News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
The cybersecurity landscape in all respects — from the threats posed to the methods used to counter them, plus the regulatory requirements about how to prevent, detect and mitigate cyber incidents – is always changing.… Continue Reading
Until now, compliance officers have stayed mostly under the government radar. They aren’t regulated or licensed, tested or monitored. Will that change? And if so, what might the next stage of life look like for the compliance profession?… Continue Reading
The U.S. Federal Reserve and the New York Department of Financial Services said China’s second biggest bank has to improve its anti money-laundering practices and do more due diligence on customers.… Continue Reading
Israel’s Bank Leumi will pay $270 million to resolve federal charges and $130 million to settle New York regulators’ allegations that it helped U.S. taxpayers hide assets and income in unreported accounts in Israel and around the world.… Continue Reading
Two years after state and federal authorities punished British bank Standard Chartered for doing business with sanctioned countries like Iran, it has once again become the subject of an investigation for failing to weed out other risky transactions.… Continue Reading
New York state’s top financial regulator plans to propose rules this year regulating Bitcoin businesses operating in the state.
This would make New York the first state to do so, and given the state’s prominence as a financial hub, it’s a big step for the virtual currency.… Continue Reading