All due diligence articles
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WebcastCPE Webcast: A shortcut to third-party due diligence fundamentals
Increased regulatory and consumer scrutiny on the integrity of businesses has changed how we operate. Now, the spotlight is turning to third parties and vendors that work on our behalf or as part of our supply chains.
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Anchorage Digital Bank gets OCC consent order for AML compliance failures
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced a consent order against Anchorage Digital Bank, the first digital asset bank to be issued a charter by the regulator, for deficiencies in its Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering compliance program.
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CPE Webcast: Vendor due diligence: Best practices for scoping assessments
Join ProcessUnity for a one-hour webcast and discover best practices and the newest techniques for appropriately scoping pre- and post-contract due diligence assessments.
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Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, and importance of cultural due diligence in M&A
Rarely do cultural considerations play a role in M&A transactions, though they are often critical to the ultimate success of a deal. Microsoft’s planned acquisition of embattled video game developer Activision Blizzard offers a timely case study.
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Banking 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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German supply chain draft legislation expected to have far-reaching effect
Companies of a certain size with ties to Germany must soon establish robust due diligence procedures to prevent human rights and environmental abuses both within the course of their own business activities and within their global supply chains.
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Bracing for impact: Supply chain risk management post-Suez Canal blockage
A month has gone by since a 1,300-foot cargo ship ran aground and blocked one of the busiest waterways in the world. For many industries, the ripple effects will continue to batter global supply chains for weeks to come, absent having in place a sound supply chain risk management program.
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CPE Webcast: Rethinking third-party due diligence to minimize supply chain risk
Businesses are rethinking their strategies to maintain operations, minimize supply chain disruption, and manage heightened exposure to financial, legal, regulatory, or reputational risks.
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Q&A: Clearing up confusion with OFAC’s 50 Percent rule
Compliance Week spoke with Tiffany Archer, regional ethics and compliance officer and corporate counsel at Panasonic Avionics Corporation, on demystifying OFAC’s 50 Percent rule.
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Compliance lessons from Julius Baer’s ‘serious AML failings’
Compliance officers can learn a lot from the anti-money laundering compliance shortcomings at Julius Baer Group, as well as from what the bank is now doing to enhance its risk management and AML compliance controls.
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Unclaimed property filing deadlines loom large
Deadlines are fast approaching for state unclaimed property filings, with roughly 40 states setting filing dates on Oct. 31 or Nov. 1.
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Evaluation of third parties
Compliance practitioners at GE Oil & Gas discuss the process by which GE reviews the risks around each of its third parties.
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The ‘how’ question in due diligence
A clear lesson to be learned from the Theranos scandal is when conducting merger due diligence, make sure to determine how a new partner conducts itself and its business.
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Phase 2 in third-party risk management: the questionnaire
An essential piece of third-party risk management is “the questionnaire,” which companies should garner on behalf of all their third-party relationships at the start of the union in order to move forward with all the anwers.
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What is due diligence?
Due diligence is key to getting your third-party risk management program off the ground.
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Carillion demise brings lessons in compliance
The collapse of U.K. construction firm Carillion points to a need for compliance to step up to the plate and conduct its own due diligence, regardless of where the markets may lead.
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Compliance lessons from the HP-Autonomy fiasco
The Man From FCPA discusses the reasons behind one of the greatest corporate disasters in the past few years: the acquisition of Autonomy by Hewlett-Packard.
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IHS Markit adds new screening capabilities to vendor due diligence service
IHS Markit, a critical information, analytics and solutions provider, announced that its vendor risk management service, KY3P, added financial crimes screening to its comprehensive due diligence tools.
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Arachnys and Fenergo sign strategic partnership agreement
Arachnys, a cloud-based investigation management technology provider, and Fenergo, a provider of Client Lifecycle Management solutions for investment, corporate, and private banks, have announced a joint partnership to leverage their complementary technologies.
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Why board oversight matters, in investing and compliance
The case of Outcome Health is a clear lesson for the anti-corruption compliance practitioner: Levels of oversight not only provide a backup to make sure that no mistake should slip through, but also the rigor of financial oversight.
