Off-channel communications

Another day, another SEC fine: The SEC charges six credit agencies $49 million for recordkeeping failures

As the SEC rolls out another combined civil penalty, this time against credit rating agencies for recordkeeping failures, firms must look to ensure tone from the top, while the regulator must implement more robust deterrence methods to prevent further violations.

Regulatory Wrap Episode 37: The SEC Fines 26 Firms $400M for Recordkeeping Failures

In Regulatory Wrap for the week to August 16, Aarti Agarwal covers the latest round of SEC recordkeeping failure enforcements following firm activities pointing towards possible regulatory action.

Change the record – SEC charges 26 firms combined $390 million for recordkeeping failures

With the SEC and CFTC acting against over two dozen firms for recordkeeping failures relating to off-channel communications, when will financial services finally get the message on communications compliance?

Regulatory Wrap Episode 34: FINRA Reacts to an Emerging Culture of Off-Channel Comms

In Regulatory Wrap for the week to June 28, Jennie Clarke covers FINRA’s set of fines for off-channel communications activities, underlining the consequences of improper recordkeeping and supervision.

Back to bASICs – Australian regulator sets out business communications expectations

The Australian securities regulator has joined its global neighbors in clearly setting out expectations around business communications risks, and how firms should mitigate them.

The Source Podcast: Getting into scrapes – Why you can’t scrape by on compliance

In our second episode we're joined by Vince Dimase, Global Director of Customer Strategy, LSEG, as we dive into why scraping is never the solution. While some providers believe scraping is ‘good enough’ when capturing communications, when it comes to compliance firms run the risk of not having the full data picture. We review why native connections and capture-from-source will keep organizations out of regulatory scrapes.

The Source Podcast: Communications Channels – why you need to catch them all

In the first episode of our series, we're joined by Pankaj Anand, Head of Governance Technology Solutions, StoneX, as we explore growing regulatory demands around communications capture, how technological innovation is changing the messaging landscape in real-time, and how regulation expectation is evolving alongside it.

On Demand: Capture if You Can

Watch our on-demand Webinar and join compliance industry experts as they set out key strategies to combat non-compliant communications.

On Demand: Comms in Crisis Webinar

Watch our on demand Webinar and join compliance industry experts as they answer the question: why is it so hard to communicate compliantly?

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Regulatory Wrap Episode 11: Evaluating Trends Over The Years – WhatsApp & SMS – But What’s Next?

In Regulatory Wrap for the week to October 27, 2023, Jennie Clarke explores regulatory enforcement trends from throughout the year - and what these can tell us about potential trends for 2024

Goldman Sachs sacks four executives for serious violations of communications compliance policy

Goldman Sachs has terminated four executives, including its head of transaction banking, for “serious violations” of the firm’s communications policies and failure to cooperate with compliance teams.

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