https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/25/house-of-wirecard-insolvency/

The house of cards has well and truly collapsed for Wirecard, the German payments company that has been accused of accounting fraud. Today it announced that its German operation Wirecard AG was applying for insolvency proceedings in a Munich court, the Amtsgericht München, due to “impending insolvency and over-indebtedness.” It also issued a separate statement that elaborated to note that “the company’s ability to continue as a going concern is not assured” after it was unable to reach a deal with lenders over loans coming due on June 30 and July 1, respectively for €800 million ($896 million) and €500 million ($560 million).

It also said it hopes to restructure under temporary bankruptcy measures, and in the meantime Wirecard Bank AG would not be part of proceedings. “BaFin [the financial services watchdog] has already appointed a special representative for Wirecard Bank AG. In future, the release processes for all payments of the bank will be located exclusively within the bank and no longer at Group level.”