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    April 18, 2017
    Fintech Perspective: Balancing Speed to Market With Sound Risk Management
    As financial institutions develop innovative technology, in-house or by partnering with fintech companies, they need to carefully consider regulatory requirements for both third-party risk management and information security. Protiviti hosted a Fintech Innovation webinar on April 5, which addressed the need for banks and other financial institutions to balance sound third-party risk management…
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    April 19, 2017
    Cyber Safety Tips for Private Equity Managers
    Cybersecurity vendor FireEye, in March, reported an increase in fake emails targeting lawyers and compliance officers with malware disguised as a Microsoft Word document from the Securities and Exchange Commission. That, on the heels of a reported uptick in fake drawdown requests targeting private equity clients, prompted us to put together a list of ways private equity firms and portfolio…
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    April 24, 2017
    IT Audit Webinar: Your Questions Answered
    Following up on a recent blog post discussing the results of the 6th Annual IT Audit Benchmarking Study from ISACA and Protiviti, I want to revisit the subject by answering some of the audience questions we were unable to address live during the webinar, which I co-hosted with my Protiviti colleague David Brand and ISACA director Ed Moyle. (I want to stress that we receive many great…
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    April 25, 2017
    Proving Procurement’s Value to Stakeholders: Show Them the Money
    There is no doubt that procurement organizations deliver value, through strategic sourcing, category management and other means. What distinguishes procurement organizations perceived as top performers from the rest is how well they quantify the value they deliver to the company. Recently, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion about the challenges of demonstrating procurement’s…
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    April 28, 2017
    What's the Latest on Fintech Charters and What About That Russian Laundry?
    In the April edition of Compliance Insights, we discuss the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's draft supplement, released in March, which further outlines the application guidelines for fintech bank charters (covered previously in our January issue). We also lay out previously unknown details of the "Russian Laundromat" money laundering scheme, as reported by the…
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    May 1, 2017
    The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration – What Actually Happened and What Does It Mean to Business?
    On Saturday, we marked the 100th day of Trump’s presidency. While this artificial benchmark is often made out to be more important than it really is, Protiviti takes a look at the major business-related developments under the new administration in a hot-off the-press Flash Report. In our report, we examine what’s happened along a wide variety of fronts, including healthcare and tax reform, trade…
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    May 2, 2017
    When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies — the Case For Culture Assurance
    May is Internal Audit Awareness month. Over the course of the month, we will be taking a closer look at the internal audit profession from various perspectives, including industry, technology, and the “future auditor”— an embodiment of those skills and capabilities most valuable to the future of the internal audit function. Subscribe to our blog to follow the discussion.    …
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    May 3, 2017
    Manufacturers Must Focus on Workforce Planning to Accelerate Digital Transformation Efforts
    Global manufacturing has been expanding, new orders are up, and the sector is experiencing an uptick in job growth. Even U.S. manufacturing appears to be on the rebound; in March, the industry posted its strongest two-month advance in three years. Leading the way in output were manufacturers of fabricated metals, machinery and plastics, paper, and rubber production. Despite this growth,…
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    August 31, 2017
    Assurance and Advisory – Balancing Stakeholder Expectations in Internal Audit
    We are living in a golden age of internal audit: Membership in The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) is at an all-time high (200,000 members) Conferences and programs are filled near capacity around the globe We are part of the conversation in board rooms and in management circles Career surveys are placing us among the top ten professions to enter into While these are all great…
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    September 8, 2017
    Basel Committee Flags Fintech Hopes and Fears in New Consultation Paper
    Amid all of the hype about fintech, regtech and technology innovation in the financial services industry, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released a new consultative document. Sound Practices: Implications of fintech developments for banks and bank supervisors is the result of months of thinking by the international financial services regulatory body, which aims to provide…
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