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FTC sounds alarm on business practices turning into ‘vast surveillance’

2024-09-20T14:07:00+01:00By

The Federal Trade Commission took aim at the business models of some of the world’s largest companies, publishing a years-long study that decried technologies that have created “vast surveillance” networks that expose people to “a host of harms” and violate children’s privacy laws.

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‘Tick-box’ training leads to tragic outcome in Costa Coffee allergen case

2024-09-17T16:16:00+01:00By

Company training has always been equal parts important and annoying. But a recent inquest found some eLearning courses fail to warn companies when employees struggle through education and testing. For 13-year-old Hannah Jacobs, the consequences ended with her death.

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CW Europe preview: An Amsterdam discussion on increased role of CCOs

2024-09-13T12:40:00+01:00By

Compliance Week and its sister organization the International Compliance Association will bring together more than 200 GRC professionals for Compliance Week Europe Oct. 15-16 in Amsterdam to discuss how they’re making sense of the constantly changing regulatory landscape.

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FINRA fines Wells Fargo unit $3M for repeatedly pushing ‘unsuitable’ investments

2024-09-17T14:27:00+01:00By

A Wells Fargo subsidiary will pay nearly $3 million to settle allegations that it failed to properly supervise an employee attempting to sell unsuitable investment products to retail investors–the fifth time it has been penalized for similar supervisory failings since 2020.

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Budweiser Budvar registration failures show ESG impacts of U.K. noncompliance

2024-09-16T18:14:00+01:00By

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SEC charges three Medly execs with fraud for investment scheme

2024-09-13T18:06:00+01:00By

Former executives of Medly, an online pharmacy that is now shuttered, have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with defrauding investors.

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Wells Fargo agrees with OCC to shore up BSA/AML, sanctions program deficiencies

2024-09-13T15:37:00+01:00By

The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ordered Wells Fargo to make “comprehensive corrective actions” to its Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering and U.S. sanctions programs, along with receive permission from the OCC to offer new products and services or enter new geographic markets with “medium or high” ...

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CFPB orders TD Bank to pay $28M for sending false info to credit agencies

2024-09-13T13:09:00+01:00By

TD Bank has been ordered to pay $27.7 million and implement compliance measures, for providing inaccurate, negative credit information to credit agencies about tens of thousands of its customers and taking too long to fix the errors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.

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Norfolk Southern fires CEO, CLO for affair that violated company policies

2024-09-12T16:10:00+01:00By

Norfolk Southern Corp., the railroad still cleaning up the environmental and financial damages caused when one of its trains derailed in a small Ohio town, has fired its top executive and chief legal officer after concluding they had an affair that violated company policies.

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FINRA dings JPMorgan Securities $190K over registration, supervision failures

2024-09-12T15:11:00+01:00By

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined JPMorgan Securities $190,000 for unregistered investment banking activities and not having a supervisory system reasonably designed to achieve compliance with FINRA registration requirements.

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Barr speech signals Fed to rework capital rules after pressure from industry

2024-09-12T12:46:00+01:00By

Facing intense pressure from the banking industry, the Federal Reserve Board may scale back two controversial rule proposals aimed at reducing risks of bank failures in the event of a market downturn.

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Commerce Dept. unveils new supply chain risk assessment tool

2024-09-11T15:18:00+01:00By

The U.S. Department of Commerce unveiled a diagnostic supply chain risk assessment tool, which will “utilize a comprehensive set of indicators to assess structural supply chain risk across the U.S. economy,” the agency said.

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John Deere to pay $10M to settle FCPA violations by subsidiary in Thailand

2024-09-11T14:16:00+01:00By

Illinois-based manufacturer John Deere will pay approximately $10 million in penalties and disgorgement to the Securities and Exchange Commission for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with bribes paid by a Thai subsidiary.

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FCA delays compliance date for certain parts of ESG rule package

2024-09-10T19:11:00+01:00By

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority is pushing back the date for some firms to comply with its naming and marketing rule amid struggles to prepare for it, the FCA said Monday.

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SEC fines nine investment advisers combined $1.2M in ‘ongoing’ marketing rule sweep

2024-09-10T16:11:00+01:00By

Nine investment advisers will pay a total of $1.24 million to settle allegations that they violated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s marketing rule by disseminating advertisements with untrue or misleading information.

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DOJ orders Wynn Las Vegas to forfeit $130M over BSA/AML violations

2024-09-10T14:29:00+01:00By

Wynn Las Vegas agreed to forfeit $130 million to settle a range of criminal allegations, including allegedly helping foreign customers hide money transfers and shielding patrons from Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering rules, the Department of Justice said.

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SEC fines Esmark, CEO combined $600K over false offer to U.S. Steel Corp.

2024-09-09T18:28:00+01:00By

A privately held family company and its CEO, who announced a $10 billion bid to buy U.S. Steel without having the cash on hand, will pay $600,000 in penalties to the Securities and Exchange Commission for making materially false statements.

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SEC penalizes seven firms $3M total for impeding whistleblower protections

2024-09-09T15:34:00+01:00By

Seven public companies will pay a total of $3 million in fines for requiring employees to sign agreements containing provisions that impeded their ability to report misconduct to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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