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  • Six executives from green banks in localities across the country announce the creation of the Green Bank 50 coalition.
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    Climate Week NYC 2024 delivers carbon removal deals, green banking coalition

    The annual climate event launched with announced commitments to triple nuclear energy financing, decarbonization initiatives across the aviation sector and some carbon offset deals.

    By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 27, 2024
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    SEC charges 12 companies with flawed record-keeping, imposes $88M in fines

    SEC Chair Gary Gensler, during a congressional hearing, came under fire from Republicans asserting that he should use regulation more than enforcement to correct company record-keeping.

    By Sept. 24, 2024
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    Top 5 stories from CFO Dive

    The promises and traps of generative AI, revamped modern finance teams and stark geopolitical risks are among the top forces CFOs are grappling with this year.

    By CFO Dive staff
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    Data privacy concerns swirl around generative AI adoption

    IT and business professionals fear the technology's adoption can lead to data leakage, according to a Deloitte report.

    By Roberto Torres • Sept. 24, 2024
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    Harris, Trump contest raises the stakes on six salient policy points: EY

    “There are more similarities than many people realize between Harris and Trump on some key issues,” according to an EY political analyst.

    By Sept. 20, 2024
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    FASB tees up GAAP codification cleanup for comment

    The codification, effectively the bible for generally accepted accounting principles, is continuously updated. 

    By Sept. 19, 2024
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    Mastercard CFO to continue working after cancer diagnosis

    Decisions on medical disclosures can be challenging for companies but Mastercard’s approach drew high marks from some corporate governance experts.

    By Sept. 17, 2024
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    SAP joins $15M funding round for risk detection startup Datricks

    The investment comes as payment fraud targeted at businesses — a key focus of the startup — is surging, with a heavy impact on corporate revenues.

    By Sept. 17, 2024
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    AICPA, NASBA take big step toward CPA licensure option with less schooling

    The accounting associations are seeking public comment on an alternative route to getting a CPA license that doesn’t require a fifth year of college.

    By Sept. 16, 2024
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    EPA issues violation notice to ADM over carbon sequestration permit

    The violation relates to corrosion in a monitoring well at the agricultural supply chain company’s second injection site that has since been plugged and did not affect surface or groundwater, ADM said in a statement.

    By Lamar Johnson • Sept. 16, 2024
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    Key lease accounting trends: Then and now

    Are you a lease accountant navigating 2024? We dive into the trends that have shaped the year, from interest rate volatility to ESG disclosures & the accountant shortage.

    By Matt Waters, CPA • Sept. 16, 2024
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    SEC charges leaders of failed online pharmacy in $170M fraud case

    SEC Chair Gary Gensler has stepped up enforcement since 2021, targeting investor fraud, cyber-related misconduct and misleading financial reporting.

    By Sept. 13, 2024
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    New ADM CFO to tackle ‘root cause’ of material weakness

    Just weeks into his CFO tenure, Monish Patolawala said he’d prioritize remediating the accounting woes that have rocked the company this year.

    By Sept. 4, 2024
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    SEC fines credit rating firms $49M for record-keeping flaws

    Employees at some of the firms routinely discussed credit ratings on their personal communication devices, the SEC said.

    By Sept. 4, 2024
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    ESG controllers: The newest finance hires

    Depending on the company’s structure, the specialized controllers often report to the corporate controller or the CFO, Deloitte’s Kristen Sullivan said. 

    By Sept. 3, 2024
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    Trump case sparks request for FASB accounting rule revamp

    Daniel Tinkelman, a professor of accounting at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, is asking the FASB to revise and clarify the GAAP rules. 

    By Aug. 29, 2024
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    Only 58% of executives assessed business risks of AI: PwC

    Rapid advances in AI outpace efforts to contain the risks from the technology, according to executives and officials.

    By Aug. 29, 2024
  • SEC charges Navy shipbuilder Austal with accounting fraud

    Austal understated an accounting metric known as “estimate at completion” for the construction of Littoral Combat Ships, according to SEC allegations.

    By Aug. 28, 2024
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    Super Micro delays 10-K filing to assess internal controls

    The AI server maker delayed its 10-K as experts partly blame a recent spike in tardy annual reports on the accounting talent shortage and increased regulation.

    By Aug. 28, 2024
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    SEC approves tougher rules targeting auditor ‘negligence’

    Two out of the agency’s five commissioners voted against the stricter standards, warning that they may hinder efforts to expand the ranks of auditors.

    By Aug. 21, 2024
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    FTC exceeded its authority with noncompete ban, judge says

    The agency’s rulemaking under Sec 6(g) of the FTC Act is procedural, not substantive, Judge Ada Brown of Texas federal court says, blocking a nationwide rule that would have taken effect shortly.

    By Robert Freedman • Aug. 21, 2024
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    Icahn Enterprises pays $1.5M to settle SEC charges

    The civil penalties come more than a year after a short seller’s report lambasted Icahn Enterprises for alleged “Ponzi-like economic structures.”

    By Aug. 19, 2024
  • RBC doubles down on its portrait of ex-CFO’s firing

    The bank detailed mementos and texts Nadine Ahn and another exec exchanged, a promotion plan called “Project Ken” and a time when Ahn fired an employee in a “substantively identical” situation.

    By Dan Ennis • Aug. 19, 2024
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    PCAOB says deficiencies rise among reports by audit firms

    Inspections of nearly half of the firms’ engagements reviewed by the PCAOB revealed evidence that the auditor failed to obtain enough evidence to support its opinion.

    By Aug. 16, 2024
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    SEC imposes $390M in fines in crackdown on shoddy record-keeping

    The agency that regulates Wall Street in the past year has slammed several financial services companies for flawed record-keeping.

    By Aug. 15, 2024
  • SEC slaps $3.5M fine on former Ideanomics CEO for alleged fraud

    Since its inception in 2004, Ideanomics has switched its business model at least three times, from video on demand to petroleum trading products to electronic vehicle services.

    By Aug. 12, 2024