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Ethics & Compliance Summit notebook: When it comes to trust, make sure to verify

2025-03-20T20:13:00+00:00By

The increasing efforts to fight modern slavery across the globe are getting a boost from EU rules that require companies to track and report on the issue. But compliance executives can’t lean on easy databases and automated solutions, experts increasingly say, that supply chain companies may ignore or lie to.

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Making a pitch for compliance: The great chase for stakeholder engagement

2025-03-20T13:44:00+00:00By

Speakers at Compliance Week’s Ethics and Compliance Summit swapped engagement strategies rooted in human behavior, including with through the use of generative AI, free merchandise, and live events, to meet employees where they are.

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Ethics & Compliance notebook: The future of DEI isn’t about ‘diversity’

2025-03-20T15:20:00+00:00By

With White House directives ending DEI programs across the U.S. government, many companies are now facing the question of how to meet their diversity goals without upsetting the political climate. The answer has been to give up the name but not the spirit of DEI.

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‘Abject failure’: U.K. lawmakers sounds off on FCA’s failed 'naming and shaming' enforcement

2025-03-17T14:18:00+00:00By

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PCAOB fines KPMG units $3.4M, PwC Singapore $1.5M for audit, independence violations

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EU drives ‘omnibus’ of simplifications through landmark sustainability reporting directives

2025-03-13T21:25:00+00:00By

The European Commission has adopted proposals for radical simplifications to the EU’s trailblazing environmental regulations. The commissioners argue that this is a pragmatic response to changing global economics and indicates that they have listened to the concerns of smaller businesses that are struggling to comply with onerous and conflicting rules.

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Firm, two execs fined, including ex-CCO, for misappropriating $220K, SEC alleges

2025-03-12T16:01:00+00:00By

Two executives at New York-based Momentum Advisors, including the firm’s chief compliance officer, allegedly misappropriated more than $220,000, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

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Two senators want to know: What’s the legal basis for suspending enforcement of the CTA?

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Two senators behind the Corporate Transparency Act have demanded that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent justify his suspension of one of the law’s anti-money laundering requirements.

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Why are CFOs struggling to stay compliant?

2025-03-11T14:37:00+00:00By Markus Hornburg, CW guest columnist

CFOs are tasked with overseeing an organization’s entire financial processes, not least ensuring that financial operations remain compliant with the multitude of global regulations. It’s a heavy burden to carry that might be alleviated slightly with the help of artificial intelligence, writes Markus Hornburg, head of compliance at Basware.

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Investment scammers, other fraudsters scored billions from consumers in 2024, FTC reports

2025-03-10T20:56:00+00:00By

The public reported a 25 percent increase in losses–totaling more than $12.5 billion in 2024–to investment scams, tech rip-offs, and general fraud, according to an analysis by the Federal Trade Commission.

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Dismissal of CFPB’s Zelle case marks shift to ‘collective effort’ in consumer protection

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The Trump administration isn’t slowing down its efforts to defang the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with lawsuits dropped against a handful of big banks and financial services firms, most notably a case previously accusing payments app Zelle of failing to secure its network.

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