Articles | Compliance Week – Page 76
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ArticleFRC probing Crowe over Akazoo audit
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council announced the start of an investigation into audit firm Crowe UK concerning the financial statements of Luxembourg-incorporated on-demand music streaming subscription company Akazoo.
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ArticleLPL Financial to pay $4.8M to settle claims of poor KYC procedures
The nation’s presumed top independent broker-dealer will pay more than $4.8 million to settle AML charges stemming from its alleged failure to reconcile inconsistencies of a new customer who would scam a Puerto Rican city out of millions of dollars.
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ArticlePCAOB fines Deloitte Canada $350K for quality control failures
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $350,000 civil penalty on Deloitte Canada for reasonable assurance quality control failures regarding an electronic work paper system update.
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ArticleSNC-Lavalin touts compliance enhancements amid fresh corruption charges
Enforcement authorities in Canada arrested and brought charges against two former executives of SNC-Lavalin and its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin International, for their role in a bribery scheme that occurred two decades ago.
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ArticleRohit Chopra confirmed as CFPB director; more dominoes to follow?
The Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a party-line vote. Lawmakers will soon shift their attention to his replacement at the Federal Trade Commission.
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ICA announces virtual African compliance event
The International Compliance Association will host a three-day virtual conference to explore the latest regulatory and financial crime compliance developments and challenges in Africa.
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ArticleSEC charges ex-Goldman compliance analyst with insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former senior compliance analyst at Goldman Sachs who abused his position of authority unbeknownst to the investment bank with insider trading.
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ArticleSEC seeks to implement Dodd-Frank provision on executive compensation votes
The SEC has proposed rulemaking that would enact a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act requiring mutual fund managers to disclose how they voted on proxy proposals, including on compensation agreements with company executives.
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Top DOJ Criminal Division official Daniel Kahn to rejoin Davis Polk
Daniel Kahn, who most recently served as acting deputy assistant attorney general of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, will rejoin Davis Polk as a partner.
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ArticleGermany’s N26 fined $5M for AML lapses
Mobile bank N26 revealed it paid a €4.25 million (U.S. $5 million) fine ordered by Germany’s market regulator regarding deficiencies in its reporting of suspicious activities “in the area of anti-money laundering.”
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Article‘Raise Your Game, Not Your Voice’ a guide for ethics-minded professionals
Lisa Beth Lentini Walker and Stef Tschida’s guidebook teaches compliance practitioners how to win others over in the maelstrom without adding to the noise.
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ArticleActivision Blizzard EEOC deal: All form, no substance
Activision Blizzard’s $18 million settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission mirrors in many ways the terms ride-sharing company Uber reached in a deal with the EEOC in 2019—except the agreement is void of any accountability.
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Citi appoints new general counsel
Citi announced the appointment of former Treasury Department official Brent McIntosh as general counsel and corporate secretary, effective Oct. 25.
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Visa promotes general counsel to EVP
Payment services giant Visa announced the promotion of General Counsel Julie Rottenberg to executive vice president. She will assume oversight of Visa’s global legal and compliance function as part of the change.
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ArticleRobinhood touts crypto wallet offering, hires new CCO
Fintech firm Robinhood has hired a new chief compliance officer at its cryptocurrency arm ahead of the first round of testing for its cryptocurrency wallet offering.
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Pall Corp. adds global compliance head
Pall Corp., a supplier of filtration, separations, and purification products, has hired Tiffany Archer as global head of compliance, risk and privacy.
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Stanford chief risk officer reflects on role upon retirement
Rick Moyer will step down as senior associate vice president and chief risk officer for audit, compliance, risk and privacy at Stanford University at the end of the month.
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ArticleSchlumberger subsidiary to pay $1.4M for Russian sanctions violations
A Houston-based subsidiary of oilfield services company Schlumberger has been fined approximately $1.4 million by the Office of Foreign Assets Control for selling goods to a Russian-based energy firm that was under U.S. sanctions.
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ArticleWells Fargo to pay $72.6M for foreign currency exchange fraud
Wells Fargo Bank agreed to pay a total of approximately $72.6 million to resolve allegations it fraudulently overcharged hundreds of commercial customers who used the bank’s foreign exchange services.
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NOV announces chief accounting officer succession
Energy technology company NOV announced Christy Novak will succeed Scott Duff as vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer, effective Nov. 1.