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PremiumDeloitte survey: AI adoption raising concerns about trust, reputational damage, ethics
As the artificial intelligence boom sweeps into the business world, employees are increasingly concerned about ethics questions and data privacy, a new Deloitte survey found, leading them to increasingly lose trust in their organizations.
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PremiumFTC sounds alarm on business practices turning into ‘vast surveillance’
The Federal Trade Commission took aim at the business models of some of the world’s largest companies, publishing a years-long study that decried technologies that have created “vast surveillance” networks that expose people to “a host of harms” and violate children’s privacy laws.
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News BriefSEC charges Kubient 'gatekeepers' with failing to stop CEO's AI fraud
Gatekeepers including chief financial officers and the chair of the audit committee have a responsibility to shareholders to report fraud wherever they find it–especially when that fraud involves an artificial intelligence tool meant to combat fraud.
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News BriefSEC nets $1.3M in off-channel comms sweep against municipal advisory firms
Fines for off-channel communications use by employees just keep on coming, with 12 municipal advisory firms fined a total of $1.3 million in the latest Securities and Exchange Commission sweep.
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News BriefDOJ orders Walgreens to pay $107M for fraudulent claims caused by Rx ‘software error’
Walgreens agreed to pay nearly $107 million to resolve allegations, first brought by two whisteblowers, that it improperly billed federal healthcare programs for prescriptions that were never picked up or delivered.
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News BriefCommerce Dept. unveils new supply chain risk assessment tool
The U.S. Department of Commerce unveiled a diagnostic supply chain risk assessment tool, which will “utilize a comprehensive set of indicators to assess structural supply chain risk across the U.S. economy,” the agency said.
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PremiumClearview AI’s GDPR fines rise to $110M total after latest penalty by Dutch DPA
Clearview AI was fined 30.5 million euro (U.S. $33.8 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority and ordered to stop collecting images of Dutch citizens in the latest enforcement action against the U.S. company.
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PremiumExperts warn U.K. money laundering cases to ‘significantly increase’
The U.K. has an ongoing problem with money laundering, but recent changes to economic crime law and corporate registration requirements could bring more cases to court, according to consultancy KPMG.
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News BriefCISA creates new portal for businesses to file cyber incident reports
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has created a new online portal for organizations to voluntarily report cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware attacks.
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News BriefSix credit rating firms to pay $49M for off-channel comms violations
Six credit rating agencies will pay $49 million in fines to the Securities and Exchange Commission for allowing their employees to communicate on company business using nonapproved communication channels like Whats App and WeChat.
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News BriefNordea Bank to pay $35M to resolve NYDFS probe into AML shortcomings
Finland-based Nordea Bank will pay $35 million to resolve an investigation by the New York Department of Financial Services into “significant compliance failures” in its anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act program.
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PremiumHow are you keeping up? The adoption of AI in compliance
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the business landscape, and this is especially true for anyone working in compliance. But while AI offers immense potential to streamline processes, enhance decision-making, and mitigate risks, it also introduces a new set of challenges that compliance professionals must navigate.
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PremiumAll hands on deck needed to get ESG disclosures right, report finds
Multiple emerging environmental, social, and governance and disclosure standards pose legal and operational risks to many companies, but also opportunities to improve reporting and get ahead of requirements, a new report found.
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PremiumExamining potential uses for GenAI in banking, financial services
The American Bankers Association sent a letter to the Treasury Department asking questions on the ethical application of generative AI in banking and finance, with an IBM report published the same day describing potential future uses of GenAI tools in finance.
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News BriefLatest off-channel comms sweep nets SEC, CFTC $477M in fines
Two regulators doled out more than $477 million in fines on a new group of broker-dealers, investment advisers, and swaps dealers that failed to maintain and preserve the electronic communications of their employees, bringing total such fines issued since 2021 to $3.2 billion.
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News BriefSEC fines OTC Link $1.2M over allegedly failing to file SARs
New York-based broker-dealer OTC Link will pay a $1.2 million fine to settle charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegedly failing to implement a system to monitor and report potential suspicious activities on its platforms.
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PodcastPodcast: BCG managing director on anti-financial crime technology
Staff writer Aaron Nicodemus discussed anti-financial crime technology in banking with Hanjo Seibert, managing director and partner of Boston Consulting Group, during the latest episode of the Compliance Week podcast.
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News BriefFed orders Customers Bank to improve AML, sanctions compliance
Pennsylvania-based Customers Bancorp avoided a fine but was ordered to revamp and strengthen its anti-money laundering, sanctions, and Bank Secrecy Act compliance programs after finding “significant deficiencies,” the Federal Reserve Board announced.
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PremiumQ&A: Paxful CCO on ramping up compliance after BSA failures
Manfred Bekeris, chief compliance officer at cypto peer-to-peer network Paxful, sat down with Compliance Week to talk about joining the company shortly before its former chief operating officer and co-founder pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act.
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News BriefFTX, Alameda to pay $12.7B in historic settlement with CFTC
FTX Trading and its sister cryptocurrency exchange Alameda Research will pay $12.7 billion to settle charges laid by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that the two companies violated the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations.