All Risk Management articles – Page 94
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ArticleSurvey: How COVID-19 has impacted companies’ leases
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on companies’ leasing function, according to results from a recent survey from Compliance Week and Visual Lease. The study reveals how companies are tackling leasing issues in the “new normal.”
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ArticleBasel Committee issues final AML risk management guidance
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision recently issued an updated version of its guidelines on sound management of risks related to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism.
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ArticleBasel Committee seeks comment on principles for operational resilience
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is seeking comment from the financial services industry on its proposed principles for operational resilience that aim to enhance banks’ ability to withstand, adapt to, and recover from potentially severe adverse events.
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ArticleNRA shot itself in foot with poor compliance commitment
The New York Attorney General’s lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association might not play out as intended, but it nevertheless exposes a number of systemic compliance flaws at the organization that appear to still need to be addressed.
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ArticleQ&A: IIA president Chambers on Three Lines update, COVID-19, more
In the wake of drastic updates to the “Three Lines Model” for managing risk, IIA President and CEO Richard Chambers catches up with Compliance Week to discuss the changes, how COVID-19 has impacted the internal audit profession, and more.
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ArticleOCC fines Capital One $80M over 2019 data breach
Capital One and Capital One Bank (USA) were fined $80 million for failing to establish sound risk management processes and internal controls related to the company’s data breach last year.
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ArticleCommon-sense KYC: Customers should supply the knowledge
No one knows a customer better than the customer. As such, financial crime expert Martin Woods believes the onus should be on the customer to provide the required data to keep KYC logs up to date.
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ArticleDon’t wait for Congress to save your firm from coronavirus liability
If you are an employer hoping Congress will pass a “coronavirus liability shield” bill to help your company deflect COVID-19 lawsuits, consider this: No such “shield” will do much good unless you’ve already taken action to create a safe workplace.
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ArticleU.K. issues maritime guidance for reducing sanctions risk
The United Kingdom has become just the second country to issue guidance for companies in the maritime shipping industry alerting them about common illicit and suspicious practices used to evade sanctions.
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ArticleFirms must apply contact tracing rules to bank relationships
In order to prevent debacles like the one Deutsche Bank is embroiled in, there is a need to combine the processes of “know your employee” and “know your customer,” writes Martin Woods.
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ArticleAdvice for compliance from new DOJ Criminal Division head
Acting Justice Department Criminal Division head Brian Rabbitt shares his perspective on recent updates to the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance, the FCPA Resource Guide, and more.
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ArticlePG&E names new CECO amid leadership shuffle
PG&E Corp. is shaking up its management team, including the impending appointment of John Simon as executive vice president, general counsel and chief ethics & compliance officer.
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ArticleCredit Suisse combines risk and compliance, adds sustainable investing unit
Credit Suisse has combined separate risk and compliance heads into one board-level position, part of a shakeup of the bank’s corporate structure that includes a renewed emphasis on sustainable investing.
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ArticleWhat do FIFA chief, ‘Florida man,’ and Trump have in common? All Failed It this week
The lesson in this week’s edition of “Nailed It or Failed It?” is the more things change, the more they stay the same.
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ArticleWhile compliance is in vogue, let masks be a symbol of safety in all situations
Now is the time to market compliance practices to customers who wear masks within our premises but drop the masks—and their guards—when answering calls and emails from the privacy of their own homes, writes Martin Woods.
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ArticleIBM report: Average data breach cost nearly $4M in past year
An IBM report that examined more than 500 cyber-security breaches occurring between August 2019 and April 2020 found the average breach costs companies $3.86 million and requires nearly 300 days to identify and contain.
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ArticleAnalysis: Comparing the IIA’s new ‘Three Lines Model’ to the old one
The biggest improvement in the IIA’s new “Three Lines Model” of risk management is it allows for greater flexibility between “lines” and is less likely to be interpreted so literally.
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ArticleSARs overload slowing efforts to combat financial crime
For the global AML community, there is a need to recognize too much valuable time is spent filing too many low-value suspicious activity reports that will never become the subject of any law enforcement action, writes Martin Woods.
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ArticleShared elements of best-in-class risk and compliance programs
A revamped NAVEX Global report reinforces a long-held belief in the compliance industry that those companies that trust employees to behave ethically continuously work to improve culture.
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ArticleHow to navigate states’ patchwork quilt of return-to-office training requirements
As if cobbling together a return-to-office plan for your company during a pandemic is not difficult enough, 16 states now require employees receive coronavirus safety training.