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Thomson Reuters Survey Reveals More than Half of Financial Institutions Are Concerned about Reputational Risks of FATCA & CRS Non-Compliance
June 1st, 2016
More than 50 percent of senior executives from multinational financial firms are concerned non-compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS) mandates could affect the reputations of their institutions.. “The results of the ...
Compliance professionals struggling with explosion of communications channels – Smarsh
May 20th, 2016
Smarsh, the leading provider of hosted archiving solutions for compliance and e-discovery, today released its sixth annual Electronic Communications Compliance Survey Report. The results of the survey of compliance professionals in the financial services industry highlight that supervision practices ...
FINRA Fines Raymond James $17 Million for Systemic Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Failures
May 19th, 2016
Former AML Compliance Officer Fined and Suspended The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (RJFS), a total of $17 million for widespread ...
CFTC Approves Substituted Compliance Framework in Follow-up to the Recent Equivalence Agreement between the US and the EU
March 18th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today unanimously approved a substituted compliance framework for dually-registered central counterparties (CCPs) located in the European Union (EU), together with a comparability determination with respect to certain EU rules. Today’s action follows ...
BNP Paribas Cash Managament launches first-ever service designed to assist online marketplaces with their compliance
March 17th, 2016
This is a ‘first’ in the banking world: BNP Paribas has launched a new service aimed at e-commerce sites and other online marketplaces, which will enable them to bring their financial transactions into full compliance with the regulations. BNP ...
PRA and FCA statement on compliance with the EBA guidelines on Sound Remuneration Policies
March 1st, 2016
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have notified the European Banking Authority (EBA) that the regulators will comply with all aspects of the EBA Guidelines on Sound Remuneration Policies, except for the provision that the ...
Russian watchdog to inspect Microsoft, McDonald’s for compliance with personal data law
January 12th, 2016
The regulator plans to hold over 1,000 scheduled inspections of compliance with the law on keeping of Russian users’ personal data on servers in Russia Central Federal District Department of the Russian IT and communications regulator will inspect a ...
IRS: Offshore Compliance Programs Generate $8 Billion
November 16th, 2015
With more than 54,000 taxpayers coming in to participate in offshore disclosure programs since 2009, the Internal Revenue Service today reminded U.S. taxpayers with undisclosed offshore accounts that they should strongly consider existing paths established to come into full ...
IRS Extends FATCA IGA Compliance Deadline
October 26th, 2015
Within its Notice 2015-66, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided for a delay to the provision of information under Model 1 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) signed by other jurisdictions with the United States. ...
Greece, lenders start talks on reform compliance
October 22nd, 2015
Greece and its international lenders started talks on Wednesday to assess the country’s compliance with terms of an 86 billion euro bailout, as dissent stirred over tax hikes and pension reforms. Team leaders from three European institutions and the ...
