All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 995

Blog
Remediation and the Equifax data breach

2017-09-10T16:15:00Z

Equifax has a long road to travel to get past the recent data breach that saw 143 million people’s personal information exposed to theft.The company will need to engage in significant remedial action, notes The Man From FCPA, if they hope to survive the upcoming fallout.
Blog
Uber and “Hell”

2017-09-10T16:30:00Z

The hits keep coming to beleaguered transportation firm Uber; reports have surfaced that an internal company program called “Hell” utilized software that allowed it to illegally interfere with Lyft, an Uber competitor.
Blog
What new headaches may befall FIFA?

2017-09-10T17:45:00Z

A new and potentially very damaging turn has taken place in the ongoing FIFA corruption scandal. Miguel Maduro, former chairman of FIFA’s governance committee, said that if asked, he would provide specific accusations of top FIFA officials pressuring him to ignore regulations.
Blog
Zurich appoints new group chief risk officer

2017-09-11T10:00:00Z

Zurich Insurance Group this month announced that Alison Martin will join the company on Oct. 1 and assume the role of group chief risk officer in January 2018. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval. She will succeed Cecilia Reyes, Zurich’s current group chief risk officer, who will retire from ...
Blog
Target chief risk and compliance officer to depart

2017-09-11T10:00:00Z

Retail giant Target said that Jacqueline Rice, chief risk and compliance officer, will be leaving the company in September. Rather than replace her role, Target said that Chief Legal Officer Don Liu will inherit her team.
Blog
Aeterna Zentaris chief accounting officer departs

2017-09-11T10:15:00Z

Aeterna Zentaris, a Canada-based specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced the departure of the Geneviéve Lemaire as vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, effective on or before Sept. 30, 2017.
Blog
New York AG launches formal investigation into Equifax breach

2017-09-11T11:15:00Z

As part of a formal investigation into the massive breach involving credit-reporting agency Equifax, which has effected about 143 million U.S. consumers, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent a letter to Equifax seeking additional information about the breach.
Article
Court deals setback to prosecutors in cross-border cases

2017-09-12T09:15:00Z

In an age of increasing cross-border investigations, especially concerning FCPA violations, the use of compelled testimony, even when legally obtained, can derail a U.S. prosecution.
Article
‘Lone wolf’ terror attacks pose a challenge for financial detectives

2017-09-12T09:30:00Z

Following 9/11, laws and compliance rules were leveraged to “follow the money” and disrupt terror plots. But can those efforts intercept “lone wolf” attacks?
Article
SEC’s controversial pay ratio rule still alive and problematic

2017-09-12T10:00:00Z

The SEC’s rule requiring companies to disclose the ratio between CEO and average worker pay persists despite much pushback from business and government alike.
Article
CEO pay went down in 2016, but why?

2017-09-12T10:45:00Z

Average CEO pay in the FTSE 100 went down 17 percent last year, but was it because of poor performance or the rising tide of public demands for lower executive compensation overall?
Article
The classic post-scandal question to auditors: What happened in the black box?

2017-09-12T11:00:00Z

When investors decry the black box of public company auditing, asking for more visibility, they’re referring to cases like KPMG’s audit work at Wells Fargo.
Article
U.K. officials talk enforcement, cooperation, more

2017-09-12T11:15:00Z

At the 35th Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, British government officials provided valuable insight on regulatory priorities and how to stay right under the eyes of the law.
Article
Beyond the investigation: Monitoring for retaliation

2017-09-12T12:15:00Z

An organization cannot have a speak-up culture if its workers fear retaliation for coming forward. Learn to spot the telltale signs of retaliatory culture before it poisons the well.
Blog
Treasury in ‘hand-to-hand financial combat’ with North Korea

2017-09-12T13:15:00Z

Current and future sanctions efforts by the Treasury Department to financially strike back against North Korean aggression were dissected by Assistant Treasury Secretary Marshall Billingslea during a recent House committee hearing.
Article
U.K. corporate governance reforms

2017-09-12T14:15:00Z

Neil Hodge explores the government’s corporate governance reform proposals relating to executive pay; strengthening the employee, customer, and supplier voice; and large, privately held businesses.
Blog
Board members wary of CAM disclosures in audit reports

2017-09-12T18:30:00Z

Half of public company board members say critical audit matters will not make audit reports more useful to investors, but instead will make their jobs more difficult.
Blog
PCAOB flags increased number of audits at Crowe

2017-09-13T09:00:00Z

After several years of steadily improving results, Crowe Horwath saw an increase in adverse findings in its latest PCAOB inspection report.
Blog
Democrats leverage Equifax breach to defend CFPB's arbitration rule

2017-09-13T14:00:00Z

A massive data breach at the credit rating service Equifax has gifted Democrats and other supporters of the CFPB's arbitration rule with fresh ammo.
Blog
Credit unions, Small Business Association forge renewed partnership

2017-09-13T14:15:00Z

The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions and the government's Small Business Association have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding and extended their partnership.