International accounting

Wirecard suffered one of the worst stock slumps in the history of Germany’s benchmark index after revealing that about 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in cash has gone missing, spooking investors who have endured years of allegations of wrongdoing at the payments company.

A backlash is growing among regulators and participants against EBITDA — earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and coronavirus.

The firm admitted shortcomings in three years of work for a client, which had to restate its distributable reserves twice.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV is paying for forensic auditors at PwC to help South African anti-corruption police investigate alleged financial wrongdoing that brought the retailer to the brink of collapse.

International Federation of Accountants CEO Kevin Dancey talks about how accounting organizations around the world are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and working with each other to solve problems and share resources.

Defunct U.K. contractor Carillion Plc won’t be able to get key KPMG documents to prepare for a 250 million-pound ($314 million) negligence lawsuit against the accounting firm.

South Korean prosecutors have summoned Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee for questioning in an ongoing investigation into alleged accounting fraud and a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, dealing another legal blow to the country’s largest corporation.

The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that could lead to Chinese companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Baidu Inc. being barred from listing on U.S. stock exchanges amid increasingly tense relations between the world’s two largest economies.

Europe’s top markets watchdog is warning companies against getting creative with financial statements that obscure the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on their bottom line.

The founder of U.K. discount retailer Matalan Plc is suing PricewaterhouseCoopers over claims he lost as much as 135 million pounds ($165 million) by relying on advice the accounting firm gave him when he moved to Monaco 20 years ago.