From antitrust and privacy concerns in the tech world to compliance officer liability in the pharmaceutical industry to unethical practices in the banking and accounting professions, more than a dozen companies made Compliance Week’s list of the biggest compliance fails in 2019.
Skills crucial to combating terrorist financing
The pernicious strength of terrorism is its element of surprise: Just when you think it’s disappeared, it rears its ugly head. A proven and effective method of preventing it is disrupting the financial networks used to fund it.
Future-proofing the compliance professional
There may be many aspects of the future outside our influence, but something we can control is our ability to invest in our knowledge and skills to better prepare us for the opportunities and challenges we may be presented with.
6 Ways to Improve Audit Readiness (And Lower Your Costs)
Even for the best-prepared accounting teams, the annual audit can be a time of immense anxiety and sometimes frustration. Between client and audit team miscommunication, haphazard PBC lists, fluctuating trial balances, and the simple fact that the in-house accounting team has already moved on to a new fiscal year, it’s no wonder why everyone is happy when the audit wraps up.
Guide for practitioners: How to effectively monitor anti-corruption compliance
In a guest column for CW, Uber’s senior counsel for global compliance helps to outline a best-in-class compliance monitoring program.
Best practices to ensure you’re prepared for a swift recovery when disaster strikes
In a preview of their upcoming session at Compliance Week’s Third-Party Risk Management & Oversight Summit, two experts share best practices on how to ”Earthquake-Proof Your Organization.”
White Paper: CCPA & IDV for Verifiable Consumer Requests
Verifiable consumer requests (VCRs) under the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) pose a compliance challenge for companies that don’t yet have a robust, flexible, and scalable identity verification solution.
Is Unstructured Data Putting You at Risk?
PKWARE’s whitepaper gives insight into the risks posed by payment card data in unstructured files and provides an outline for addressing the problem.
Transforming the Audit with Technology
The word “audit” can send anxiousness through even the most prepared accounting team. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Business relations with PEPs: A Red Flag?
Identifying public officials within your value chain is a core activity within the due diligence process. Ask the right questions.


