Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 101
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LockPath, SecurityScorecard partnership increases vendor risk management efficiencies
LockPath, a provider of compliance and risk management software, recently announced the availability of the integration of its Keylight Platform with SecurityScorecard’s security rating platform. This product integration is aimed at helping organizations make their vendor assessment and management processes more efficient, while strengthening security programs.
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Seclore and Boldon James launch automated data protection and compliance solution
Seclore, a browser-based data-centric security solution provider, and Boldon James, a data classification and secure messaging software provider, have reached a strategic OEM partnership agreement, launching an end-to-end, automated data protection and compliance solution.
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Dentons launches anti-bribery tool
Global law firm Dentons recently announced the launch of its groundbreaking interactive web-based tool that puts key aspects of global anti-corruption laws at users’ fingertips, allowing for quick, customizable comparisons across multiple jurisdictions.
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New NICE Actimize solution reduces trade reconstruction time
NICE Actimize, a NICE company, has added an innovative new Trade Reconstruction module to its Holistic Surveillance portfolio. The module is designed to address rigorous trading compliance requirements—like MiFID II, MAR, and Dodd-Frank regulations.
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How the CFTC oversees bitcoin futures
Three exchanges regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission this month self-certified new contracts for bitcoin futures products. Sequentially, the CFTC issued a statement on the self-certification of bitcoin products by these exchanges.
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Ex-Volkswagen executive gets 7 years in emissions cheating case
Oliver Schmidt, the former general manager of Volkswagen AG’s U.S. Environment and Engineering Office, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to his role in the company’s long-running emissions cheating scandal.
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Financial Conduct Authority fines Bluefin £4m for misleading customers
The Financial Conduct Authority today fined Bluefin Insurance Services Limited £4 million for having inadequate systems and controls and failing to provide information to its customers about Bluefin’s independence in a way that was clear, fair, and not misleading.
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Columbia Sportswear names chief accounting officer
Columbia Sportswear Company announced that Melissa Dugan has joined the company as vice president, chief accounting officer. She will report to Chief Financial Officer Jim Swanson.
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First sport integrity hotline established in United States and Canada
The Special Investigations Unit of the International Centre for Sport Security has announced the establishment of a confidential Sport Integrity Hotline to report misconduct and sport integrity issues in the United States and Canada.
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World Bank: Sediver SAS debarred for two years
The World Bank Group today announced the debarment for two years of Sediver SAS, a Paris-based manufacturing company for power transmission components, in connection to sanctionable misconduct under the Southern Africa Power Market Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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NLRB General Counsel memo a boon for employers
Newly appointed National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter Robb this week issued a memorandum encompassing at a high level his initial agenda as General Counsel, much of which should come as welcome news to employers.
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Root Insurance hires its first general counsel
Root Insurance, the nation’s first car insurance company founded on the principle of fundamental fairness and powered entirely by mobile, has hired Jon Allison as its first general counsel, effective immediately.
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SEC says it will respect well-reasoned revenue judgments
The SEC has signaled it doesn’t plan to pick apart the many detailed judgments they must exercise as they follow new revenue recognition rules beginning next year.
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SEC awards company insider $4.1M for whistleblower tip
The SEC today announced an award of more than $4.1 million to a former company insider who alerted the agency to a widespread, multi-year securities law violation and continued to provide important information and assistance throughout the SEC’s investigation, making it the third whistleblower award in the past week.
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“FinCEN Exchange” seeks to enhance public-private information-sharing
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has launched the FinCEN Exchange program, intended to enhance information-sharing with financial institutions.
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New U.K. Corporate Governance Code focuses on culture
The Financial Reporting Council this week published proposals for a revised U.K. corporate governance code to reflect the changing business environment and help U.K. companies achieve the highest levels of governance, with corporate culture being a new key focus.
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U.K. wants to regulate digital currencies
The U.K. government is looking to increase its regulation of digital currencies, amid growing concerns that such virtual currencies are being used to enable money laundering, terrorist funding, and other criminal activity.
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Auditors get guidance on altering audit report
Auditors have some new guidance from the PCAOB about how to begin revising their audit reports to reflect new requirements that take effect this year-end.
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Uber seriously needs some compliance
After all of the misfirings at Uber this year, the company needs to appoint a chief compliance officer, who reports directly to the CEO, and works to change the values while putting in the infrastructure to support the backbone of a best practices compliance program. Sooner, rather than later.
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To operationalize compliance, pick up the phone
Following compliance policies and procedures is always important but to have a live person to answer questions or walk a non-compliance person through the process is a must.