Articles | Compliance Week – Page 150
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ICA to host BIG Compliance Festival 2020 online
The International Compliance Association is organizing “The BIG Compliance Festival” to be an online event for regulatory and financial crime compliance professionals in 2020.
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ArticleAnalysis: How to handle the heat of boiler room fraud
Financial crime expert Martin Woods explains how compliance professionals can do their part in rooting out boiler room/investment frauds, citing a recent story from a call center in Kiev.
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ArticleBoeing appoints chief compliance officer
Aerospace giant Boeing recently appointed Uma Amuluru as vice president and chief compliance officer following the combining of its compliance and legal functions.
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Libra adds former FinCEN head as general counsel
Fledgling digital currency group the Libra Association announced the appointment of former FinCEN and OFAC Director Robert Werner as general counsel.
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Green Dot adds chief risk officer
Green Dot Corp., a FinTech and bank holding firm, announced the appointment of Philip Lerma as senior vice president and chief risk officer.
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Lucid Motors hires former Tesla general counsel
Electric car company Lucid Motors announced the appointment of Jonathan Butler as vice president, general counsel. Butler previously spent eight years with Tesla as deputy general counsel.
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FirstEnergy announces general counsel succession
Electric services company FirstEnergy Corp. recently announced a series of management changes, including the appointment of Ebony Yeboah-Amankwah to serve as vice president, general counsel and chief ethics officer.
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Facebook pays $6.8M to settle Canadian privacy violations
Facebook will pay $6.8 million in fines and penalties to settle claims it shared private information regarding 24 million Canadian customers with third parties over six years, despite promising users it was not doing so.
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ArticleSix things CCOs need to know about ICO’s AI guidance
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office released guidance to help organizations explain how AI is used in decision making and how the technology uses personal data to form judgments.
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ArticleCAQ: Virtual work, ICFR among coronavirus audit issues
The Center for Audit Quality advisory board member firms met with CAQ Executive Director Julie Bell Lindsay to discuss concerns relating to the coronavirus pandemic.
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ArticleCW2020 wrap-up: Tips for CCOs on leading in a crisis
The themes of honesty and integrity defined the leadership best practices shared by more than 40 speakers across 15 sessions at Compliance Week’s first-ever Virtual Conference.
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ArticleAnalysis: Opportunity knocking for coronavirus criminals
Financial crime expert Martin Woods explores how bad actors use crises like the coronavirus pandemic to exploit fear, perceived weaknesses, and obvious vulnerabilities and further their criminal enterprise.
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ArticleWestpac announces more executive changes amid investigation
Amid a money-laundering investigation and faced with allegations of facilitating child exploitation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, Westpac has appointed a new head of financial crime compliance.
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New York Life names general counsel
New York Life Insurance Company announced it has appointed Natalie Lamarque as general counsel.
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ArticleAdvice for CCOs: Pandemic ‘exceptions’ will be judged in ‘harsh light of hindsight’
The coronavirus pandemic is not a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. It is not an excuse machine—just one of the lessons explored during Compliance Week’s recent Virtual Conference.
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ArticleMiniclip settles with FTC for falsely claiming participation in COPPA safe harbor program
Swiss-based digital game maker Miniclip has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for lying about its participation in a children’s privacy self-regulatory program.
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ArticleCarnival CECO trying to right the ship amid ‘two storms’
The entire cruise industry was hit hard by coronavirus, but for Carnival CECO Peter Anderson the challenges were twofold: How to steer his company through both a compliance monitorship and a global pandemic.
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ArticleKPMG audit partners settle test cheating allegations
The KPMG cheating scandal expanded this week as three former partners at the firm settled charges with the SEC regarding the improper sharing of answers for internal training exams.
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ArticleEthics and compliance tips for charting a path in uncharted times
A panel of experts speaking at Compliance Week’s 2020 Virtual Conference share helpful tips for chief ethics and compliance officers on how to lead successfully in a time of great uncertainty.
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ArticleLongtime holdout Ireland issues first GDPR fine
Child and family agency Tusla has become the first company to receive a fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation.