Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog December 3, 2018 2018 Finance Trends: Security, Privacy and Governance of Finance Data Are Top Concerns, for Good Reason Data security and privacy is receiving a lot of attention at the highest levels of organizations these days. Boards are asking about it, executive management is concerned about it, and a growing number of regulations are placing demand on organizations to respond and comply appropriately. We are not surprised then that finance data security and privacy ranked as the top priority for the finance… Blog December 5, 2018 U.S. Bank Regulators Encourage Innovation in the Fight Against Financial Crime In welcome news to the banking industry, the U.S. federal banking regulators (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the National Credit Union Administration), along with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN, and collectively the Agencies) issued a joint statement on December 3, 2018,… Blog December 6, 2018 Digital Readiness, Talent Retention Top Executive Concerns in 2019, New Survey Reveals Looking to the year ahead, boards and C-suite leaders across the globe are most concerned about their company’s ability to transform its operations and infrastructure to successfully compete with organizations that are “born digital.” This is according to results from the 2019 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks survey conducted by Protiviti in collaboration with North Carolina State University… Blog December 7, 2018 Regtech Roundup Regulatory compliance technology (regtech) for the financial services industry has advanced significantly over the past year, moving beyond proof of concept to a growing number of use cases. The challenge now becomes ensuring that the banks and their regulators are ready and able to capitalize on the promise of these tools, which include artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain,… Blog December 10, 2018 Tips for a Fraud-Free Holiday Season The festive season is a time for fun and good cheer. Your business is celebrating the end of the calendar year and staff are counting down the days before their extended holidays begin. But be warned – the holidays are also a peak season for cybercriminals and fraudsters looking to exploit your vulnerabilities at a time of skeleton staffing and “go slow” activity. Protiviti has found that a… Blog December 11, 2018 Armed with Artificial Intelligence, Hackers and the Guardians of IT Square Off on a New Digital Battleground Over the past few years, the transformational promise of artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to materialize in the business and consumer worlds. AI enables computers and machines to simulate intelligent human behavior. We’re seeing shippers turn to self-driving vehicles for 24/7 delivery, consumers adopt household voice assistants to make life easier, and surgeons use smart robotics to enhance… Blog December 12, 2018 Back Off, Inefficiencies: Conquering Chaos in the Back Office Is Closer Than You Think Whether through rapid growth, acquisition or some other business change, an organization’s back finance office operations can grow chaotic over time, and sometimes overnight. That chaos often culminates in emergencies, like a payments backlog, bad data or a process that no longer makes sense. Some of our most satisfying engagements with clients have started as emergencies that were resolved when… Blog December 13, 2018 Credit Report Access Freezes, Advanced Pension Products - What Should Lenders Watch For? Listen to the Podcast In the podcast below, Steven Stachowicz and Kat Sanchez of our Risk and Compliance practice discuss some of the recent topics in Protiviti's Compliance Insights newsletter series. For access to our latest issue, visit www.protiviti.com/compliance-insights. [audio mp3="http://blog.protiviti.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/protiviti-podcast-12.10.18.mp3"][/audio] Compliance Insights In-Depth… Blog December 18, 2018 Legacy Core Systems Outlook: Advancing Technologies Are Hastening the Necessity to Modernize Three years ago, when Protiviti began detailing why financial institutions should modernize their core systems, technological advances changing the way customers interacted with their financial providers were just starting to emerge. Today, these technologies, such as cloud computing and application programming interfaces (APIs) - software intermediaries that allow applications to talk to one… Blog December 19, 2018 FS-ISAC’s Fall Summit Delivers Insights on Cyber Resilience, the Cloud and Other Hot Topics Last month, Protiviti was a sponsor of the Fall Summit of the Financial Services Information-Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) in Chicago. FS-ISAC is a global resource for the financial services industry, providing threat intelligence and analysis. FS-ISAC’s summit offered presentations, case studies and best practices by industry leaders, including actionable information for all attendees.… Load More