More Wirecard fallout: Top brass out at German finance regulator
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-02-01T20:00:00
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).
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