The banking sector is experiencing a “growing challenge” recruiting, retaining, and replacing compliance staff with the desired level of knowledge and experience, according to the Office of Comptroller of the Currency’s “Semiannual Risk Perspective” report, released June 23. Staffing struggles in the banking industry come at a time when compliance Read More
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is requesting public comment on climate-related financial risk “to better inform its understanding and oversight of climate-related financial risk as pertinent to the derivatives markets and underlying commodities markets,” the CFTC announced. On June 2, the CFTC unanimously voted to release its request for information Read More
Securities industry regulator FINRA has hit Credit Suisse Securities with a $9 million fine for failing to comply with rules requiring firms to disclose potential conflicts of interest when issuing research reports and for violating the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Customer Protection Rule. As part of the settlement, FINRA also Read More
The U.S. Treasury Department released the results of a broad review of its use of economic and financial sanctions and issued five recommendations to “preserve and enhance their effectiveness” in supporting national security going forward. “Sanctions are a fundamentally important tool to advance our national security interests,” said Deputy Secretary Read More
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a “cease and desist” order against MUFG Union Bank based in San Francisco for engaging in “unsafe or unsound practices regarding technology and operational risk management.” The regulator also took issue with what it called, “the bank’s noncompliance with the Interagency Read More
Debt-collection company Encore Capital Group has appointed Steve Carmichael to be its new chief risk and compliance offer. Before joining Encore Capital, Carmichael served as the head of enterprise and financial risk management at Discover Financial Services. The $1.5 billion dollar company recently paid a settlement with the Consumer Financial Read More
A new study finds that more financial firms are outsourcing all or part of their compliance functions, while others are growing compliance budgets and staff levels more slowly. Meanwhile, a large majority expect regulators to continue to pile on new regulations during the rest of the year. The study, 2021 Read More
