All Podcast articles – Page 5
-
Podcast
Podcast: The Compliance Risk of a Global Workforce
Research by ADP, a provider of human capital management services, found that an overwhelming majority of senior finance executives say monitoring tax, employment and payment-related rule changes has become increasingly time-consuming and fraught with risk. Part of the problem is a lack of access to the real-time, consolidated compliance data ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: AML Compliance with Leon Blonk
Image: In this week's podcast, Leon Blonk, regional compliance officer, Bank of China discusses the current state of anti-money laundering compliance in the Netherlands and what companies should consider when conducting business in this part of Europe. According to transparency international, the Netherlands ranked eighth in TI’s latest Corruption Perceptions ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Conducting Internal Investigations in Europe
The steady rise in internal investigations stems from changes in corporate attitudes that view strong compliance processes as critical for the success of any business. As a result of the increased enforcement activities, particularly increased enforcement cooperation between foreign jurisdictions across Europe and around the world, European corporations are ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Why Do So Many Companies Struggle with PCI Compliance?
The Verizon 2015 PCI Report from earlier this year found that one of the most prevalent causes of compliance breakdowns with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and a cause of breach incidents is difficulty with network firewall policy management. In our latest podcast, we talk to Jody Brazil, ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: The Volcker Rule Deadline and What's Next
July 21 was a big day for banks and the beginning of the Volcker Rule’s compliance regime. The rule, a cornerstone of the Dodd-Frank Act, prohibits proprietary trading activities at federally insured banks. In our latest podcast, we talk to Chris Scarpati, a partner in PwC’s financial regulation practice about ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Spain’s New Corporate Compliance Defense
Spain has been receiving a lot of attention recently for its corporate compliance defense. Not only did the country adopt new requirements to help root out corruption but it goes further than other countries have gone by mandating specific features that compliance programs must contain in order to qualify. In ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: The Increasing Demands on Healthcare Compliance
The U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services continue to signal a focus on healthcare fraud and compliance lapses. On a more helpful note, the American Health Lawyers Association, HHS' Office of Inspector General, and the Health Care Compliance Association recently collaborated on guidance for healthcare ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Internal Investigation Lessons from the NFL
Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens attacked his fiancée in an elevator. Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady is in a protracted battle over whether he had game balls underinflated. In our latest podcast, we talk to Timothy McConnell, co-chair of the Labor & Employment Practice Group at the law firm ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: How Falling Oil Prices Affect MD&A, Accounting
In our latest podcast, we talk to Elizabeth Paul, a partner with PwC’s national professional services group, about what companies affected by falling fuel prices must consider. That includes ensuring the adequacy Management Discussion & Analysis disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission; explaining the extent that increased profits are ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Corporate Claims Complicate Cuban Trade
Amid the continuing buzz about President Barack Obama’s call to ease sanctions against Cuba, a question that remains unanswered is what to do about the complex legal issue of corporate and individual claims to property that was seized by the Castro regime. Will companies that suffered a losses decades be ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: The Right Approach to Compliance Oversight
“Establishing the right oversight structure is “one of the biggest issues currently facing the compliance profession,” says Kathleen Edmond, a partner at the law firm Robins Kaplan and the former Chief Ethics Officer at Best Buy. In our latest podcast we talk to Edmond about the ongoing debate over the ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Casinos Double Down on Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
Casinos have traditionally had a less-than-stellar track record when it comes to their anti-money laundering efforts. But now, amid increased scrutiny on AML compliance by regulators, the American Gaming Association has released its first-ever AML best practices guidebook. In our latest podcast, we talk to Fred Curry, a principal in ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Navigating the Pitfalls of Geolocation Data
Uber, Snapchat, and Golden Technologies are the latest companies to come under fire for how they use the geolocation data they colect from their customers. In this week’s podcast, we talk to Fernando Bohorquez, a partner at the law firm BakerHostetler who specializes in privacy and data security issues, about ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Segregation of Duties, Sensitive Access Controls
Segregation of duties controls—and their close cousin, sensitive access controls—are at the heart of a robust internal control system. They are also among the most difficult controls to understand, develop, and deploy. In this week's podcast we talk with Larry Carter, author of the new e-book Segregation of Duties and ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Getting a Grip on Legal Entity Compliance
Legal entity management, identifying every party to a financial transaction, is far easier said than done for financial institutions. Complex or not, regulators are paying attention and will continue to increase their scrutiny. In this week’s podcast, we talk to Ron Jordan, chief data officer for the Depository Trust and ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: Banks Double Down on AML Compliance
A recent survey by accounting firm Kaufman Rossin found that many banks plan sizeable increases to their budget for anti-money laundering compliance over the next 12 months. In this week’s podcast, we talk to Ivan Garces, a risk advisory services principal at accounting firm Kaufman Rossin about the evolving risk ...
-
Podcast
Podcast: The Trends Revealed by Company Codes of Conduct
Earlier this month, the University of Houston Law Center, building upon a program first launched in 2010, released a searchable database of the compliance codes for Fortune 500 companies. In our latest podcast, we talk to Houston attorney Ryan McConnell, an adjunct professor who teaches international corporate compliance, about what ...