Worldline S.A.

In June, journalists from the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), along with two dozen media outlets, <a href="https://eic.network/projects/dirty-payments.html">published</a> a Dirty Payments investigation centered on French payment operator Worldline. Investigators allege that the company and its subsidiaries spent years serving customers from high-risk industries ranging from online casinos and pornography to pseudo-legal financial services, ignoring internal whistleblowing. The publication triggered <a href="https://www.capitalbrief.com/briefing/worldline-shares-drop-over-20-on-media-allegations-of-fraud-cover-up-6098b195-286f-4f07-8b04-392141b4b66d/">the sharpest biggest stock drop in Worldline's history</a>&nbsp;-almost 40% in a day. How did it expose the weaknesses of the fintech market? &nbsp;

#Fraud: 1

Dirty payments: where the fintech market is headed with the Worldline investigation