All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 374
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Blog
Société Générale to pay $1.34B for economic sanctions violations
Société Générale has been slapped with a $1.34 billion criminal penalty for conspiring to violate the Trading with the Enemy Act and the Cuban Asset Control Regulations, representing the second largest penalty ever imposed on a financial institution for violations of U.S. economic sanctions.
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Blog
Walgreens Boot Alliance global controller and chief accounting officer departs
Walgreens Boots Alliance, a retail pharmacy company, announced in a securities filing that Kimberly Scardino informed the company of her decision to resign, effective Dec. 21, 2018.
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Article
Case study: How Bumble Bee saves on compliance costs
Former FBI Special Agent and 3M attorney Jeff Killeen brings a unique twist to Bumble Bee’s compliance program—a knowledge of building a cost-effective, functional compliance department coupled with a nose for finding, and thwarting, fraud. Killeen spoke on both at NAVEX Global’s 2018 Ethics and Compliance Virtual Conference.
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Article
AML programs continue to vex banks in cost, complexity
Forget all that talk of deregulation. Compliance officers at financial institutions are still knee-deep in risk and spending nearly $26 billion a year on anti-money laundering programs and other demands of the Bank Secrecy Act.
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Blog
TRACED Act cracks down on illegal robocalls
Newly proposed legislation is making the rounds of the Senate in an effort to strike against unwanted telephone solicitations.
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Senators accuse mobile carriers of throttling practices
Senate Democrats are alleging violations of net neutrality principles by mobile data carriers who they claim, backed by recent research, are slowing down online traffic.
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Blog
No change in audit-non-audit mix in U.S., KPMG says
Amid reports that KPMG is drawing a firmer line between audit and non-audit services in the United Kingdom, the firm has no similar plans in the United States.
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Resource
Key Factors in Choosing a Third-Party Compliance Platform
Nothing is more frustrating than being slotted into an inflexible platform that restricts your compliance process.
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Blog
Rite Aid shareholders vote against Deloitte as auditor
A sizable chunk of Rite Aid’s shareholders has told the board it would like to dismiss Deloitte and hire a new audit firm.
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Blog
BlackBerry to acquire cyber-security firm Cylance for $1.4B
Mobile company BlackBerry has entered into agreement to acquire artificial intelligence and cyber-security firm Cylance for $1.4 billion. The deal is expected to close prior to February 2019.
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Article
SEC raises the bar on cyber-security risks
Regulators expect companies to raise their game in protecting the corporate jewels from online hackers, especially in schemes that are not exactly novel.
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Blog
A top concern for banks: How will regulators tackle AI?
The cutting-edge question asked by Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard at a recent conference: “What are we learning about artificial intelligence in financial services?” She answered with a look at the regulatory landscape.
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Blog
Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn arrested for financial misconduct
Japanese automaker Nissan has dismissed Carlos Ghosn from his chairman role, following his arrest by prosecutors in Japan for engaging in financial misconduct.
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Blog
SWIFT solution combats fraudulent payments
SWIFT, a secure financial messaging service, announced the introduction of Payment Controls, an in-network solution to combat fraudulent payments and help strengthen customers’ existing security.
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Blog
DPOrganizer tool aids GDPR compliance
Swedish data privacy company DPOrganizer announced the addition of a new tool to its privacy management software. The Incident Manager enables businesses to act in accordance with GDPR, reducing the risk of financial and reputational loss.
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Blog
TrustArc adds automated risk management to privacy platform
Data privacy management company TrustArc announced the addition of Intelligence Engine to its privacy platform. The automated program is designed to enable organizations to save up to 75 percent of the time it takes to identify, analyze, and prioritize privacy risks.
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Podcast
Timur Khasanov-Batirov on ‘Compliance Man’
International compliance officer Timur Khasanov-Batirov joins Tom Fox to explain the inspiration behind his illustrated series, “Compliance Man,” which is designed to help communicate potentially complex compliance topics in a simple manner.
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Blog
FEI group provides guides on leases, CECL controls
FEI’s corporate reporting group has developed its own guides for preparers on how to assure sound controls with major new accounting adoptions.
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Article
Two benchmark reports reveal in-house counsel salary trends
In-house counsel looking to see how their annual salaries stack up against their peers can refer to two new reports that offer benchmarking data.