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Banking Industry Addresses Challenges

Banking Industry Addresses Challenges

Banking Industry Addresses Challenges with Liquidity, Risk Management, and Regulatory Reforms Capital requirements, stress testing, credit risk, liquidity, and Basel III continue to surface as key themes in the regulatory landscape. Regulatory authorities and central...

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End User Computing Help & Consulting

End User Computing Help & Consulting

You’ve noticed record fines imposed, specifically citing end user computing (EUC) data governance. You’ve witnessed regulators place increased pressure on companies to manage their EUCs. Furthermore, you’ve seen the reputational harm caused by errors in EUC...

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Spreadsheet Error Causes a $10.5m Mistake

Spreadsheet Error Causes a $10.5m Mistake

The use of spreadsheets has become a standard in most business processes across the globe. Between the ease of use and flexibility of spreadsheets, they're often used to store, manipulate and analyze data across an entire organization.   Whether the software is being...

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What is SR 11-7 Guidance?

What is SR 11-7 Guidance?

SR 11-7 provides supervisory guidance on model risk management (MRM). Initially published in April 2011, the Supervisory Guidance on Model Risk Management applies to banks supervised by the US Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) and the Office of the Comptroller of the...

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SOX Compliance & End User Applications

SOX Compliance & End User Applications

What is SOX? The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX or Sarbox) became public law on July 30th, 2002, as a result of the early 2000s financial scandals (Enron, Worldcom, etc). Its purpose is to protect investors through improving the veracity of disclosures from publicly...

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