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Oil and gas executives mull the real costs of Venezuelan oil

2026-01-27T20:18:00+00:00By

U.S. oil and gas companies strong-armed into participating in the nationalization of Venezuela’s oil industry decades ago now face government pressure of the opposite kind: Invest billions into rebuilding a dilapidated oil and gas infrastructure for a high-risk country that still owes billions in unsettled debts.

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Teaching the business to speak risk

2026-01-26T16:46:00+00:00By Tavares M. Brewington CW guest columnist

Compliance professionals understand the value of risk assessments. We conduct them annually, map risks to controls, and present heat maps to the board. But there is a strategic opportunity that many compliance programs overlook: Teaching the business itself to think in the language of risk.

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Six AI questions compliance officers must answer in 2026

2026-01-20T20:25:00+00:00By

As artificial intelligence reshapes business, compliance teams face new questions about risk and oversight. These are the key issues compliance professionals should be asking as they evaluate their programs heading into 2026.

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Nominations open for Compliance Week’s 2026 “Excellence in Compliance Awards”

2026-01-19T15:21:00+00:00By

Back for its seventh year, Compliance Week’s Excellence in Compliance Awards seek to honor the CCOs, compliance programs, trail-blazers, industry veterans, mentors and up-and-coming professionals who set the standard for compliance in 2026.

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How banks are responsibly embedding machine learning and GenAI into AML surveillance

2026-01-19T13:41:00+00:00By Arun Maheshwari CW guest columnist

As financial crime grows in scale, speed, and sophistication, banks are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and generative AI to strengthen anti-money laundering and surveillance programs.

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Experts outline core skills compliance teams need to develop in 2026

2026-01-12T21:06:00+00:00By

Compliance teams will face a range of ongoing challenges in the coming year, as well as greater demands from boards and management for better, wider, and more real-time assurance on an increasing range of risk topics.

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Feb 19 | The State of Third-Party Risk Assessments 2026

2026-01-01T18:39:00+00:00Provided by

In this Compliance Week webinar, we’ll explore the most compelling findings from the report, based on independent global research conducted in collaboration with the Ponemon Institute and informed by responses from more than 1,400 third-party risk leaders and practitioners.

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How to identify and mitigate risks posed by Foreign Terrorist Organizations

2025-12-24T18:55:00+00:00By Michael K. Atkinson and Caroline E. Brown, CW guest columnists

Since Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2025, the Trump Administration has made it a priority to expand the list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations.