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Wirecard faces "impending insolvency". FT story coming shortly. New readers wanting an overview of the rise and fall start herehttps://www.ft.com/content/284fb1ad-ddc0-45df-a075-0709b36868db …

Wirecard collapsed on Thursday as the once high-flying German payments service provider announced it would file for insolvency following revelations of a multiyear accounting fraud.https://www.ft.com/content/ac949729-6167-4b6c-ac3f-f0aa71aca193 …

We made a video to explain the Wirecard story: "At times I thought I was going crazy."https://www.ft.com/video/37cb70e6-72df-471e-943d-2d32c2785650 …

Significant new Wirecard story by @OlafStorbeck @Tabby_Kinder and @stef_palma: EY failed for more than three years to request crucial account information from a Singapore bank where Wirecard claimed it had up to €1bn in cash — a routine audit procedurehttps://www.ft.com/content/a9deb987-df70-4a72-bd41-47ed8942e83b …

ICYMI - I wrote a profile of Markus Braun with @OlafStorbeck https://www.ft.com/content/ec986d0e-5d92-4e66-a595-0f8645f1aaf0 … and the Philippines is investigating Wirecard's partners there, as well as the trail of Jan Marsalek https://www.ft.com/content/80708a7e-bbba-4c19-b3e0-a4b1d49e2b85 …

EY is preparing for a backlash - @Tabby_Kinder shares the company's talking points prepared for partnershttps://www.ft.com/content/ae73160b-fd9a-4313-89f9-8fd70183158e …

New story - Wirecard relied on a small number of customers for the majority of its genuine sales, according to an internal company spreadsheet that shows for the first time the real business behind the fintech group’s facade.https://www.ft.com/content/7c466351-02fe-4d66-85a1-53d012de7445 …