The Trump administration’s designation of Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations in February has made doing business in Mexico riskier than ever before for corporations.
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Federal Reserve Board drops reputational risk from exams, aligning with OCC and FDIC shift
Bank examiners at the Federal Reserve Board will no longer assess reputational risk during examinations, a concession to the banking industry already underway with two other U.S. regulators.
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Compliance Under Pressure: M&A Risks and Ethical Safeguards
This webinar will explore how compliance professionals, legal teams, and executives can proactively identify, mitigate, and manage risks during the M&A lifecycle without compromising ethical standards.
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TPRM programs can prove their worth by limiting damage of cyberattacks, data breaches
There are stories we tell ourselves in third-party risk management (TPRM) to make ourselves feel better about the corners we cut.
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Supply chain disruptions caused by Republican policies should be managed
If you’re in third-party risk management, handling the latest disruptions brought on by wild gyrations in tariff rates and export control rules by Republican leadership ought to be child’s play.
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Communication and relationships is increasingly critical for compliance teams
Compliance is increasingly in the spotlight as companies are tackling everything from artificial intelligence and other new technologies to risk management and mitigation. But it’s soft skills of communication and relationship building that are becoming the most critical tools for success.
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ESG isn’t just a buzzword, it’s vendor management, forced labor and more
ESG is no longer in vogue. But its issues still are.
Almost none of the nearly 200 attendees at Compliance Week’s Third Party Management summit this week said they’re currently working on ESG when informally surveyed. The show-of-hands results marked a dramatic reversal from even just a couple years ago, surprising even attendees in the room.
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TPRM Keynote speaker Cherepanova says directors don’t need specialization, they need critical thinking
Regulators and investors increasingly say boards of directors need more expertise to ensure they can respond to fast-changing politics, policy, and technology that threaten to undermine their businesses. In the U.K., government officials say boards need to think more about cyber. In the EU, they need to prepare for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Speaking at Compliance Week’s Third-Party Risk Management summit, Boards of the Future director Vera Cherepanova says that directors need to think broadly, rather than in specialties.
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Google’s $500 million compliance overhaul could fall short of best practices, amid antitrust fallout
Google parent Alphabet has struck a new agreement with shareholders, settling a shareholder lawsuit with a promise to ”completely revamp and rebuild its global compliance structure,” according to a new legal filing. The investment may not go far enough to reform Alphabet’s compliance failings, which are particularly under scrutiny following two antitrust rulings in two different cases against the company over the past year.
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TPRM has become the business continuity plan
Global supply chains are constantly in flux: crucial vendors could suddenly go bankrupt, fail to produce key components without warning, or even lose your firm’s data in a breach. The result has drawn ever more attention to third-party risk management as a critical element of many businesses.
