- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2023-09-05T19:37:00
Discover Financial Services faces a class-action lawsuit from investors alleging materially false and misleading statements regarding its business, operations, and compliance policies.
Pomerantz, a law firm representing investors, accused Discover of deficient risk management and compliance procedures, failing to comply with applicable student loan servicing standards, misclassifying certain credit card accounts, overcharging customers, and failing to stem its ballooning credit card delinquency rate, the firm announced Friday in a press release.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, follows executives of Discover admitting in a business call last month the company was “paying the price” for underinvesting in compliance.
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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.
Discover Financial Services is “paying the price” for underinvesting in compliance over the past several years and has been ramping up spending and hiring to catch up, two senior executives said in a call with analysts.
Bank of America agreed to pay approximately $230 million to settle charges levied by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency over alleged junk fees, withheld credit card rewards, and the opening of fake accounts.
A prominent risk management firm has issued its predictions for the top five risks for business in 2025, along with guidance for how organizations should prepare and respond.
When the DOJ released its revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, it turned some heads. Tucked into a section on risk assessments was a strongly worded series of questions that appeared to shoulder compliance teams with the responsibility for ensuring the safe use of AI tools by their firms.
The Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs has made the importance of artificial intelligence governance frameworks clear, but it didn’t say what role compliance should play. Here’s the answer.
