Articles | Compliance Week – Page 87
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Deutsche Bank names new group AML officer amid enhanced scrutiny
Deutsche Bank named Joe Salama global head of anti-financial crime and group anti-money laundering officer less than a month after its AML controls were criticized by German financial regulator BaFin.
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Circle appoints chief compliance and risk officer
Circle, a global financial technology firm, announced the appointment of Mandeep Walia as chief compliance and risk officer.
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Hershey names general counsel
The Hershey Company promoted James Turoff to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Turoff has served as acting general counsel since December 2020.
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Bed Bath & Beyond appoints chief accounting officer
Retailer Bed Bath & Beyond has named John Barresi to the newly created role of senior vice president of finance, chief accounting officer.
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New NIST revisions expand scope of cyber supply chain risk management guidance
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking comment on a revised version of its cyber supply chain risk management guidance that is intended for a broader audience of public and private companies.
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U.K. regulatory system also at fault in Greensill collapse
The collapse of Greensill Capital has led to investigations into how the company got into the financial mess it did and why alarm bells didn’t ring. But one investigation is noticeably conspicuous by its absence—why the company wasn’t properly regulated in the first place.
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SEC tops $900M in whistleblower awards with $28M payout
The SEC has surpassed $900 million in whistleblower awards with a $28 million payout announced Wednesday. The award is said to be related to a Panasonic FCPA settlement from 2018.
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Compliance ‘well-situated’ to handle increasing ESG scrutiny
An expert panel at CW’s 2021 National Conference agreed that compliance is uniquely positioned to help companies in their ESG initiatives. The CCO and chief sustainability officer at FedEx share how this may look in practice.
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German supply chain draft legislation expected to have far-reaching effect
Companies of a certain size with ties to Germany must soon establish robust due diligence procedures to prevent human rights and environmental abuses both within the course of their own business activities and within their global supply chains.
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Curiosity is important for compliance professionals
Rapid developments in technology and an uncertain future underscore the need for compliance professionals to embrace curiosity both personally and professionally in order to protect their firms from risk.
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SEC awards $31M to whistleblowers between 2 separate cases
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced more than $31 million in whistleblower awards related to two orders, with the largest share of $27 million split between two claimants in one case.
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CW21 Career Day provides timely forum for CCO advice
Amii Barnard-Bahn shares her thoughts from Compliance Week’s first Career Day, which she kicked off with a keynote on cultivating self-awareness.
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Swiss Life to pay $77.4M for tax evasion scheme
Swiss Life Holding and three of its subsidiaries entered a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department and will pay $77.4 million for conspiring with U.S. taxpayers to conceal more than $1.4 billion in offshore insurance policies.
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CW presents: ‘Coming Clean: Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal and compliance monitorship’
Volkswagen’s recently concluded three-year monitorship is chronicled in CW’s latest in-depth case study, which spares no detail in following the world’s largest automaker’s comeback from its biggest mistake.
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SFO probing Sanjeev Gupta business ties to Greensill Capital
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into suspected fraud and money laundering in financing arrangements between steel and mining magnate Sanjeev Gupta and recently collapsed Greensill Capital.
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State Street to pay $115M for mutual fund overcharges
State Street will pay a $115 million criminal penalty and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice for mutual fund and expenses overcharges.
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Deutsche Bank’s continued AML struggles worth questioning
How is it Deutsche Bank can spend more than $1 billion on compliance enhancements but still be ordered to do more to improve its AML controls? Is the bank to blame or are regulators missing the big picture?
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Cooperation key to compliance’s role in advancing diversity & inclusion
A panel of DE&I experts shared valuable tips on how chief ethics and compliance officers can work collaboratively with human resources to address workplace culture issues at CW’s 2021 National Conference.
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German finance regulator orders N26 to improve AML controls
BaFin, Germany’s market regulator, has ordered mobile bank N26 to improve its anti-money laundering controls, taking the unusual move to appoint a “special commissioner” to monitor its progress.
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Updated DOJ guidance stresses need for data in compliance training
An expert panel at CW’s 2021 National Conference discussed the importance for companies to embrace behavioral analytics in their training programs to align with updates to the DOJ’s “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” guidance.