Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blogs July 14, 2023 Top Takeaways from the EBA’s Report on the ML/TF Risks of Payment Institutions The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently released a report on its 2022 review of the money laundering/terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks of European payment institutions (PIs). There are nearly 900 authorised PIs in the EU which are subject to Directive (EU) 2015/849 (‘AMLD’) for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) purposes. While many of the EBA’s findings are… Whitepaper October 16, 2023 The Regulators Are Optimising Their Use of Data. Are You? Can financial institutions manage effectively in a world where issues and breaches are known to regulators before the chief compliance officer or anyone else in the organisation even learns about them? Podcast November 27, 2023 Risky Women Podcast | Strategic Risk Kimberly Dickerson, Executive Vice President - Global Head of Operations and Technology at Protiviti, speaks with Star McDade, Senior Vice President, Audit Services - Staff Agencies, Analytics & Insurance (SA&I) at USAA, about confronting stereotypes by demonstrating the positive influence of risk and assurance professionals, overcoming the challenges in the transformation of auditing… Survey December 22, 2023 2024 Top Risks in the Financial Services Industry Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative have been conducting our Top Risks Survey for the past 12 years. This journey began just as financial markets around the world were starting their long, slow recovery from the global financial crisis, and has since covered the worst global pandemic in 100 years as well as near record-low interest rates followed shortly by the fastest rate hiking… Whitepaper June 29, 2020 Managing Financial Crime Risks in a Changing Economic Environment U.S. Edition | June 2020 Financial Crime Risks in the Current Climate The current economic and business climate is a new frontier for financial institutions seeking to navigate challenges posed by deteriorating market conditions, customer anxiety and the ever-watchful eyes of industry regulators. Concurrently, bad actors that pose an ongoing threat are also discovering new channels of… Newsletter June 6, 2022 Get Into the Quantum Game: Use Cases Are Emerging A year ago, an issue of Board Perspectives focused on why the board should care about quantum computing — what it is, when it will become a reality and what steps companies should take to stay on top of this evolving technology market. Since then, use cases for quantum computing continue to emerge. One of the most misleading phrases found in articles about quantum computing is… Survey January 3, 2024 2024 Top Risks in the Energy & Utilities Industry Resistance to change has long been a hallmark of the energy and utilities industry. But forward-thinking leaders are realizing that the only status quo that will allow their businesses to evolve operationally, digitally and culturally to meet new demands and expectations, drive innovation, and help share the energy industry of the future is one of continuous changes and strategic risk-taking. Flash Report July 20, 2021 Proposed U.S. Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Leveling the Playing Field for Third-Party Risk Management Requirements On July 13, 2021, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a joint request for comment to their Proposed Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management. The agencies have issued this proposed guidance in response to industry feedback requesting alignment among the agencies… Flash Report November 9, 2021 U.S. Department of Defense Updates Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Requirements: CMMC 2.0 On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD or Department) published a proposed update to its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and defined a path forward that has Defense Industrial Base (DIB) contractors eager to understand impacts to their business and anticipated next steps in the evolution of the CMMC programme. In addition to simplifying and consolidating the… Whitepaper October 22, 2021 Amid Expanding Definitions and Growing Attention from Regulators, How to Make Conduct Risk Strategy Work There was a time when financial misconduct meant a rogue trader racking up losses on a stock market bet he wasn’t authorised to make or a Ponzi scheme where crooked asset managers spent investors’ money on a posh lifestyle. But the definition of misconduct by financial actors has changed, and greatly expanded, in the past decade-and-a-half due to big scandals, even bigger financial catastrophes,… Load More