Boardroom Curry defends OCC plans to license fintechs Mar 07, 2017 By Ben Maiden 4 min read Thomas Curry Comptroller of the currency Thomas Curry has defended his bureau’s move to license certain technology companies as... Read More
Boardroom State Street to use proxy voting to put more women on boards Mar 07, 2017 By Andrew Holt 2 min read Investment manager State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is to send letters promoting gender diversity to the companies it invests... Read More
Boardroom Fed supervisor looks beyond governance guide on risk Mar 01, 2017 By Ben Maiden 3 min read Kevin Stiroh Banks need to combat the risk of bad behavior not just by their boards setting structures and other corporate... Read More
Boardroom Groups wary of imposing board-level cyber-requirements Feb 28, 2017 By Ben Maiden 5 min read Financial services industry groups want regulators to be cautious about imposing requirements on banks’ boards as they seek to... Read More
Boardroom US progress on board diversity lagging, study finds Feb 26, 2017 By Ben Ashwell 5 min read According to new research, the US has moved backwards in terms of boardroom diversity when compared with Canada and Western Europe... Read More
Boardroom Companies urged to fine-tune social media policies Feb 21, 2017 By Ben Maiden 3 min read Companies need to draft their social media policies for employees carefully and in a targeted fashion to avoid drawing regulatory... Read More
Boardroom Banks and insurers lack data security confidence, survey finds Feb 15, 2017 By Ben Ashwell 3 min read Just over one in five retail banking and insurance executives (21 percent) are highly confident their firm could detect a data... Read More
Boardroom AML teams told to look for wider risks Feb 13, 2017 By Ben Maiden 4 min read A top regulator has urged broker-dealers to combine their anti-money laundering (AML) and other compliance efforts to help tackle... Read More
Boardroom SEC eases path for filing annual broker-dealer reports Feb 08, 2017 By Ben Maiden 2 min read Broker-dealer compliance teams received some good news recently when the SEC took steps to make it easier for them to meet their... Read More
Boardroom NY regulator criticizes fintech bank license plan Feb 06, 2017 By Ben Maiden 5 min read New York regulators have criticized plans to license certain technology firms offering banking products and services, pointing to... Read More