December 11, 2012 - HSBC has agreed to pay fines totalling $1.92 billion to US regulators after it breached anti-money laundering laws. The major UK-based bank revealed yesterday (10 December) that its penalties with several authorities in America have now been finalized after investigations found the company failed to comply properly with these regulations.

November 20, 2012 - ISACA, a nonprofit association of 100,000 IT professionals in 180 countries, recently released COBIT 5, the business framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT.

November 23, 2012 - The UK Government-sponsored Technology Strategy Board has earmarked £1.5 million in funding for new projects aimed at stimulating mobile commerce and countering the threat of theft and fraud.

September 13, 2012 - Following the recent high profile cases of senior fraud and online security managers being caught up with fraudulent activity, UKFraud’s Special Interest Group (SIG) for Corporate Fraud Prevention has drawn up a new set of benchmarks which will help organisations identify the signs that something is awry. The SIG also outlines the most effective strategies for countering these risks.

August 17, 2012 - The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have issued joint rules and interpretations clarifying the scope of key definitions of certain derivatives products, as required under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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.