All Risk Management articles – Page 30
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News BriefTransUnion settles with CFPB, FTC over tenant screening accuracy
Credit reporting agency TransUnion agreed to pay $23 million total across settlements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission for alleged tenant screening and security freeze deficiencies.
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News BriefFCA fines, bans ex-Barclays CEO Staley over misrepresented Epstein ties
Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley was fined £1.8 million (U.S. $2.2 million) and banned from serving in a senior management role in the financial services industry by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority for allegedly misleading the regulator regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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OpinionIncentive policies suggest calm before storm at DOJ
All the carrots being offered by the Department of Justice in the past year—greater penalty reduction thresholds, relief related to compensation clawbacks, voluntary self-disclosure incentives—are part of a strategy to strengthen the enforcement stick when companies don’t cooperate.
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PremiumCFTC commissioner blasts Goldman’s ‘culture of noncompliance’
After four enforcement cases against Goldman Sachs in 18 months, CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero accused the firm of perpetuating a corporate culture that tolerates repeated violations of the agency’s rules.
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WebcastCPE Webcast: Mastering technology for automated CIP and enhanced risk assessment
Delve into the strategies that go beyond the conventional approach, utilizing automated customer identification programs and onboarding methods to their full potential.
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PremiumExpert: How data hoarding increases businesses’ cyber risks
Holding on to data for longer than necessary creates vulnerabilities for businesses by giving cyberattackers more avenues to access an organization’s computer systems.
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News BriefCompliance cost concerns raised as California enacts climate disclosure laws
The governor of California signed off on a pair of bills containing requirements for large businesses operating in the state to make disclosures regarding their climate-related risks and impacts, though not without mentioning work to be done on the compliance ramifications associated with each law.
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PremiumU.K. financial regs pressure firms to step up D&I considerations
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority set out proposals to ensure firms treat nonfinancial misconduct, such as bullying, racist behavior, and sexual harassment, as strictly as other regulatory offenses.
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PodcastDigital Transformation of Compliance podcast: FedEx CCO Justin Ross
In the debut episode of the Digital Transformation of Compliance podcast series, Justin Ross, chief compliance officer at FedEx, speaks to specific areas in which the shipping giant has digitized and automated parts of its compliance function.
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PremiumOCC examiners to focus 2024 attention on risks that led to bank failures
Bank examiners from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are focusing their supervision attention on how banks manage risks that brought down three mid-sized financial institutions earlier this year.
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News BriefMGM discloses $100M hit from cyberattack
MGM Resorts International said it expects to take a $100 million hit as part of the fallout of a cyberattack that has most significantly impacted its Las Vegas operations.
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PremiumShinhan Bank enforcements a lesson in not prioritizing compliance
The recent $25 million in combined penalties levied against South Korean-based Shinhan Bank by three U.S. regulators was the culmination of the bank’s failure over an eight-year period to timely correct deficiencies with its anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act processes.
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PremiumExpert: Clorox ‘trying to do the right thing’ with rapid cyberattack disclosures
The timing of a recent cyberattack against Clorox juxtaposed against the Securities and Exchange Commission’s adoption of its cybersecurity incident disclosure rule soon to take effect has presented a case study regarding how companies might seek to meet the requirements of the rule.
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PremiumDOJ floats declinations as incentive under M&A self-disclosure safe harbor
The Department of Justice’s push to incentivize companies to voluntarily self-disclose potential misconduct reached its next stage in the form of a safe harbor policy regarding mergers and acquisitions.
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PremiumLessons from Danske Bank CCO: Four pillars to successful remediation
Outgoing Danske Bank CCO Satnam Lehal shares with Compliance Week lessons learned from addressing deficiencies in the bank’s compliance program while managing the expectations of regulators, the board, employees, customers, analysts, investors, and the public.
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PremiumFinCEN crafting rule proposal for AML and sanctions whistleblower program
Andrea Gacki, the new director at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, said the agency is working to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the establishment of an anti-money laundering and sanctions whistleblower program.
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News BriefSEC calls out Advisor Resource Council compliance structure in lawsuit
The Securities and Exchange Commission criticized the structure of the compliance program in place at Texas-based investment adviser Advisor Resource Council as part of a lawsuit against the firm and one of its former representatives.
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PremiumNIST framework might help organizations prepare for AI regulations
The new artificial intelligence framework released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology is not a checklist for AI but might help organizations better manage the risks associated with the technology.
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News BriefU.K.-based ADM unit fined $7.9M for historic AML shortcomings
ADM Investor Services International was ordered to pay nearly £6.5 million (U.S. $7.9 million) by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority for not timely addressing anti-money laundering systems and controls deficiencies first alleged by the regulator in 2014.
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News BriefDiscover dodges fine in FDIC order over consumer compliance shortcomings
Discover Financial Services disclosed it avoided a monetary penalty in agreeing to a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation over alleged compliance shortcomings at its subsidiary bank.