All United States articles – Page 184
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ArticleSurvey: KYC, risk profiling key problem areas for finance amid pandemic
A new survey by LexisNexis Risk Solutions examines the rising costs and emerging risk areas faced by compliance at U.S. and Canadian financial institutions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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ArticleThree best practices for handling GDPR and CCPA ‘right of access’ requests
A panel discussion on a recent Webcast analyzed common data subject access request compliance challenges, as well as leading practices designed to best comply with the EU’s GDPR and the CCPA in the United States.
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ArticleBiden taps Rostin Behnam as acting CFTC chair
The commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission unanimously elected Democrat Rostin Behnam to serve as the agency’s acting chairman.
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ArticleCyber-Risk Summit: 7 best practices for protecting employee health data
Experts at CW’s virtual Cyber-Risk and Data Privacy Summit explain the importance for companies to review and enhance their current data security compliance policies and procedures.
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ArticleAllison Herren Lee takes over as SEC acting chair
Commissioner Allison Herren Lee has assumed the role of acting chair at the Securities and Exchange Commission while President Joe Biden’s nomination to lead the agency, Gary Gensler, awaits Senate confirmation.
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ArticleParting gift: New Trump sanctions against China complex for compliance
A November executive order by former President Donald Trump banning U.S. investment in companies with ties to the Chinese military has proven difficult for compliance officers to navigate after taking effect earlier this month.
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ArticleExcellus Health Plan fined $5.1M for 2015 data breach
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights fined Excellus Health Plan $5.1 million for failures relating to a 2015 data breach that exposed the personal information of 9.3 million individuals.
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ArticleCFPB under Chopra will be aggressive consumer watchdog, experts say
Rohit Chopra’s nomination to lead the CFPB represents a full-throated return to the combative consumer protection agency under former director Richard Cordray, experts say.
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ArticleAnalysis: Improving SARs effectiveness takes more than act of Congress
In the wake of 2020’s FinCEN Files leaks, the U.S. Treasury this year will undertake a thorough reevaluation of the country’s AML program under the Bank Secrecy Act.
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ArticleFTC Chair Joseph Simons to step down Jan. 29
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons and a group of senior staff announced their resignations, making way for new leadership to be appointed by President-elect Joe Biden.
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ArticleEx-Wells Fargo general counsel fined $3.5M for fake accounts role
General Counsel James Strother agreed to a $3.5 million settlement to become the seventh former senior executive at Wells Fargo fined by the OCC for their role in the bank’s fake account scandal.
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ArticleCapital One fined $390M for ‘egregious’ AML compliance failures
Capital One will pay a $390 million civil penalty for compliance failures regarding banking services offered to its check cashing group, which—according to FinCEN—had a reputation for money-laundering risks.
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ArticleEU regulators beef up SCCs as temporary Privacy Shield alternative
The key data regulators that oversee the European Union’s strict privacy regulation agreed to a beefed up set of contractual terms to provide more clarity about the level of protection data transfers to countries outside the EU can enjoy.
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ArticleOFAC fines Indonesian manufacturer $1M in North Korea sanctions case
The Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a $1.02 million settlement with paper products manufacturer PT Bukit Muria Jaya for lapses in its compliance procedures that led to 28 apparent violations of North Korea sanctions.
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ArticleToyota to pay $180M for shirking emissions-reporting requirements
Toyota settled a lawsuit with the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency for $180 million—the largest civil penalty ever for violations of the EPA’s emission-reporting requirements under the Clean Air Act.
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ArticleSEC sets whistleblower annual award record ($176M) four months into fiscal year
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced over $176 million in whistleblower awards in the first four months of the current fiscal year, already more than any other year in its history.
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ArticleOCC finalizes controversial ‘Fair Access’ rule as acting head departs
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published its much-criticized “Fair Access to Financial Services” rule the same day Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks announced he is stepping down.
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Article‘A very strong and vocal regulator’: Biden taps Gary Gensler to lead SEC
Gary Gensler, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has been picked to be the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission by President-elect Joe Biden.
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ArticleBitGo adds compliance chief from competitor Coinbase
Digital asset platform BitGo announced the appointment of Jeff Horowitz as chief compliance officer. Horowitz joins BitGo from fellow cryptocurrency firm Coinbase, where he served as CCO for 2 1/2 years.
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ArticleEPA’s toxic love affair with high-polluting industries needs to end
A last-minute rule change by the EPA tucked into the Federal Register without a public comment period is the culmination of a years-long chumminess with high-polluting industries that can’t end soon enough, writes Jaclyn Jaeger.