Selected Reads

Smartkarma

Equity Bottom-Up

<p><em>In September 2014, the FT’s Dan McCrum received a tip about a fast-growing German fintech group, Wirecard. Over the next couple of years Dan and his colleagues uncovered the secret behind the payment company’s meteoric growth: many of the customers listed in company documents did not exist. In this episode Dan tells the story of the whistleblowers, shoe-leather reporting, hacking, suspected surveillance and legal threats that led to Wirecard’s downfall.  ---Review clips: CNBC, Deutsche Welle</em>…</p>

Germany

Wirecard AG offers Internet payment and processing services.  The Company provides software and systems for online payment, electronic funds transfer, fraud protection and enterprise solutions.  Wirecard also offers call center services.