All OCC articles – Page 9
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How to Simplify Cyber-Security Controls Amid Abundant Laws
By now every compliance officer has already heard the warning that it’s a matter of when you suffer a cyber-security breach, not if. Then comes compliance with breach disclosure rules—and those demands are becoming as perplexing as the cyber-threat itself. Overwhelmed, compliance officers are seeking ways to navigate these demands ...
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Cyber-Security, AML Deficiencies Flagged in OCC Risk Review
As banks try to close the profitability gap created by a lingering low-interest rate environment and offer new services to customers, they face escalating compliance risks. Cyber-security and anti-money laundering controls are among the concerns flagged by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in its “Semiannual Risk Perspective.” ...
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Volcker Compliance Deadline Creeps Up
Image: For all the political controversy still surrounding the Volcker Rule, its biggest compliance obligation—implementing new controls and training to root out forbidden trading—has a looming deadline in July. “You’ve got to build an infrastructure,” says David Freeman of the law firm Arnold & Porter. “That’s a bigger effort than ...
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Volcker Offers Sweeping New Reform Ideas
Image: Paul Volcker, the famed former Fed chairman and namesake of the most controversial rule in the Dodd-Frank Act, is proposing a slate of financial reform proposals that would merge the SEC and CFTC and create new regulatory agencies. The Volcker Alliance—a non-partisan, non-profit organization launched in 2013—issued a report ...
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BofA Moves Compliance From Legal to Risk Management
Image: Bank of America has moved its compliance function out of the legal department and into its risk-management organization, reporting to Chief Risk Officer Geoff Greener (left). The compliance shuffle comes as bank regulators continue to prod financial firms to do a better job of integrating compliance efforts with risk ...
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OCC’s Curry Details Regulatory Relief for Small Banks
Image: In a recent speech, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry floated some regulatory reforms that could make compliance easier for small- and medium-sized banks, including a new examination cycle for healthy banks. “It’s important that they, like other businesses, have the flexibility to adapt to changing economic and ...