly too cliché) to call it a revolution. Even so, it’s in the same neighborhood —...
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2.6KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWirecard Mulls Buy-Back Of Shares In SoftBank Deal
Wirecard is thinking about buying back shares in the wake of a partnership with Japan’s SoftBank Group, according to Reuters. Softbank said...
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2.5KInvestmentsWhat’s Behind SoftBank’s Tech Investment Moves?
It’s usually folly to predict what will interest historians in the future. But there’s a good case that when it comes to...
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2.5KPersonnelChairman Of Wirecard To Step Down After Term Ends
A German news outlet has reported that Wirecard’s chairman, Wulf Matthias, will stand down after his current term with the company ends,...
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3.5KBusinessWirecard Defends Auditing Practices
Wirecard has denied claims levied by the Financial Times that its subsidiaries were not audited, according to a report by Reuters. The...
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3.2KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWirecard Expands Partnership With RBL Bank
Wirecard, the digital financial technology company announced on Wednesday (April 24) that it has expanded a partnership with RBL Bank to promote...
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6.7KInvestmentsSoftBank Invests $1B Into Wirecard
Wirecard, the German financial company, and Japan’s SoftBank Group announced Wednesday (April 24) a deal in which SoftBank will invest about EUR...
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2.2KInvestmentsSoftBank Mulls Stake In Wirecard
SoftBank is considering investing in German financial company Wirecard, according to Bloomberg. The Japanese company could get as much as a 5 percent...
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3.5KLegalMarket Regulator In Germany Files Complaint Alleging Wirecard Short Sale
A German markets regulator has filed a complaint with prosecutors alleging that shares of Wirecard were manipulated by someone who potentially had...
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3.6KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWirecard, O2 Czech Republic Expand Partnership To Go After Slovakia
Wirecard, the digital financial technology company, announced Tuesday (April 16) it is expanding its partnership with O2 Czech Republic, the largest telecommunications...
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3.6KLegalWirecard Files Suit Against FT Following Investigative News Reports
German financial and payments company Wirecard has filed a lawsuit against the Financial Times for a series of articles the news organization...
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5.5KSecurity & FraudWirecard Shares Jump 30 Pct Post-Investigation
Shares in Wirecard, which were down on allegations of misconduct involving its Singapore office, have rebounded on positive news from an investigation...
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6.3KInnovationWirecard On The True Path To B2B Payments Innovation
It’s one thing to want to improve or innovate. That’s the easy part, the stuff of daydreams, scribbles, memos, charts and PowerPoint...
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6.3KSecurity & FraudWirecard Stocks Slump Over India Report Fears, Analysts Say Sell
German payments company Wirecard’s shares dropped after an Indian business became a key issue in the company’s continuing problems, following a series...
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4.6KB2B PaymentsReport: One In Seven UK SMBs Hit By Invoice Fraud
In the UK, invoice scams are still gaining traction, and significantly so among smaller firms, according to Barclays. Elsewhere, in North America,...
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5.7KSecurity & FraudWirecard: Internal Investigation Clears Accounting Manager
Wirecard, a German payments company, said an internal investigation has cleared its Asia-Pacific accounting manager who was accused of faking transactions to...
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5.2KSecurity & FraudWirecard Sues ‘Financial Times’ For Defamation
German payments company Wirecard saw its shares drop 10 percent on Friday (Feb. 8) following a raid by Singapore police on its...
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4.4KSecurity & FraudWirecard Denies New Fraud Allegations Amid Decline In Shares
Wirecard, the German-based payments company, saw its stock tank again Thursday (Feb. 7) after the Financial Times ran a new report alleging...
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3.1KGlobal PaymentsTHE LIST Teams With BitBay Pay; Monese Rolls Out Apple Pay Support
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes U.A.E.-based THE LIST bringing crypto payments...
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8.6KSecurity & FraudWirecard Said Investigation Found No Wrongdoing
Wirecard disclosed Monday (February 4) that based on an investigation by an external law firm it has found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing...
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4.4KSecurity & FraudWirecard Shares Plummet After New Round Of Allegations
Wirecard’s shares fell 28 percent on Friday (Feb. 1) after a report in the Financial Times alleged that a law firm hired by the...
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3.8KB2B PaymentsPatisserie Valerie Saga Finds Fake Invoices
Ongoing investigations into the £40 million (nearly $52.4 million USD) fraud that felled Patisserie Valerie have found that fake invoices were involved....
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5.3KSecurity & FraudBaFin Investigates Possible Mkt Manipulation Related To Wirecard Share Drop
The German financial regulator has opened a preliminary investigation into possible market manipulation after a report on alleged misconduct at Wirecard led to...
