Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog November 23, 2020 FinCEN and the Banking Agencies Clarify Due Diligence Requirements for Charities, Non-Profit Organizations On November 19, 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the bank regulatory agencies (the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the National Credit Union Administration) issued a joint fact sheet on Bank Secrecy Act Due Diligence Requirements for Charities and Non-Profit Organizations. The fact sheet… Blog November 30, 2020 Transforming Delivery Through Value Streams As business and IT leaders adopt new operating models and organize around rapidly shifting customer and business prioritization, they are embracing value stream management as their preferred approach. The rate of change is forcing organizations to rethink how to expedite value as they seek to transform and stay relevant. In the previous two blogs, “Seven Key Factors to a Successful PMO… Blog December 3, 2020 SEC Adopts Final Rule to Modernize MD&A and Related Financial Disclosures As part of a broader effort to modernize, simplify and enhance securities regulation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted several changes to Regulation S-K, Management’s Discussion and Analysis, Selected Financial Data, and Supplementary Financial Information. The changes will affect existing SEC filers, registration statements, and also Special Purpose Acquisition… Blog December 7, 2020 Regulators Increase Focus on Virtual Currencies as Institutional Interest Grows Federal regulators have started issuing more guidance to financial institutions on offering new and innovative financial products and services, such as cryptocurrencies, to customers in a safe and sound manner. The increased regulatory interest has become necessary as cryptocurrencies enter mainstream consumer use in the United States. Not only is there expanding institutional support for… Blog December 14, 2020 CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise On December 13, 2020, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive detailing required action for federal agencies to mitigate the threat of the recently discovered compromise involving SolarWinds® Orion® Network Management products that are currently being exploited by malicious actors. (Read the SolarWinds Security Advisory here.) Given the nature… Blog December 15, 2020 Australia’s Responsible Lending Reforms: A Step in The Wrong Direction Australia’s lending standards and responsible lending practices have been prominent topics amongst banks and regulators in recent years, with potentially broad implications for both lenders and borrowers. Based on the critical issues raised by the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission) in 2019 and the recently… Blog December 15, 2020 Recharging Your Agile Transformation The seismic shift in project management functions from administrative to a consultative business partner is helping organizations transform across the enterprise and all areas of the project life cycle. In many companies, these transformational efforts are progressing well, coordinated by new lean-agile program management office (PMO) leaders. But for others, transformation is still out of reach… Blog December 16, 2020 CFPB Provides Further Guidance on MSAs Under RESPA Section 8 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a compliance aid in October 2020 to provide regulated entities greater clarity around the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and certain provisions of Regulation X. The compliance aid, presented in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), focuses on RESPA Section 8, which prohibits certain actions related to federally related… Podcast March 20, 2024 Podcast | Quantum Computing in Particle Physics – with Dr. Harry Cliff In 1981, Richard Feynman gave a keynote that proposed simulating physics with computers. We’ve come a long way with the resulting quantum computers, and you may have heard about business use cases for them. But how much progress has been made in using the machines to understand the universe? Who better to ask than Dr. Harry Cliff from the Large Hadron Collider? He discusses how quantum computers… Blog March 6, 2015 Introducing SAP Lumira Edge Edition Just recently we installed the new SAP Lumira Edge Server at Decision First. I’ve done quite a bit of testing and implementations within client engagements on SAP Lumira Server on HANA, but was particularly excited about the release of SAP Lumira Edge. Ad hoc visualizations, dashboards and reporting are requirements of the vast majority of my engagements. However, the issue has… Load More