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Also known as Wirecard AG

Wirecard AG is an insolvent German payment processor and financial services provider whose former CEO, COO, two board members, and other executives have been arrested or otherwise implicated in criminal proceedings. The company offered electronic payment transaction services and risk management, and issued and processed physical and virtual cards. As of 2017, the company was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and was a part of the DAX stock index from September 2018 to August 2020.

Key facts

Company.name
Wirecard AG
Company.logo
Wirecard logo 2019.svg
Company.type
Aktiengesellschaft
Company.predecessor
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Company.predecessors
--> InfoGenie AG(until 6 April 2005)
Company.defunct
June 2020
Company.fate
Insolvent after accounting scandal
Company.location
Aschheim, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Company.area_served
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Company.areas_served
--> Worldwide
Company.key_people
Thomas Eichelmann(chairman of the supervisory board)
Company.industry
Financial servicesPayment processorTechnology
Company.genre
Financial
Company.revenue
€2.02 billion (under question) (US$2.31 billion)
Company.revenue_year
2018
Company.net_income
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Company.profit
--> €347.4 million (under question) (US$397.7 million)
Company.net_income_year
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Official website

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wirecard.com

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Wikidata facts

Employees
97
Revenue
2020000000
Official website
www.wirecard.com
Image
Aschheim-Dornach, Einsteinring 31 v N, 3, ret Wirecard.jpeg
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inception
1999-01-01
Commons category
Wirecard
official blog URL
www.wirecard.com/blog
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2020-09-03
social media followers
123533
number of viewers/listeners
2812675
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17 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Founding and early business model
  • Stock listing and relation to InfoGenie AG
  • International expansion
  • Scandal and insolvency
  • Products and services
  • Mobile payments
  • eCommerce
  • Digitalization of the retail sector
  • Alternative Chinese payment methods
  • Card issuing
  • Financial data
  • List of subsidiaries
  • Bibliography
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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