International Compliance Association launches Compass, a new compliance certification service
Over the years, the field of compliance has evolved to meet increasingly rigorous, complex and substantial demands from regulators. The ever-increasing reach of regulation has strengthened and consolidated the position of compliance practitioners as professionals and the International Compliance Association (ICA) has supported individuals’ aim to become professional agents of change within their industries. Now ICA is pleased to be able to support firms in their efforts to optimise the benefits of compliance; so that they may become first-class, effective organisations, leading progress to a sustainable global marketplace.
New Skyhigh, Cloud Security Alliance Report Reveals Growing Security, Compliance Challenges in Face of Increasing Cloud Services Adoption
At the 8th Annual Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Summit at RSA in San Francisco today, Skyhigh Networks, the world’s leading Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), unveiled a new survey, “Custom Applications and IaaS Report 2017.” Conducted in partnership with the CSA, the report provides striking details around widespread migration of custom or internally developed applications from corporate datacenters to infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platforms such as the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
Western Union Reaches Agreements to Resolve U.S. Investigations
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) today announced agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that resolve previously disclosed investigations focused primarily on the Company’s oversight of certain agents and whether its anti-fraud program, as well as its anti-money laundering controls, adequately prevented misconduct by those agents and third parties. The conduct at issue mainly occurred from 2004 to 2012.
IBM to acquire Promontory; create AI-driven compliance subsidiary
IBM is to acquire risk management and regulatory compliance consulting firm Promontory Capital and create a new subsidiary, Watson Financial Services, in which it will use artificial intelligence technology to keep pace with the rapidly changing financial reporting landscape.
Investment Management Firms Embrace New Technology in Bid for Efficiency & Regulatory Compliance
Results of a new survey reveal that operational and technological change is high on the list of priorities for investment management firms. The report, which is being launched at the TSAM New York conference taking place today, reveals that over half (56%) of respondents expect their firm to replace at least part of their existing technology platform, while a quarter (27%) plan to outsource some areas of operation in the next 12 months in a bid to improve efficiency and focus on core operations.
Compliance challenged by new regs, business demands and lagging IT architecture
March 16, 2016 - The ability of financial institutions' compliance function to manage risk is being challenged by rising expectations for the function to play a stronger role in front-office processes, the increased volume and complexity of regulations, and a lagging data and technology architecture, according to a new compliance risk report from Accenture (ACN).
ANZ appoints PwC to conduct OnePath compliance review
March 15, 2016 - ANZ today confirmed it engaged PwC in January 2016 to conduct an independent compliance review within its OnePath subsidiaries, following compliance breaches that were proactively reported to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from early 2013.
Hardin Compliance Consulting selects BasisCode Compliance software
March 14, 2016 - BasisCode Compliance today announced that Hardin Compliance is implementing the BasisCode Compliance™ software to help the full-service regulatory compliance consulting firm more easily manage compliance on behalf of its clients.
