All Europe articles – Page 20
-
Article
Danish financial regulator refers Jyske Bank to police for AML violations
The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority reported Jyske Bank to Danish police for allegedly violating the country’s anti-money laundering law regarding its customer due diligence measures.
-
Article
Experts: AML efforts dealt blow by CJEU beneficial ownership ruling
Determining the true owner of a company might become more difficult after Europe’s top court ruled automatic access to registers of beneficial ownership conflicted with the right to privacy.
-
Article
Meta fined $274M under GDPR for data scraping breach
Meta Platforms Ireland was fined €265 million (U.S. $274 million) for failing to put in place adequate measures to protect users’ data after a leak compromised the personal details of more than half a billion individuals.
-
Article
Dassault Systemes names chief sustainability officer
French software corporation Dassault Systèmes announced the appointment of Philippine de T’Serclaes as chief sustainability officer.
-
Article
Discord fined $830K for GDPR lapses
Discord, a popular communication service primarily utilized by the video game community, was assessed a fine of €800,000 (U.S. $829,000) by the French data protection authority for multiple violations of the General Data Protection Regulation related to safeguarding user data.
-
Article
UBS names global chief risk officer
Multinational investment bank UBS announced the promotion of Global Wealth Management Chief Risk Officer Damian Vogel to group chief risk officer.
-
Article
Societe Generale appoints group chief risk officer
Société Générale announced the promotion of Stéphane Landon to group chief risk officer.
-
Premium
CW Europe panelists: ESG reporting still in ‘immature’ phase
Companies are continuing to fail in their efforts to improve environmental, social, and governance reporting, while compliance functions are finding it tough to keep up with demands for better assurance in the area, according to experts.
-
Premium
CW Europe: Compliance challenges in 2023 and beyond will look a bit different
Dealing with risks relating to artificial intelligence; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and shortfalls in staff, training, and expertise are set to be among the biggest challenges for compliance officers in 2023 and the years ahead, say practitioners.
-
Premium
1MDB whistleblower talks of ‘paying the price’ for doing the right thing
The experience of Xavier Andre Justo—the former Swiss banker turned whistleblower in the 1MDB scandal—shows those who speak up about bribery and corruption are often the only victims of the supposed “victimless crimes” they report.
-
Article
Danske Bank projects $2.1B settlement for Estonia money laundering probes
Danske Bank expects to pay a total of 15.5 billion Danish kroner (U.S. $2.1 billion) to U.S. and Danish authorities to settle allegations it overlooked more than $200 billion in dirty money laundered through its former Estonia branch.
-
Article
Credit Suisse names new CCO, plans strategic overhaul
Credit Suisse announced sweeping changes to its strategy that includes selling off parts of its investment banking portfolio and shrinking its global headcount—an attempt to pivot from risky investment ventures and back toward its historic specialty of wealth management.
-
Article
Ipsos adds chief sustainability officer
Market research firm Ipsos announced the appointment of Lauren Demar as chief sustainability officer and global head of ESG.
-
Article
French DPA latest to fine Clearview AI over GDPR violations
France’s CNIL became the fourth European data protection authority this year to fine Clearview AI over its controversial facial image aggregation practices, matching a pair of its counterparts with a €20 million (U.S. $19.6 million) penalty.
-
Article
KPMG affiliates fined $275K for using unregistered firms
Three affiliates of KPMG agreed to pay a total of $275,000 in penalties for failing to disclose unregistered firm participation in public company audits—the latest such PCAOB enforcement cases for the global accounting firm.
-
Article
Lafarge to pay $778M for supporting terrorist groups ISIS, ANF in Syria
French multinational building products company Lafarge pleaded guilty to providing material support and resources to two U.S.-designated foreign terrorist groups in Syria, representing the Department of Justice’s first corporate material support for terrorism prosecution.
-
Article
AI monitoring benefits must be weighed against employee skepticism
The EU’s agency for occupational safety and health released a report examining the risks and opportunities of AI-based worker management systems for employee’s physical and mental wellbeing.
-
Article
Report: Global anti-bribery enforcement levels hit record low
Only the United States and Switzerland can be considered “active enforcers” in tackling foreign bribery, while countries like the United Kingdom and Israel have taken a step back, according to the latest report from Transparency International.
-
Article
U.S. includes surveillance concessions in new transatlantic data flow framework
President Joe Biden’s executive order on a data privacy framework aims to provide a workable, legally resilient solution for companies to continue moving and storing the personal data of EU-based citizens to American-based servers without running afoul of the GDPR.
-
Article
Q&A: Hellmann compliance head on choosing a whistleblower tool
Dominik Waszczynski, head of global compliance at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, shares with Compliance Week the decision-making process that led to the company’s selection of a new and improved whistleblower hotline tool.