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September 27, 2023

Business Insider reports on the EFRI lawsuits filed by scam victims against ING and Payvision!

FinTelegram has reported a number of stories since 2018 about Dutch FinTech Payvision's involvement as a payment processor in broker scams. Payvision was acquired by major Dutch bank ING in 2018 and continued its illicit activities. The European Fund Recovery Initiative (EFRI) has coordinated victim lawsuits against supporting payment processors like Payvision for years. Business Insider has now also reported on these lawsuits.

August 30, 2023

Legal Precedent: 1st Court Hearing In Preliminary Injunction Against Dutch Regulator DNB!

Disclaimer: The following article summarizes the report of the leading Dutch financial newspaper FD. The journalists of the financial newspaper have followed the first hearing in the Amsterdam court in which the European Fund Recovery Initiative (EFRI) and the victims represented by EFRI filed an injunction against the Dutch regulator DNB. EFRI and the victims are demanding the release of an audit report from the regulator in which the misconduct of the ING subsidiary Payvision is recorded.

August 28, 2023

Payvision Victims Go After The Dutch Regulator DNB Over Refusal To Support Them!

FinTelegram readers are well aware that through the coordination of the European Funds Recovery Initiative (EFRI), the Dutch payment processor Payvision, now in liquidation, is being sued by victims of scams who made and lost their deposits through Payvision. An investigation conducted by Dutch regulator De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) confirmed that Payvision supported scams and violated financial laws in the process. However, DNB does not want to make the report available to victims.

June 14, 2023

Another Court Defeat For The Payvision Gang And Their Austrian Law Firm!

Next court defeat for the now-closed Dutch payment processor Payvision. The founder, Rudolf Booker, positioned Payvision as a laundromat for scammers and operators of porn and gambling sites. In 2018, ING acquired Payvision with a valuation of €350 million. Booker had to leave in April 2020. Andre Valkenburg became the new CEO and continued running Payvision as Booker did. Valkenburg sued against this claim and lost.

Court Cases

April 14, 2023

Payvision CEO Rudolf Booker At The Cybercrime Mastermind’s Birthday Party!

Suspected German cybercrime mastermind Uwe Lenhoff died in prison in 2020. Being a braggart and bon vivant, he spent his victims' money to buy expensive watches and luxury cars like Ferraris. It was in a Ferrari that Lenhoff was also arrested in early 2019. He had previously been under surveillance by law enforcement agents for months. One of Lenhoff's partners and facilitators was then Payvision CEO Rudolf Booker, who was photographed at Lenhoff's birthday party.

Money Laundering

April 6, 2023

Website Offline! Bandenia Bank And The Money Laundering Network!

A report by the Dutch online platform Follow The Money has brought up the backers of Bandenia Bank. This bank which currently does not have a banking license has been allegedly laundering funds from cybercrime organizations for many years. Bandenia also acts as a company builder, offering to set up companies and bank accounts. Bandenia is said to have laundered funds through accounts at ING and the Spanish banks Caixa and Ibercaja.

April 5, 2023

Payvision And Frank: The Two Big FinTech Takeover Disasters And The Different Consequences.

Recently, Charlie Javice was arrested in New York and charged with fraud. She is the founder and former CEO of fintech Frank, which JP Morgan bought for $175 million. She allegedly misled JP Morgan about the true state of the company. In 2018, ING acquired Payvision, founded by Rudolf Booker, at a valuation of €360 million. ING expected Payvision to be a different company. The fintech made most of its revenue from merchants in the porn and gambling sectors - and with scammers.

March 29, 2023

Ralph Hamers UBS Resignation May Or May Not Be Related To Ongoing Dutch Investigations And The Payvision Disaster!

As reported by FinTelegram, the former ING CEO Ralph Hamers will step down from his job as CEO of Switzerland's UBS Group at the beginning of April 2023 after nearly 29 months on the job. He will be replaced by a predecessor Sergio P. Ermotti. This surprising move may be related to the acquisition of Credit Suisse, or it may be related to ongoing investigations into money laundering in Holland. It has not yet been decided whether charges will be brought against Hamers.

March 29, 2023

Breaking: UBS CEO Ralph Hamers Replaced By His Predecessor Sergio P. Ermotti!

The UBS Board appointed Sergio P. Ermotti as Chief Executive Officer after its planned acquisition of Credit Suisse. Ralph Hamers agreed to step down but will remain at UBS as an advisor during a transition period to ensure a successful closure of the transaction and a smooth handover. Hamers was the highest-paid banker in Europe in 2022 but was also controversial. He is responsible for ING's disastrous acquisition of Payvision and is involved in money laundering investigations.

March 20, 2023

Time To Get Angry: ING’s ESG Committee Received Open Letter For Failing To Compensate Victims!

Currently, the global banking landscape is in a state of shock. First, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the U.S. followed UBS's incredible bail-out deal for Credit Suisse. Things are bad for banks. So perhaps it's not quite so striking that ING of the Netherlands can't solve its problems with Payvision, which it bought. Thousands of victims have lost their money via Payvision. The European Fund Recovery Initiative (EFRI) has written an open letter to ING's ESG committee.

People Radar

March 9, 2023

UBS Group CEO Ralph Hamers Was Best-Paid Bank Boss in 2022!

Ralph Hamers joined Swiss UBS as CEO in 2020 to become one of the highest-earning bank bosses in Europe, Financial Times reports. Previously, as CEO at Dutch ING, Hamers had complained about his pay level at ING, which was subject to strict EU rules on banker pay. He enjoyed an 11% pay bump in 2022 to become Europe’s best-paid bank boss. The Dutch executive earned $13 million in salary and bonuses, up from 11.73 million in 2021.

March 9, 2023

Vanished: Disgraced ING Subsidiary Payvision Seems To Be Gone Without Compensating Victims!

We had already been expecting this for a few weeks. Since the Dutch banking giant ING announced in October 2021 that it would phase out Payvision, it was clear that at some point, quietly and secretly, the high-risk payment processor founded by Rudolf Booker would disappear. For ING, Payvision, acquired in 2018 under then-CEO Ralph Hamers for a reported €400 million, was a huge financial and reputational flop. Court documents to CEO Andre Valkenburg can no longer be served!