Articles | Compliance Week – Page 73
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SEC charges CCO for role in TMG fraud scheme
Steven Wolfe, the former chief compliance officer of investment adviser Tellone Management Group, has been charged by the SEC for his role in a fraudulent scheme to hide information from investors.
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ArticleFRC: KPMG provided ‘false’ info in Carillion, Regenersis audit inspections
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council issued a disciplinary formal complaint against KPMG for allegedly providing “false and misleading” information during inspections into the Big Four firm’s audits of Carillion and Regenersis.
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ArticleU.K. signals divergence from GDPR with new data transfer approach
The United Kingdom announced plans to strike independent data adequacy decisions with key countries—including the United States—as part of its post-Brexit economic strategy.
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ArticleAdrienne Harris nominated to lead NYDFS
The new head of New York’s Department of Financial Services is expected to be Adrienne Harris, who was nominated to the post by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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ArticleSEC seeking info on risks, rewards of digital engagement practices
The SEC launched its first foray against risks posed by stock trading platforms like Robinhood with a request for information about how digital engagement practices affect the investment strategies of retail investors.
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ArticleFATF urges Japan to enhance AML/CFT measures
Japanese authorities have a good understanding of money laundering and terrorism financing risks, but certain areas of their AML/CFT framework could be further improved, according to a Financial Action Task Force evaluation report.
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ArticleSEC sanctions 8 over email breaches
The Securities and Exchange Commission penalized eight firms across three separate actions for breaches of employee email accounts that exposed the personal information of thousands of customers in each case.
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ArticleU.K. audit breakup plan hits snag without Big Four support
The Big Four audit firms have refused to back a U.K. government plan to break their dominance of the market by forcing them to share work with smaller competitors to give them a foothold.
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ArticlePreparing for China’s new GDPR-like data privacy law
China is set to enact a tough data privacy law that mirrors the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation in content but likely will be more strictly enforced, experts say.
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ArticleCompliance officials to split $1M SEC whistleblower award
Three compliance practitioners received shares of a more than $1 million whistleblower award announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ArticleRomanian bank penalized over Iran and Syria sanctions lapses
The Office of Foreign Assets Control fined Romania-based First Bank and its U.S. parent company JC Flowers & Co. $862,318 as part of a settlement for First Bank’s processing of transactions in apparent violation of Iran and Syria sanctions.
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ArticleBanking guidance: Six key areas of FinTech due diligence
Three federal banking regulators have released guidance offering tips and suggestions to community banks for conducting due diligence on potential FinTech partners.
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ArticleWeathering the storm: Why FinTech compliance failures persist
Experts weigh in with their thoughts on why FinTechs and cryptocurrency firms continue to have a bad reputation in terms of compliance.
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Monogram Health names chief compliance officer
Monogram Health, a kidney disease benefit management and care delivery company, announced the appointment of Shawn Verner as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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ArticleCEO: T-Mobile ‘humbled’ by data breach, taking steps to prevent future attacks
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert lamented the recent breach of company servers that led to a hacker stealing the personal information of nearly 55 million customers, but said the company is “fully committed to take our security efforts to the next level.”
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Green Dot appoints chief compliance officer
Green Dot, a financial technology and registered bank holding company, announced the appointment of Mike Althouse as chief compliance officer.
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ArticleOFAC fines Bank of China $2.3M for Sudan sanctions violations
The Office of Foreign Assets Control announced Bank of China’s U.K. arm agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle its potential civil liability for processing transactions in apparent violation of now-repealed Sudan sanctions regulations.
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ArticleMy Compliance Library: ‘What on Earth Can Go Wrong’ explores managing risk through global lens
In “What on Earth Can Go Wrong,” Richard Fenning shares what he learned over the course of nearly three decades exploring the world through the eyes of a risk management expert.
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ArticleChanging accounting standards driving financial process remediations
In response to new standards affecting leases, revenue recognition, and credit losses, public companies have significantly changed their financial processes in the past year and are not done yet, according to data from Deloitte.
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ArticleAttracting top talent post-COVID means living employee values
In emerging from the pandemic, the hiring landscape has changed. The companies to thrive in this environment will be the ones that quickly adapt and recognize the kind of care and attention their employees need.