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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law on March 27, 2020, offers a lifeline to small businesses and sole proprietors (generally those with 500 or fewer employees) in the form of the Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This programme initially authorized $349 billion in…
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Amid unprecedented economic disruption caused by COVID-19, small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that are the backbone of the U.S. economy face intertwining choices and challenges in determining the best courses of action to preserve their operations and protect the financial well-being of their employees.
While direct bank and market financing remain an option for some, most small and medium-…
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BSA/AML Examination Manual Updates from FFIEC
On April 15, 2020, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released updates to the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) examination manual. The manual is used to evaluate an institution’s compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering requirements. This…
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Your monthly compliance news roundup
FinCEN: BSA Reporting Obligations Remain Crucial During COVID-19 as Fraud Trends Rise
The first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States was confirmed on January 20, 2020, two months after the first known cases are believed to have originated in China. While the world turned its attention to the virus and finding effective treatment…
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What to Expect and When
The main headline about the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) has been that the United States finally moved to address a long-standing gap in its anti-money laundering (AML) regime by establishing a national registry of beneficial owners. Not reading beyond that headline, however, would be a mistake because the AML Act includes many other provisions that, taken…
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Your monthly compliance news roundup
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Your monthly compliance news roundup
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Faster access to care. Better outcomes. Expansion of reach. Reduction of cost. Increase in patient satisfaction. The accelerating demand and use of telehealth have caused healthcare organisations and patients to reevaluate how care is delivered. Our team of seasoned healthcare professionals has the skills, mindset and experience needed to help you design a new, or redesign an existing, telehealth…
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During this session, the panel discussed the compliance and regulatory basis of operational resilience.
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How resilient is our organisation? How do we track our organisation’s change in resilience? Those are two of the most common questions posed by boards on the topic of resilience. The proper responses to these seemingly abstract questions require a firm understanding of the organisation’s ability to recover important services and functions, as well as the ability to benchmark resilience, either on…
