| Be Proactive in the Fight Against Fraud | | As we climb out of the economic crisis, which began in the last decade, financial institutions large and small face increasing regulatory and compliance demands. While banks and lenders are constantly on guard for consumer-level fraud, internal fraud often goes undetected and can cause irreparable harm. Even with limited resources, many community banks are leveraging progressive, proactive measures to combat… Read Full Story » | | | Top 12 GRC Considerations for Financial Companies in 2012 | | While regulation is certainly not a new concept to the financial industry, the risks posed by regulatory non-compliance will continue to drive global enterprises to tighten their focus on risk management – literally, the center of GRC – and find the balance between business value and business ethics. Read Full Story » | | | Spending on eLearning is Money Well Spent | | Hopefully it’s a sign of improving times for the economy, but two recent reports found that spending is on the increase for employee learning and development. The American Society for Training and Development says that US organizations spent more than $170 billion on training in 2010, which represents a spend rate in excess of $1,200 per employee. Another report, Bersin & Associates’ Corporate Learning Factbook 2012, puts the figure at a more conservative $800 per employee. Read Full Story » | | |