Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog February 28, 2018 As Retail Consumers Embrace Mobile Payments, Digital Loyalty Programs Become a Priority The 2017 holiday shopping season was a wake-up call for any merchant who still thinks mobile commerce has yet to take off. Mobile transactions accounted for about one-third of online revenue during the holiday season — or more than US$35 billion — according to research from Adobe Insights. Mobile sales on Cyber Monday hit $2 billion for the first time. These numbers are strong evidence that… Blog February 28, 2018 FINRA's New Senior Investor Rule and CFPB's Latest Developments Discussed in This Month's Compliance Podcast In our February Compliance Insights podcast, Jill Smiley, a Director, and Steven Stachowicz, a Managing Director with our Risk and Compliance practice, discuss FINRA's new rule on protecting senior investors and the CFPB's recent Request for Information notices – two of the topics covered in this month's Compliance Insights newsletter. Download the full February issue at this link. [… Blog March 1, 2018 Financial Services in the Cloud? We’re Further Along Than You Might Think. Cloud computing is now in the mainstream, and nothing proves that better than its gains in the conservative world of financial services. There are several players in the cloud provider space, but Amazon Web Services (AWS) is by far the biggest, with a market that exceeds those of Microsoft and Google combined. In fact, AWS is now Amazon’s most lucrative business, and they have signaled they want… Blog March 6, 2018 Narrow Whistleblower Protection May Have Broad Impact The U.S. Supreme Court, on February 21, 2018, ruled unanimously that protections afforded to whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) apply only to people who report potential wrongdoing directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This interpretation narrows a previous rulemaking from the SEC, which had extended… Blog March 7, 2018 Changing Minds, Business Models: Can the Consumer Products and Services Industry Sell Its Vision to the Workforce? Technology was, by far, the star of this year’s National Retail Federation “Big Show” conference in January – from smart shelves fitted with real-time inventory trackers to mobile checkout apps and robots that promise to drive costs and errors out of the supply chain. Retail automation is a trend we touched on in a blog post on mobile payments back in May of last year. Already, advances in… Blog March 8, 2018 The 2018 Audit Committee Agenda: You Asked, We Answer Topical webinars featuring Protiviti’s subject-matter experts rank among our most popular content — both live and on demand. One of the best features of the live versions are the questions from participants, which offer insight into what’s top of mind for them. Our recent webinar on the 2018 Audit Committee Agenda drew out some interesting questions, which we are happy to share as part of our… Blog March 9, 2018 Check Your Blind Spot: GDPR Poses Veiled Risks for M&D Companies Executives that participated in Protiviti’s latest annual top risks survey, conducted with North Carolina State University ERM Initiative, ranked regulatory changes and scrutiny as a top-five risk in 2018. That’s hardly a shocker, considering that respondents typically identify regulatory issues as a top concern each year. Companies unaware that regulatory changes could affect them are at even… Blog March 12, 2018 Analytics in Auditing Is a Game Changer – New Protiviti Survey Released Organizations worldwide are undertaking business and digital transformation initiatives, enabling changes that will have far-reaching effects on every enterprise function. Not surprisingly, the ability to utilize data analytics and big data to achieve competitive advantage and manage operations and strategic plans ranks among the top risk issues for board members and C-suite executives worldwide… Blog August 3, 2018 Knowledge Is Power: What Higher Education Institutions Must Know About GDPR Compliance Risk In the coming months, as U.S. colleges and universities prepare to welcome students to a new academic year, a priority topping their to-do lists should be identifying and understanding their risk exposure to the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They also should be making appropriate changes to meet the technological, administrative and legal requirements of this… Blog August 7, 2018 Managed Services Can Help Emerging Tech Firms Scale for Growth and Maintain Momentum Growth is the goal for emerging technology companies. When it happens fast, however, it can be challenging for these businesses to manage that change and to scale, especially in back-office areas like accounting, finance and IT. Setting up or optimizing core functions with labor-intensive processes is about the last thing business leadership wants to think about as they’re focusing on generating… Load More
