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Safeguarding changes: assessing the impact

The Payments Association

What to expect: Kieran Millar, principal product manager at AutoRek, will discuss safeguarding reconciliation concepts, record-keeping practices, governance, and reporting requirements.

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Top regulatory priorities for the payments sector

The Payments Association

Firms should be prepared for more onerous record-keeping and reporting requirements and factor in the costs of additional compliance obligations, including holding client funds under statutory trust. Regular audits and compliance checks : Firms will face enhanced monitoring and reporting under the proposed policy.

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Decoding the FCA’s Safeguarding reforms: Practical steps for payments and E-money firms

The Payments Association

Central to these changes are new statutory trust requirements, more prescriptive record-keeping, reconciliation standards, and the mandate for external safeguarding audits. Safeguarding audits: Firms are required to arrange safeguarding audits to assess compliance with the rules.

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SOX VS SOC – Mapping the Differences

VISTA InfoSec

SOX establishes regulations around financial reporting, mandates internal control audits, and strengthens corporate governance. The SOC framework includes multiple internal control audit reports. Now let’s examine the key differences between SOC and SOX audits. It applies to all U.S. SOX, a U.S.

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How payment firms can prepare for the FCA’s proposed safeguarding regime

The Payments Association

Firms must prepare for these changes by improving their internal processes, conducting audits, and adapting to new compliance requirements to ensure seamless implementation of the FCA’s reforms. What’s next?

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Charting Course: Building a Cannabis Banking Compliance Program

Innovative Payments Association

Conduct a Risk Assessment Before building a compliance program, businesses should conduct a thorough risk assessment to identify potential compliance risks. This includes assessing the risk of money laundering, financial crime, and regulatory violations.

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UK Tightens Accounting Standards As Corporate Collapses Continue

PYMNTS

The FRC is currently reviewing whether it will launch an investigation into the company’s failure, reports said, which could culminate in fines issued by the FRC’s enforcement division. Recent corporate failures have, for good reason, adversely affected that confidence.”