The Inside Story of Europes Biggest Financial Scandal, with Dan McCrum

Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 5 p.m.

b'Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below for details.\\nWhen Financial Times journalist Dan McCrum followed a tip to investigate Wirecard, a hot new European tech startup challenging Silicon Valley, everything about the business \\u2013 which claimed to be an innovative digital payments processor \\u2013 struck him as too good to be true. As McCrum dug deeper, he encountered a tale stranger and more dangerous than he ever imagined. His new book, Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth, tells the story. He joins Carl Miller, Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, to talk about it.\\n\\u2026\\nWe are incredibly grateful for your support. To become an Intelligence Squared Premium subscriber, follow the link: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/\\xa0\\nHere\\u2019s a reminder of the benefits you\\u2019ll receive as a subscriber:\\n\\n\\nAd-free listening, because we know some of you would prefer to listen without interruption\\xa0\\n\\n\\nOne early episode per week\\n\\n\\nTwo bonus episodes per month\\n\\nA 25% discount on IQ2+, our exciting streaming service, where you can watch and take part in events live at home and enjoy watching past events on demand and without ads\\xa0\\n\\nA 15% discount and priority access to live, in-person events in London, so you won\\u2019t miss out on tickets\\n\\nOur premium monthly newsletter\\xa0\\n\\n\\nIntelligence Squared Merch\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'