Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 69
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SFO secures more convictions in F.H. Bertling corruption case
Stephen Emler and Giuseppe Morreale pleaded guilty for their part in a corrupt scheme to secure a ConocoPhillips freight forwarding contract, worth over £16m, for logistics and freight operations company F.H. Bertling as part of the ‘Jasmine’ North Sea oil exploration project, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office announced.
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Petco names chief legal officer and corporate secretary
Petco, a pet specialty retail company, has appointed Genevieve Kelly as chief legal officer and corporate secretary overseeing all legal, corporate governance, and regulatory affairs for the company.
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Customers Bancorp appoints new chief accounting officer
Customers Bancorp, a bank holding company, has promoted Jeffrey Skumin to chief accounting officer and controller. He assumes this role from Carla Liebold, who was appointed as the holding company and bank's chief financial officer.
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SunTrust chief risk officer to retire
SunTrust Banks announced that Jerome Lienhard will retire as chief risk officer at the end of the year, following a 40-year career in the financial services industry. Ellen Koebler will succeed Lienhard as chief risk officer, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
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Red Robin appoints chief accounting officer
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has appointed Dave Hansen to serve as chief accounting officer of the restaurant company.
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U.S. considers export controls for AI, other emerging tech
The Commerce Department is proposing what may end up being the government’s first regulatory regime for the use of artificial intelligence technology. Other cutting-edge technologies are also under consideration for enhanced export controls.
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Quarles to head Financial Stability Board
Randal Quarles, a Federal Reserve governor and its vice chairman for supervision, has been appointed as the new chairman of the international Financial Stability Board.
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SEC names Kurt Gottschall director of Denver office
The Securities and Exchange Commission named veteran staffer Kurt L. Gottschall director of the Denver regional office, where he will lead a staff of more than 100 enforcement agents.
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SEC Whisteblower Office has recordbreaking year
Fiscal year 2018 marked a historic year for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Whistleblower Program both in terms of the dollar amount of whistleblower rewards the agency doled out and the number of tips received, according to the SEC annual report to Congress.
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FloQast control addresses signed-off reconciliations
Close management software provider FloQast announced the release of a new control to prevent sign-off on reconciliations that are not tied out.
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New BlackLine product helps manage internal controls
Financial controls and automation software provider BlackLine, Inc. has unveiled a new compliance product designed to manage internal controls in large and midsize companies.
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Société Générale to pay $1.34B for economic sanctions violations
Société Générale has been slapped with a $1.34 billion criminal penalty for conspiring to violate the Trading with the Enemy Act and the Cuban Asset Control Regulations, representing the second largest penalty ever imposed on a financial institution for violations of U.S. economic sanctions.
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Walgreens Boot Alliance global controller and chief accounting officer departs
Walgreens Boots Alliance, a retail pharmacy company, announced in a securities filing that Kimberly Scardino informed the company of her decision to resign, effective Dec. 21, 2018.
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TRACED Act cracks down on illegal robocalls
Newly proposed legislation is making the rounds of the Senate in an effort to strike against unwanted telephone solicitations.
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Senators accuse mobile carriers of throttling practices
Senate Democrats are alleging violations of net neutrality principles by mobile data carriers who they claim, backed by recent research, are slowing down online traffic.
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No change in audit-non-audit mix in U.S., KPMG says
Amid reports that KPMG is drawing a firmer line between audit and non-audit services in the United Kingdom, the firm has no similar plans in the United States.
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Rite Aid shareholders vote against Deloitte as auditor
A sizable chunk of Rite Aid’s shareholders has told the board it would like to dismiss Deloitte and hire a new audit firm.
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BlackBerry to acquire cyber-security firm Cylance for $1.4B
Mobile company BlackBerry has entered into agreement to acquire artificial intelligence and cyber-security firm Cylance for $1.4 billion. The deal is expected to close prior to February 2019.
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A top concern for banks: How will regulators tackle AI?
The cutting-edge question asked by Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard at a recent conference: “What are we learning about artificial intelligence in financial services?” She answered with a look at the regulatory landscape.
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Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn arrested for financial misconduct
Japanese automaker Nissan has dismissed Carlos Ghosn from his chairman role, following his arrest by prosecutors in Japan for engaging in financial misconduct.