Financial Services

To get ahead of -- or get a handle on -- purchasing card fraud, your company needs a two-pronged approach: a cross-system view of expenses and an ongoing, consistent analysis of card transactions. If left unchecked, credit card fraud can run rampant in your organization. It's astounding how many workers justify risky purchases or blatant p-card misuse...

Though it won't take effect until early in 2017, the time is now for audit committees to start adopting the new accounting regulations. Let's not think that audit committees need to go at implementation alone, however. Warren Stippich advises a cross-functional approach involving players throughout the organization. Here's what you need to know...

There are a number of “tells” indicative of anticompetitive conduct. If you’ve witnessed this behavior firsthand, or if you suspect that it’s going on, an antitrust audit is in order. This underused tool is often eschewed because it’s believed to be costly and disruptive, but the benefits of an antitrust audit in terms of risk avoidance can far outweigh the...

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, fraudulent use of purchase cards, or p-cards, is one of the most commonly occurring types of employee fraud, and a 2013 survey reveals that risk related to internal fraud and abuse is an area of highest concern.