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 May 7, 2020 Managing and Mitigating Credit Risks and Losses Through the Crisis and Beyond Many financial institutions have moved quickly to operationalize changes needed to address the near-term and longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic. In a recent webinar conducted by Protiviti, credit risk management and mitigation techniques were explored in depth. More than 1,100 people attended, and many of them shared their most pressing concerns and views through polling… Blog May 8, 2020 A Finance Labor Model Tailor-Made for Navigating Crises What happens to a business that is heavily reliant on its finance operations located in a foreign country, and it discovers that a government response to a global pandemic has sent the members of that team to shelter at home, cutting it off from access to the office with little or no warning? Clearly, that’s not a theoretical question today. It is what happened in the past weeks to dozens of… Blog May 11, 2020 Paycheck Protection Program: A Good Idea Going Bad? The basis for the Paycheck Protection Program was (and remains) compelling: COVID-19 and associated stay-at-home orders were wreaking havoc with the small businesses that form the backbone of the U.S. economy. Something had to be done, and quickly, to save those businesses from their demise. The solution was the inclusion of the paycheck protection program, also known as PPP, in the Coronavirus… Blog May 12, 2020 So You Had a Plan … Resetting the Technology Portfolio to Align With the Reemergence Strategy With the COVID-19 global pandemic upending life as we know it, organizations face a landscape and a future that is drastically different from what they perceived at the start of 2020. Altered priorities of customers, disruptions throughout the supply chain and new emerging opportunities are causing significant shifts in the corporate strategies in boardrooms across the globe. The goals and… Flash Report May 14, 2021 President Biden executive order to strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity will impact federal agencies and public and private sector organizations On May 12, President Joe Biden issued the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. This executive order (EO) is the most recent action by the administration to strengthen U.S. national cyber defenses and address cybersecurity threats and attacks that continue to grow in magnitude, impact and frequency. It is intended to protect networks in the federal, public and private… Blog June 3, 2019 Advanced Data Mining Technologies and AI Can Aid Firms’ Transition from LIBOR to Alternative Risk-Free Rates As the financial markets prepare for potential disruptions from the phasing out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and selection and implementation of alternative risk-free rates (RFR) by the end of 2021, financial institutions are seeking creative solutions to help manage the anticipated workload and transition risks. On a macro level, institutions currently have myriad concerns… Blog June 5, 2019 Who Is Watching the Bots? Part 1 – RPA Governance Just as a civil society relies on the rule of law, robotic process automation (RPA) at scale requires good governance to enable success while helping to mitigate associated risks. In this post, the first of two highlighting key points from our recent RPA webcast, we look at some elements of good RPA governance. Governance – the establishment of polices, and the implementation and monitoring of… Blog June 11, 2019 Who Is Watching the Bots? Part 2 – Operational Challenges (and Solutions) A lot of organizations are beginning to realize the value of deploying robotic process automation (RPA) to perform high-volume, repetitive tasks that were previously performed by human users. Properly managed, RPA allows companies to scale operations and increase productivity. RPA comes with its own set of operational challenges, however, that must be considered. In Part 1 of our discussion we… Blog June 12, 2019 For Technology Startups, Taking a Potentially Faster Path to Going Public Doesn’t Mean Skipping Critical Steps Many technology startups are delaying their initial public offering (IPO) — waiting years, in some cases — and going well beyond the traditional Series A, B and C rounds of funding to support the development of their products and services. A major downside of this approach is that, by the time the company is ready to go public, it may have already seen most of its growth. That leaves less… Blog June 19, 2019 Paving the Way for Sustainable RPA Robotic process automation (RPA) is widely touted as an easy and affordable way to improve productivity without creating a lot of work for the IT department. Companies across industries have successfully tested using bots to automate everything from payroll processing to customer and employee onboarding. Pilots have shown that bots, which can work 24/7 without a break, are capable of… Load More