December 11, 2012 - Standard Chartered has reached an agreement with several US authorities for its lack of compliance with various rules before the onset of the global economic slump.

November 27, 2012 - SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, has released a white paper on the operational challenge of sanctions compliance.

November 5, 2012 - Compliance and risk regulations will be the main drivers of technology spending in 2013, says Ovum in its assessment of the '2013 Trends to Watch in Financial Markets Technology'.

September 19, 2012 - Financial Tracking Technologies LLC released the results of its annual Costs of Compliance and Risk Benchmarking Study 2012. Key facts of the study showed that, even though highly affordable automated solutions exist, over 80% of risk and compliance tasks are still being performed manually and costs of risk and compliance are going up at 40% of participants.

July 18, 2012 - HSBC's head of compliance fell on his sword in front of a US Senate subcommittee Tuesday after the banking giant was excoriated for lax money laundering controls.

July 13, 2010 - B.I.S.S. Research and Globe Tax Services have formed a joint venture to launch Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) accreditation, which aims to assist financial companies and their treasury departments in achieving FATCA compliance across an enterprise by identifying strengths and weaknesses in their systems and procedures and establishing a corporate standard.

July 11, 2012 - Internal audit practitioners globally report that more visible and vocal support for the internal audit function is needed from senior management within their organizations as the changing demands of today's regulatory and risk environment are putting them under increasing pressure to do more with less, according to a new survey by Thomson Reuters.