Aaron Nicodemus
Aaron Nicodemus covers regulatory policy and compliance trends for Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.
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Policy changes underscore need for enhanced child labor due diligence
Rooting out potential child or forced labor violations in your company’s supply chain can have benefits beyond protecting reputation and being ethically sound. The process can also help your firm comply with pending child labor laws in other jurisdictions.
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EFG International settles Cuba, blocked persons U.S. sanctions case
Swiss-based global private banking group EFG International agreed to pay more than $3.7 million as part of a settlement with the Office of Foreign Assets Control addressing apparent violations of U.S. sanctions against Cuba and two blocked individuals.
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JPMorgan fined $348M by OCC, Fed over trade surveillance lapses
JPMorgan Chase will pay $348.2 million in fines to settle allegations laid by two federal banking regulators that it failed to adequately monitor trading and order activity.
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U.S. banking regs mulling enhanced operational resiliency frameworks
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said federal banking agencies are considering enhancements to their operational resiliency requirements for member banks.
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New Zealand banks to report material cyber incidents within 72 hours
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand added new reporting requirements for its member banks to follow if they suffer a material cyber incident and for all types of cyberattacks.
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Child labor violations are on the rise in U.S. Are they in your supply chain?
The compliance community has not been spending time addressing a problem mistakenly thought to be a rarity: The proliferation of child labor violations occurring in the United States.
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Concessions can’t save ‘cursed’ SEC climate disclosure rule from scrutiny
The Securities and Exchange Commission finally approved its ground-breaking climate-related disclosure rule, nearly two years since it was originally proposed. Though the agency significantly watered down aspects of its proposal, the rule is already facing the prospect of legal challenge.
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Experts: What to expect ahead of SEC climate-related disclosure rule vote
Nearly two years after it was first proposed, the Securities and Exchange Commission is finally poised to approve its climate-related disclosure rule—albeit a watered-down version, by all indications.
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Judge’s ruling calls FinCEN beneficial ownership registry into question
A federal court judge in Alabama ruled the Corporate Transparency Act was beyond Congress’s power, potentially throwing the effectiveness of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network beneficial ownership information registry into doubt.
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Struggling NYCB refreshes risk, audit leadership
New York Community Bancorp, a mid-sized bank struggling with precarious commercial loans and troubles with its acquisition of the failed Signature Bank last year, named a new chief risk officer and chief audit executive.
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Boeing fined $51M over export control violations
Aerospace giant Boeing will pay a $51 million civil penalty to the State Department to resolve alleged export control violations related to unauthorized transfers and retransfers of technical data to foreign-person employees and contractors.
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CW National 2024 preview: Former Albemarle CCO on FCPA case lessons
Andrew McBride, former chief risk and compliance officer at chemical company Albemarle Corp., joins the Compliance Week podcast with Aaron Nicodemus to preview his session at CW’s National Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Gunvor to pay $661M to settle FCPA violations in Ecuador
Swiss-based oil trader Gunvor will pay more than $661 million as part of a plea agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act involving a long-running scheme to bribe officials in Ecuador to secure oil contracts.
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FinCEN head touts compliance through enforcement approach
Andrea Gacki, head of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, said recent enforcement actions by the agency have addressed significant gaps in the U.S. anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism regime and exposed specific risk factors, trends, and typologies.
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Fed upping supervisory pressure as SVB collapse nears 1-year mark
Since the failure of Silicon Valley Bank nearly one year ago, the Federal Reserve Board has revamped its supervisory procedures to respond more quickly and forcefully once it identifies emerging risks at mid-sized and large banks, according to the agency’s vice chair for supervision.
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The path to DOJ cooperation credit: Analyzing recent FCPA cases
Recent enforcement actions offer guidance on what the Department of Justice considers to be an “imminent threat” of disclosure or government action, what it means by “prompt” disclosure, and how a company can earn credit for revealing all relevant facts.
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Morgan Stanley fined $1.6M by FINRA over municipal securities closeouts
Morgan Stanley will pay a $1.6 million fine levied by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for failing to close out certain municipal securities transactions over a five-year period.
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FinCEN head: Agency seeking to educate, not punish, BOI reporters
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will focus its attention regarding compliance with its new beneficial ownership reporting requirements on education and outreach during the first year of implementation, although “willful violations” will still merit punishment.
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FinCEN to propose applying BSA requirements to investment advisers
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will propose categorizing investment advisers as financial institutions that must comply with the Bank Secrecy Act, including having an anti-money laundering program.
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Experts: SCOTUS ruling shifts onus to employers in whistleblower cases
The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to reaffirm whistleblower protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in a case involving UBS has wide ramifications in many other industries beyond financial services, according to legal experts.