Articles | Compliance Week – Page 195
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Embattled Swedbank names permanent CCO
Faced with numerous AML investigations, Swedbank made several significant moves this week, including naming a permanent CCO and agreeing to waive attorney-client privilege by handing over an internal report to local prosecutors.
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ArticleSEC revisiting decades-old bank disclosure guide
The SEC is seeking public comment on proposed updates to statistical disclosures for bank and savings and loan registrants.
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ArticleEcuador to expedite privacy law following massive breach
The Ecuadorian government has given itself 72 hours to finish drafting a national privacy law following a massive data breach that put the personal information of perhaps its entire population at risk.
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ArticleTwo broker-dealers to pay $4.65M for providing deficient ‘blue sheet data’
Two broker-dealers must pay a combined $4.65 million in penalties for providing incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information to the SEC. Prudent compliance officers might want to take a page from their remedial efforts.
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ArticleLast-minute CCPA changes strike business-friendly tone
Recently approved tweaks to California’s upcoming privacy law don’t change the fact compliance prep should already be well underway, experts say.
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ArticleCII urges companies to commit to long-term executive pay
The Council of Institutional Investors overhauled its policy on executive compensation, urging public companies to dial back the complexity of their plans and set longer periods for measuring performance for incentive pay.
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Nets, KPMG partner on fraud solution
Nets, a Europe-based payment service provider, has collaborated with KPMG to develop Nets Fraud Ensemble, a fraud monitoring and prevention solution.
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ArticleLIBOR report suggests steep uphill climb still ahead
Despite warnings to prepare, financial institutions still face a lot of work and uncertainty around the demise of LIBOR, a new assessment suggests.
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Zimmer Biomet appoints chief accounting officer
Zimmer Biomet Holdings disclosed in a securities filing it has appointed Carrie Nichol as controller and chief accounting officer, effective Oct. 1. In this position, Nichol will serve as the company’s principal accounting officer.
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ArticleWe’ll miss you, Joe …
Compliance Week mourns our friend and colleague, Joe Mont, who passed away Tuesday after a lengthy illness. One of the most authentic people in the business, Joe was a gifted writer, a dogged reporter, and a tireless worker.
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ProcessUnity expands vendor risk management platform
ProcessUnity introduced an expansion to the contract management capabilities within its vendor risk management software.
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ArticleThird Cognizant executive settles FCPA charges
A third former executive at Cognizant has settled charges with the SEC for violating the FCPA by participating in a scheme to bribe an Indian government official.
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ArticlePrudential subsidiaries to pay $33M for misleading disclosures
The SEC has charged two subsidiaries of Prudential Financial with failing to disclose conflicts of interest and making misleading disclosures to the boards for 94 funds they advised.
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Goldman Sachs appoints chief risk officer, new chief accounting officer
Goldman Sachs disclosed in a securities filing it has appointed both a new chief risk officer and a new principal accounting officer, effective Nov. 4.
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Extreme Reach names vice president of compliance
Extreme Reach, a tech platform for video ad campaigns, has appointed Catherine D’Amato to the newly created role of vice president of compliance.
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ArticleIf feds find fraud using analytics, corporations better have found it first
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Miner put corporate compliance officers on notice with remarks about the feds’ increasing use of data analytics.
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ArticleLease rule implementation still a slog, poll says
Halfway through the first year reporting under new lease accounting rules, only one-fourth of public companies said their implementations were complete, according to a recent Deloitte poll.
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ArticleTullett to pay $13M for supervisory failures and false statements
Tullett Prebon Americas must pay a total of $13 million for failing to supervise employees and making false or misleading statements to CFTC staff.
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SEC closes FCPA probe into Ciena
Ciena says the SEC advised the company it does not intend to recommend an enforcement action in connection with a previously disclosed investigation into potential violations of the FCPA.
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ArticleEU investigating Belgian tax deals with 39 companies
The European Commission is investigating whether “excess profit” tax rulings granted by Belgium to 39 multinational companies gave them an unfair advantage over their competitors.