All articles by Aaron Nicodemus – Page 19
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PremiumTop ethics and compliance failures of 2023
A virtual currency exchange that sought to mislead regulators, banks failing after ignoring obvious risks, and a manufacturer that sold millions of its products in violation of U.S. export controls are among those that make up CW’s list of the biggest ethics and compliance fails of 2023.
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News BriefCoinList to pay $1.2M to settle Crimea sanctions violations
Virtual currency exchange CoinList Markets agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to settle allegations from the Office of Foreign Assets Control that it violated U.S. sanctions by processing transactions for customers located in the Crimea region of Ukraine.
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PremiumTackling off-channel communications? Don’t forget ephemeral messaging
As if creating policies and procedures to handle employee use of off-channel communications is not difficult enough, ephemeral messaging platforms can make it even more difficult to recover messages in transit.
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News BriefOCC offers compliance guidance to banks on ‘buy now, pay later’ loans
New guidance from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency advises banks to tailor their risk management strategies and lending oversight for “buy now, pay later” plans.
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PremiumCFTC’s Pham: ‘There will likely be more’ CCOs charged with individual liability
Caroline Pham of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said she expects the regulator to pursue more individual liability cases against chief compliance officers, in the aftermath of landmark charges laid against the former CCO at Binance.
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PremiumCompliance officers share lack of faith in off-channel comms monitoring policies
Addressing employee use of off-channel communications for conducting business was clearly on the minds of compliance officers who responded to our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey, but their confidence in their related policies and procedures was surprisingly weak.
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PremiumBinance’s compliance past, future detailed
There are a slew of compliance lessons to be learned from the $4.3 billion settlement that Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, reached with the U.S. government.
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News BriefBank of America fined $12M over demographic data reporting lapses
Bank of America will pay a $12 million penalty for allegedly reporting false mortgage lending data to the federal government, under a settlement reached with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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News BriefSingapore banks say money laundering risks up after $2B scandal
Risks posed by money laundering and the financing of terrorism have dramatically increased in Singapore, according to a recent survey of the city-state’s financial institutions conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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News BriefBinance pleads guilty, fined $4.3B over widespread U.S. law violations
Federal agencies hit Binance with more than $4.3 billion in penalties and imposed multiple compliance monitorships on the virtual currency exchange as punishment for its repeated and intentional violations of U.S. anti-money laundering laws, sanctions, and other regulations.
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OpinionNo time like present to tackle thorny problem of off-channel comms
The new messaging on use off-channel communications for business should be clear: What was done before is no more. It cannot continue. The stakes are too high.
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News BriefFrench high court orders new trial into $2B fine against UBS
France’s top court struck down a fine of €1.8 billion (U.S. $2 billion) imposed on UBS in 2021 by a lower court, despite upholding a guilty verdict related to money laundering and tax fraud in the Swiss bank’s cross-border activities.
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News BriefCFPB fines Enova $15M, orders exec compensation tied to compliance
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau levied a $15 million fine against nonbank online lender Enova International for “widespread illegal conduct” that violated a previous agency order.
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PremiumHow technology can help track off-channel communications use
Establishing a set of policies and procedures to prevent employee use of nonauthorized electronic communications to conduct business is relatively straightforward. The hard part is monitoring compliance.
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News BriefCharter Communications fined $25M over stock buyback violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission fined Charter Communications $25 million for violating internal accounting control requirements related to stock buybacks.
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PremiumSolving the off-channel communications conundrum
Firms monitoring employee use of off-channel communications for business purposes face numerous obstacles. How much is enough, in the opinion of regulators? How much is too much, in the eyes of employees? Determinations must be made as regulators crack down.
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News BriefSFO investigating $83M of missing client funds by Axiom Ince
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office launched an investigation into collapsed law firm Axiom Ince and an estimated £66 million (U.S. $82.5 million) worth of client funds that went missing.
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PremiumKPMG report forecasts heighted risk standards for banks in 2024
A new report from KPMG predicted the banking and financial services industries will be hit with unprecedented regulatory intensity in 2024, with regulators expecting compliance deficiencies to be addressed more thoroughly and quicker than ever before.
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PremiumN.Y. law to pose hurdle for RIA’s off-channel comms supervision efforts
A New York state law that takes effect next year will make it more difficult for registered investment advisers in the state to conduct proactive testing for violations of their firms’ off-channel communication policies.
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PremiumDOJ official: People ‘drawing the right conclusions’ on national security focus
Christian Nauvel, deputy chief counsel for corporate enforcement in the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, said the agency’s focus on national security is “top of mind at the highest levels” and that enforcement numbers are set to increase.