All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 527
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The U.K. Criminal Finances Act seeks to stamp out corporate tax evasion
The forthcoming Criminal Finances Bill would pose potentially limitless liability for any company in the United Kingdom that is connected to a host of tax evasion-related offenses. But will this legislation actually accomplish much of anything?
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ArticleThe balancing act of Wall Street and Main Street
While deregulation advocates do battle with investor activists, there may be ideological balance in capital formation ideas.
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Are You Ready For ISO 37001?
Title: Are You Ready For ISO 37001?Learn the facts about how ISO 37001 will integrate top-level leadership, training, bribery risk assessment, due diligence adequacy, financial and commercial controls, reporting, audit and investigation, all to keep your organization better protected from harm. Are you ready for ISO 37001?
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LockPath releases Keylight 4.7 with health and safety management solution
LockPath, a provider of GRC solutions, announced the availability of Keylight 4.7, now featuring the Health and Safety Manager application, a new addition to the Keylight Platform’s suite of applications designed to integrate risk management processes across the enterprise.
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Accuity, USL partnership helps banks in Nigeria with payment transaction screening
Accuity, a provider of financial crime compliance, payments and know-your-customer (KYC) solutions, has signed a new partnership agreement with Union Systems Limited, an information-technology company supporting advanced software for banks and financial institutions in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. The new partnership will help banks based in Nigeria expand the scope ...
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Sailing, cycling, and compliance
A lesson from the America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand reveals that exploring past methods can improve your future compliance policies and ensure against possible Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.
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Your business is being sold; what is your compliance response?
Tom Fox takes a closer look at the continuing saga of the 1 MDB scandal involving the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund and the need to have robust corporate compliance around all parties.
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A new chapter in anti-corruption enforcement?
Jorge Luis Arzuaga, a former managing director at the Swiss bank Julius Baer, pled guilty to having arranged the transfers of more than $25 million in bribes for corrupt FIFA officials. This is the first guilty plea in the plethora of service provides who facilitated the massive corruption scandal engaged ...
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Bryn Mawr Trust appoints chief risk officer
Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation, a financial services company, has appointed Patrick Killeen as chief risk officer and senior vice president of BMT’s risk management division, effective as of June 5.
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Half of Fortune 500 still non-committal on new revenue rules
More than one-fourth of Fortune 500 filers still had not figured out how they will be affected by new revenue recognition rules as of April and May.
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SEC slams CCO for anti-money laundering violations
The SEC has once again punished a CCO for neglecting their duties and ignoring red flags at a firm under investigation for suspect activities. Failing to file suspicious activity reports was at the root of the problem.
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CFPB suggests changes to prepaid card rules
The CFPB is taking a fresh look at hardships for financial and consumer credit firms caused by a 2016 prepaid rule. The Bureau has also proposed updates to the rule.
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The True Cost of Compliance and Governance Failures
Title: The True Cost of Compliance anIn Comensure;s recent infographic, they break down the current GRC landscape and the true cost of non-compliance.
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Five Ways to Calculate ROI on Compliance
A new RANE checklist, produced in partnership with Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, lays out five practical ways to calculate ROI on compliance.
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Investors reward readable disclosures, study finds
It turns out investors really do value and reward plain-English disclosures, according to an emerging academic study.
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Companies applaud NLRB's retreat from 'joint employer' guidance
The Department of Labor has withdrawn one of its most controversial actions of the Obama Administration, guidance that made many companies responsible for labor violations committed by independent franchisees and third parties.
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Treasury releases first report on a regulatory overhaul
A slate of recommended regulatory actions are contained in a new report delivered to President Donald J. Trump by the Treasury Department. Suggested changes would affect big bank stress tests, the Volcker rule, and the CFPB.
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Taking a deep dive into revenue recognition
Title: Taking a deep dive into revenuThis e-Book also discusses the new disclosure requirements that come along with revenue recognition; how banks are preparing for expected credit loss rules; and how to ensure overall that organizations are as best prepared as they possibly can be for these new regulatory changes.
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Why one Republican voted against the CHOICE Act
The recent 233–186 House vote on the Financial CHOICE Act wasn’t neatly divided along parties. Rep. Walter Jones was the sole Republican who voted against the legislation, citing veterans' concerns.
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States sue White House over environmental rollback
A coalition of state attorneys general are suing the U.S. Department of Energy over “its failure to comply with the law” and publish finalized energy efficiency standards for several products.