Analysis

September 5, 2023

Wirecard’s whistleblower plots new startup to avoid Wirecard 2.0

Pav Gill’s new startup, Confide, wants to make it easier for employees to call out company wrongdoings — and for companies to avoid media leaks


Amy O'Brien

4 min read

Pav Gill, cofounder and CEO of Confide

One of the biggest stories in European fintech in the past five years is the Wirecard scandal. 

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Amy O'Brien

Amy O'Brien is a freelance reporter covering Italian tech. She was previously Sifted's fintech reporter

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