All articles by Kyle Brasseur – Page 7
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OFAC: Nasdaq to pay $4M over ex-subsidiary’s Iran sanctions lapses
Nasdaq agreed to pay more than $4 million as part of a settlement with the Office of Foreign Assets Control addressing apparent Iran sanctions violations at the stock exchange operator’s former Armenian subsidiary.
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Efficiency, consistency among goals of modernized TPRM program
Managing directors at KPMG share how firms are making strides in building robust third-party risk management programs for the future.
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OCC risk report homes in on AI challenges to banking
Artificial intelligence was highlighted as an emerging risk to the federal banking system as part of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s latest semiannual risk perspective.
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Lafourche Medical Group to pay $480K in landmark HHS phishing action
Louisiana-based Lafourche Medical Group agreed to pay $480,000 as part of the first phishing attack-related settlement the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has reached under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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FINTRAC fines CIBC $950K over AML lapses
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce received the second penalty for alleged deficiencies regarding suspicious transaction reporting announced this week by Canada’s financial intelligence agency.
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Atlantic Union Bank to pay $6.2M in CFPB overdraft case
Atlantic Union Bank agreed to pay $6.2 million as part of a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resolving allegations the bank illegally enrolled and misled customers in its checking account overdraft programs.
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Trafigura to reserve $127M for DOJ settlement over Brazil bribes
Singapore-based commodity trading company Trafigura said it will disclose a $127 million provision related to the resolution of a Department of Justice investigation into alleged improper payments made in Brazil by former employees.
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DOJ official: Agency to ‘double down’ on data analytics efforts
The Department of Justice is upping its game regarding its use of data analytics to identify potential misconduct, and it expects companies to be doing the same.
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SEC fall regulatory agenda: Climate disclosure rule targeted for 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest regulatory agenda remains packed with proposals in the final rule stage, most notably the agency’s climate-related disclosure package.
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Graphics: 2023 CCO/CECO salary trends
Year 5 of our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey saw the average salary of responding chief compliance officers and chief ethics and compliance officers decline slightly, while other statistical trends repeated from previous iterations.
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Canada’s AML agency fines RBC $5.5M over suspicious transaction reports
Royal Bank of Canada was assessed an administrative penalty of nearly 7.5 million Canadian dollars (then-U.S. $5.5 million) in November by the country’s financial intelligence agency for alleged deficiencies in its suspicious transaction reporting mechanisms.
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SFO raids AOG Technics office in fraud probe
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office launched a fraud investigation into AOG Technics over allegations the company supplied fake airplane engine parts to major airlines across the globe.
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FINRA fines four in securities lending sweep
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority published disciplinary actions against four firms for failing to establish, maintain, and enforce a reasonably designed supervisory system over fully paid securities lending.
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Deutsche Wohnen earns CJEU win in high-profile GDPR appeal
German property company Deutsche Wohnen’s court win regarding a penalty levied against it for alleged violations of the General Data Protection Regulation carries notable ramifications for enforcement of the EU privacy law.
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Survey: Companies bullish on new tech amid enhanced sanctions scrutiny
Emerging technologies like automation and generative AI are on the radar as difference-makers for businesses serious about keeping pace with increasing regulatory scrutiny toward third-party due diligence and sanctions compliance, a survey conducted by Compliance Week and Certa found.
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CFTC proposes guidance for voluntary carbon credits
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission promoted the need for developing high-integrity voluntary carbon markets in publishing proposed guidance for the listing of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts.
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DOJ cooperation credit breakdowns: Albemarle, Tysers, H.W. Wood
Nicole Argentieri, acting head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, breaks down where Albemarle, Tysers Insurance Brokers, and H.W. Wood went right—and wrong—on the cooperation credit and remediation fronts as part of their FCPA settlements with the agency.
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Mallinckrodt dodges $40M SEC penalty in disclosure violation case
Pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt, fresh out of its second bankruptcy, was spared having to pay a $40 million penalty levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged disclosure and accounting failures related to its underpaying of Medicaid rebates.
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DOJ announces international anti-bribery initiative
The Department of Justice will increase its efforts to build relationships and foster collaboration with its global counterparts to thwart bribery and corruption under a new strategy.
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Bank of America unit fined $24M in FINRA spoofing case
Bank of America Securities agreed to pay $24 million in settling with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for allegedly failing to supervise the “spoofing” activities of two former traders in U.S. Treasury markets.