By Martin Woods2020-08-28T16:51:00
How we came to learn about the fraud allegedly perpetrated by Wirecard offers important lessons in compliance and corporate governance, writes financial crime expert Martin Woods.
2021-02-12T18:21:00Z By Martin Woods
At the end of the sorry Wirecard saga, James Freis may be one of the very few former senior employees who can hold his head high, writes Martin Woods.
2021-02-01T20:00:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Continuing fallout from the Wirecard scandal has led Germany’s finance minister to oust the top two officials at the country’s financial regulator, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
2020-12-11T17:05:00Z By Dave Lefort
A former EY partner is reportedly relinquishing his position as Deutsche Bank’s head of accounting temporarily after German prosecutors launched an investigation into his role as a lead auditor for Wirecard.
2025-10-07T16:21:00Z By Charles Thomas, CW guest columnist
On a gray Tuesday morning, the audit seemed routine. A stack of binders sat on the table, the compliance officer was confident, and the regulator’s tone was cordial. Then came the question that changed everything.
2025-09-26T15:15:00Z By Kristy Grant-Hart guest columnist
When people ask me why I chose to be a compliance and ethics officer, my answer is simple: because what we do changes the world.
2025-09-26T11:00:00Z By Carrie Penman, CW guest columnist
When I first stepped into this profession, my title was not “Chief Compliance Officer.” It was “Ethics Officer.” At Westinghouse, I was tasked with launching a program that, at the time, felt experimental: a global, enterprise-wide ethics initiative built not on rules, but on values. I traded in my career ...
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