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3.0KGlobal PaymentsWirecard Teams With BASF Digital Farming; BPP Unveils Digital Wallet In Brazil
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Germany-based Wirecard’s collaboration with BASF Digital...
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5.8KSecurity & FraudWirecard’s CEO Wealth Declines Amid Fraud Allegations
Wirecard Chief Executive Officer Markus Braun saw his fortune take a hit as shares of his company declined due to a report...
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2.8KGlobal PaymentsWirecard Teams With Cimple For Alipay, FamilyMart Plans Mobile Payment Service
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Wirecard’s collaboration with Cimple Marketing for...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsWirecard, Spendit Expand Employee Card Reach Across Europe
Payments company Wirecard is broadening its existing partnership with Spendit to launch employee spend and benefits solutions across Europe, beginning with the...
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3.1KGlobal PaymentsWirecard Teams Up With Cognigy For Chatbot Payments, YES BANK Rolls Out Cashless System
Welcome to The Axis, your look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Germany’s Wirecard works with Cognigy on digital payments...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsACI Worldwide Powers Fleet Tax Payments
Electronic payments company ACI Worldwide is integrating its technologies with SPAN Enterprises, a tax filing technology provider, to power tax payments for...
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6.9KeCommerceFor eCommerce, The Magic Button (Almost) In Sight
For eCommerce, the Magic Button (Almost) In Sight In eCommerce, what’s the panacea – the cure-all for all transactional ills? Or, in this...
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7.8KWearablesWirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. As of today (July 17),...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsVisa Leads Wirecard Into Digital Fleet Card Industry
Visa and Wirecard are collaborating on a digital fleet card program, the companies revealed in an announcement on Thursday (June 21). Wirecard...
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5.1KB2B PaymentsWirecard’s Blockchain Approach To Supply Chain Payments
Payments firm Wirecard is expanding its presence in the B2B payments market, and is deploying blockchain technology in the process. An announcement...
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8.1KGig EconomyInstant Payments As The Rule, Not Exception For Gig Workers
Fast work, so … instant payments? On the heels of an announcement from FinTech firm Wirecard and gig economy startup Moonrise that...
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5.2KRetailTo See Retail’s Future, Go Back To The Basics
The retail revolution will be digitized. But how to get to the revolution in the first place when you might already be...
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5.5KB2B PaymentsPayments Acceleration Shifts The Risks For Buyers And Suppliers
The buyer-supplier relationship goes beyond regulatory requirements like Know Your Customer. Business-to-business (B2B) trade, especially when deals occur across borders, expose businesses...
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8.6KB2B PaymentsWirecard To Power B2B Payments On Mercateo
Payments company Wirecard has launched a new partnership with B2B networking platform Mercateo in a deal that will see the firm power...
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5.2KPOS InnovationWirecard Powers Alipay, WeChat Pay In Store Checkout
Wirecard has announced a new partnership with French firm SES-imagotag to make it easy for consumers to use their mobile devices to...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsWirecard, Banca Afirme Help Corporates Shift From Checks To Cards
Mexico bank Banca Afirme is rolling out a new commercial card solution with the help of Germany-based Wirecard. An announcement Friday (Feb....
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4.9KB2B PaymentsWirecard Targets Same-Day Payment For Gig Workers
Wirecard wants to accelerate payments to gig workers, and is enlisting gig economy company Moonrise to help. The companies announced Wednesday (Jan....
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5.0KB2B PaymentsBillie Launches SMB Invoice Financing With Wirecard
Berlin-based fintech Billie announced it will now offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) invoice financing, following an agreement with internet technology and...
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3.8KPayment MethodsWirecard Among First To Offer Payment Guarantee For Credit Card Payments
Wirecard, the digital payments solutions company, rolled out a mobile payment guarantee for credit card payments. In a press release announcing the...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsSoldo Launches Spend Management App With Wirecard
Commercial card company Wirecard Card Solutions, a unit of Wirecard, is lending its prepaid corporate spend capabilities to Soldo as the two...
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4.8KB2B PaymentsWirecard, AFEX To Launch Corporate Prepaid Card Suite
Payments company Wirecard is teaming up with cross-border payments firm AFEX to launch prepaid card solutions to corporates across Europe, the firms...
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2.7KPayment MethodsWirecard Inks Deal With National Bank of Greece To Integrate AliPay
Wirecard announced Wednesday (April 12) that it is now collaborating with the National Bank of Greece (NBG) and is integrating Alipay into...
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2.4KMobile PaymentsGerman Pharmacy Rossmann Integrates Alipay To Tap Into Chinese Market
Dirk Rossmann GmbH, one of the largest drugstore chains in Germany, will soon accept Alipay at all of its branches. According to...
