Expense Report Fraud Detection: Beyond Deepfakes to Shallowfakes
Expense report fraud detection is focused on the wrong threat, Medius chief financial officer Chris Wilmot said, after the company's...
Compliance
Compliance technology is becoming essential infrastructure as regulatory requirements grow more complex globally. We cover the compliance technology tools automating regulatory monitoring, risk assessment, and reporting obligations for accounting and finance professionals across jurisdictions. From AML and KYC to data privacy and financial reporting standards, we track the platforms keeping firms ahead. Related coverage: ESG, Tax.
Certos Survey Finds Deepfake Fraud Hitting Finance Teams
81% of 230 senior finance executives surveyed by Certos, the fraud prevention unit of Early Warning Services, said their company...
Companies House Accounts Changes: A Readiness Checklist for Practices
Every UK company will have to file its accounts through commercial software in iXBRL format from 1 April 2028, as...
Directors fined as Companies House ID checks get their first prosecutions
Three company directors have been fined in the first prosecutions for Companies House identity verification failures under the Economic Crime...
New Business Acceptance: The Analyst Role Explained
Accounting firms face an uncomfortable truth: the wrong client can be more expensive than no client at all. A single...
SmartSearch and Credas Acquisition: What It Means for AML Compliance in Accounting Firms
SmartSearch and Credas completed their £78m merger in January 2026, bringing together two of the UK's largest digital compliance platforms...
The CSRD Challenge: What Do Carbon Audits Require?
The First Reports Are In, and the Problems Are Already Visible PwC's review of the first 100 CSRD-compliant sustainability statements,...
SOC 2 Compliance: 5 Key Measures to Protect Your Accounting Practice
Accounting practices occupy an uncomfortable position in the data protection landscape. As data controllers under UK GDPR, they bear full...
Carbon Ledger: How Technology Helps Accountants Measure Footprints
Accounting practices have a new problem that looks a lot like their old problems: too much work, not enough hours....
Accountants and Lawyers Face FCA-Led AML Oversight from 2027
The Financial Conduct Authority will assume responsibility for supervising all anti-money laundering activities of accountants and lawyers, ending nearly two...
