Governance, Risk & Compliance

CFO Beat provides governance, risk, and compliance news and insights for for chief financial officers and senior corporate finance executives. We cover key corporate governance issues like diversity, climate change, market uncertainty, audit quality, executive misconduct, key-person risk, executive compensation, and workplace equality. Risk and compliance topics covered include regulatory change, political uncertainty, technology, disruption, talent attraction and retention, cyberthreats and more.

Data Catalogs Essential for Data Governance and Insights but Under Deployed

Waterline Data, a global leader in data cataloging solutions and applications, today announced the results of Machine Learning Data Catalogs PutContinue Reading

Emailage and Featurespace Partner to Tackle Application Fraud

Emailage, global leader in online fraud prevention and email risk assessment, has teamed up with Featurespace, the world leader in riskContinue Reading

Combatting Future Security Threats of Quantum Computing

Thales today announced its collaboration with ISARA Corp. and ID Quantique (IDQ), leading providers of complementary quantum-safe security solutions, toContinue Reading

Amendments to New Accounting Standard Should Prompt Action from Insurers

Proposed amendments to the new insurance accounting standard, IFRS® 17 Insurance Contracts, were published today by the International Accounting Standards BoardContinue Reading

Modernizing VAT Systems to Reduce Compliance Burden

A new study has been released that yields significant global findings as to the relative compliance burden of Value AddedContinue Reading

Tech Spend Outside of IT Creating Opportunities, Risks

Almost two-thirds (63%) of organizations now allow technology to be managed outside the IT department, a shift that brings withContinue Reading

CFOs Reveal Most Outrageous Expense Report Submissions

Finance departments continually develop rigorous expense reporting guidelines, but that hasn’t stemmed the flow of eyebrow-raising requests by some employees,Continue Reading

Employer Payouts in Background-Check Class Actions Top $170 Million

A new compilation of court records by Good Jobs First finds that over the past decade employers have paid out $174 million to resolveContinue Reading

Despite Eagerness to Engage in Ecosystems, Few Insurers are Well-Positioned to Succeed as Ecosystem Partners

Although insurers are eager to create or join business ecosystems to spur growth amid industry disruption, few insurers are currently well-positioned toContinue Reading

More than Half of Consumers Would Pay More for Sustainable Products Designed to Be Reused or Recycled

More than half of consumers said they would pay more for sustainable products designed to be reused or recycled, accordingContinue Reading