All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 85
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News Brief
Banking regs seek enhanced resilience with large bank capital reforms
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve Board, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency proposed rulemaking designed to increase capital requirements for large banks and large-scale traders.
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Blog
Binance promotes head of legal to general counsel
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced the promotion of Head of Legal Eleanor Hughes to general counsel.
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News Brief
Reports: Germany targeting 2024 for new AML agency
Germany is set to establish its new Federal Bureau of Financial Intelligence as the country’s office overseeing monitoring and analysis of money laundering and sanctions enforcement, according to multiple reports.
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Blog
Provident Bank recruits CCO from HSBC
Provident Bank announced the appointment of Mary Brown as senior vice president, chief compliance officer and Community Reinvestment Act officer.
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News Brief
Guidance sets self-disclosure expectations for sanctions, export control lapses
Companies seeking credit for voluntarily self-disclosing potential violations of sanctions or export control laws must be mindful of the regimes at play from agencies including the DOJ, BIS, and OFAC and their differing expectations.
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News Brief
Amex banking unit fined $15M for poor third-party oversight
American Express National Bank agreed to pay a $15 million penalty levied by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for alleged oversight failings regarding a third-party affiliate and its efforts to retain small business customers.
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Survey: Financial institutions doing more with less by outsourcing compliance
Respondents to a recent survey conducted by Compliance Week and Guidehouse largely indicated outsourcing improved the effectiveness of their compliance program in fighting financial crime, though limits remain on how much can be outsourced.
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News Brief
LPL Financial fined $3M by FINRA over supervision lapses
LPL Financial was fined $3 million as part of a settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority over alleged supervision failures related to transmittal of customer funds and forged signatures by employees.
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News Brief
SEC adopts rule requiring cyber incident disclosures within four days
The Securities and Exchange Commission finalized its controversial rule requiring public companies to disclose the nature, scope, timing, and impact of cybersecurity incidents deemed to be material within four business days.
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IBM report: Data breach costs at all-time high; AI helping detection
The global average cost of a data breach reached a new all-time high of $4.45 million in 2023, according to IBM’s annual report.
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Investor lawsuit targets Bank of America over off-channel comms fines
Stockholder lawsuits have emerged as the latest aftershock from the regulatory crackdown against banks and financial services firms for allowing off-channel business communications by their employees.
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News Brief
PCAOB chair: Rising audit deficiency rates ‘completely unacceptable’
A steady increase in the rate of deficiencies observed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board during audit inspections the past three years has the head of the agency calling on firms to “make changes to turn things around.”
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News Brief
SEC appoints interim acting co-directors of exams division
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the appointments of Natasha Vij Greiner and Keith Cassidy as interim acting co-directors of the Division of Examinations while Director Richard Best is on medical leave.
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Blog
N26 names chief risk officer
German digital bank N26 announced the appointment of Carina Kozole as chief risk officer and managing director, effective later this year.
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News Brief
Fed fines UBS $269M for Credit Suisse’s Archegos failures
The Federal Reserve Board fined UBS $268.5 million regarding recent acquisition Credit Suisse’s credit risk management failures at collapsed U.S. hedge fund Archegos Capital Management. UBS also settled matters with U.K. and Swiss authorities.
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News Brief
Booz Allen to pay $377.5M in improper billing case
Booz Allen Hamilton agreed to pay approximately $377.5 million as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice regarding alleged False Claims Act violations stemming from improper billing of commercial and international costs in government contracts.
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Blog
Five Star Bank promotes tech services director to CISO
Financial Institutions, the parent company of Five Star Bank, announced the promotion of Senior Vice President and Technology Services Director Scott Bader to senior vice president and chief information security officer.
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Resource
Survey Report: Financial institutions navigate forward by outsourcing compliance
Three out of four financial services firms that chose to outsource portions of their financial crime compliance function reported they were pleased with the results, according to a new survey conducted by Compliance Week and Guidehouse.
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Blog
Sallie Mae promotes chief credit risk officer to chief risk officer
Student lender Sallie Mae announced the promotion of Chief Credit Risk Officer Munish Pahwa to executive vice president and chief risk officer.
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Article
The importance of quality SARs
Good suspicious activity reports make it easier for financial intelligence units to prioritize and process investigations, enabling better results in the global fight against financial crime.