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Wirecard: How signs of serious trouble were ignored
With firm's promising prospects, even experts, media missed the red flags, failing to probe deeper
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The crash of German fintech company Wirecard brings back memories of the darkest days of the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s.
Then newcomers entered the market of the New Economy promising fantastic returns and attracting loads of investors.
