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PIMCO parent Allianz is under investigation by German regulators after its US funds racked up billions of dollars in losses
The investigation by German financial regulator BaFin is being carried out across several departmen…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Binance may have violated securities rules by allowing token trading of some US stocks, Germany's financial watchdog says
BaFin warned investors the exchange may have violated securities rules by failing to issue a prospe…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Kraken's CEO says the crypto exchange is aiming to win a European license this year
Kraken chief Jesse Powell told German paper Handelsblatt that talks with regulators in Europe were …
Carla Mozée
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Short-sellers have raked in more than $1.2 billion on Wirecard this week after the company's dramatic share price plunge
Wirecard filed for insolvency on Thursday, just days after its former CEO was arrested on suspicion…
Saloni Sardana
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Britain bans cryptocurrency exchange Binance from operating in the UK without 'written consent'
The UK's financial watchdog also warned investors to be "wary of adverts online and on social media…
Victoria Cavaliere
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SoftBank-backed Greensill Capital is preparing to file for insolvency after losing a $4.6 billion contract, report says
Greensill's German banking subsidiary is now under direct oversight of the country's financial watc…
Shalini Nagarajan
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A 28-year-old hedge fund star who took on Bill Ackman slammed a 'bizarre' ban on short selling a $14 billion German company
"The actions regulators have taken to combat market manipulation without offering proportionate att…
Trista Kelley
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The City of London has gained a powerful ally in the fight to keep a key business in the UK post-Brexit
The EU Commission has so far expressed the view that financial regulation post-Brexit is for banks …
Michael Selby-Green,Michael Selby-Green
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The head of a German watchdog is under fire after revealing he traded shares in disgraced fintech Wirecard just before its collapse, report says
Ralf Bose, head auditor at Apas, told a committee hearing on Thursday he bought Wirecard shares in …
Shalini Nagarajan
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More than 100 customers of N26, one of Europe's biggest online banks, say their accounts were suddenly closed and some haven't gotten their money back
N26 customers are still waiting to be refunded after being hit with account terminations and being …
Jyoti Mann
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Wirecard spikes on report SoftBank is considering an investment
SoftBank's Vision Fund, led by Masayoshi Son, has over $100 billion in committed capital for tech i…
Arjun Reddy
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German payments-company Wirecard is suing the Financial Times for its coverage
The company's shares have taken a pounding from the articles' allegations. Earlier this year they b…
Callum Burroughs
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Regulators have ordered one of Wirecard's key businesses to stop all activities and frozen customer funds amid its $2 billion accounting scandal
Wirecard applied for insolvency on Thursday days after its CEO Markus Braun was arrested following …
Saloni Sardana
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The CEO of scandal-hit Wirecard resigned after the company acknowledged $2 billion had gone missing, prompting its share price to plunge by 80%
Wirecard is at the center of a huge accounting scandal.
Shona Ghosh
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REPORT: German regulator saw 'abnormalities' in Deutsche Bank deal with struggling Italian bank Monte dei Paschi
Bloomberg News cited a report by German regulator Bafin that said there were "abnormalities" in int…
Ben Moshinsky
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A 28-year-old hedge fund short-seller who took on Bill Ackman faces a 30% rise on the $17 billion German company she bet against
Wirecard had previously drawn attention from a report by the Financial Times raising allegations th…
Arjun Reddy
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Here's how the world's biggest hedge funds are shorting the heart of Germany's economy
Research firm Breakout Point spotted five big shorts in Thyssenkrupp that make up a little more tha…
Trista Kelley
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Peter Thiel's VC company is doubling down on a German insurance startup
James Fitzgerald, a partner at Valar Ventures, said in a statement: "We see huge potential in Coya.…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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The dollar is slipping
"With Stanley Fischer, the vice Chair, having left the Fed recently, there's actually two posts tha…
Elena Holodny
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Shares in high-risk City firms are getting destroyed by a global crackdown
Bailey said: "To be honest, there are a couple of issues here. You've highlighted how many raise mo…