GRC Report Staff

AUSTRAC Puts Australia’s Gambling Sector Under Scrutiny With Bankstown Sports Club Audit Order

On Wednesday, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ordered Bankstown District Sports Club to appoint an external auditor after raising concerns that the club’s anti-money laundering controls may not be strong enough to prevent criminal exploitation.

Singapore’s Climate Finance Pitch Turns Toward Resilience, Risk, & Harder Questions About Readiness

There was a line in Chee Hong Tat’s speech that probably would have sounded strange to anyone expecting the usual polished climate conference choreography.

Swiss GRC Day 2026 Puts Heat Maps, Quantification, & Governance Culture Under the Microscope

A debate over heat maps was always going to draw attention at SWISS GRC DAY 2026. Not because anyone in governance genuinely loves them anymore, but because they still sit everywhere, from inside board decks, quarterly reports, audit presentations, and risk committee updates long after many organizations quietly stopped trusting them.

Canadian Steel Firms & Executive Agree to $19 Million Settlement Over Alleged Customs Duty Evasion

Two Canadian steel companies and one of their top executives have agreed to pay $19 million to resolve allegations that they evaded customs duties by falsely declaring the origin of imported steel products entering the United States. Canada-based Farjess, Royal Canadian Steel, and part-owner and president Feroz Jessani allegedly avoided paying duties on flat-rolled steel products by misrepresenting their countries of origin to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

OCC Moves to Scale Back Supervisory Burden on Community Banks

The OCC has outlined a series of supervisory and regulatory changes aimed at reducing burden on community banks while preserving what the agency described as a risk-based approach to oversight. The reforms touch everything from Community Reinvestment Act examinations to capital calculations, model risk management, and cybersecurity reviews.

Federal Court Holds Payment Processor Cliq in Contempt Over FTC Order Violations

A federal judge in Nevada has ordered payment processor Cliq and two of its executives to pay $6.5 million in sanctions after finding they violated a 2015 court order intended to prevent the company from facilitating consumer fraud.

French Regulator Fines SocGen €20 Million Over Insurance Sales Failures

Reuters first reported on Sunday night that France’s Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) had sanctioned Societe Generale with a reprimand and a €20 million fine tied to failures in its role as an insurance intermediary. According to the regulator, the bank failed to comply with pre-contractual information obligations and its duty to advise customers when selling both bundled and standalone insurance products.