auditing

UK Moves To Split Audit And Consulting Profits At Big Four
UK Moves To Split Audit And Consulting Profits At Big Four
July 06, 2020  |  Regulation

The Big Four accounting firms will have to put their United Kingdom auditing and consulting practices in separate business units by 2024, but may keep...

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Wirecard Saga Reignites Debate Over Auditors’ Role In Combatting Fraud
Wirecard Saga Reignites Debate Over Auditors’ Role In Combatting Fraud
July 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

As the fallout from Wirecard‘s $2 billion accounting scandal continues, some attention has turned to the Germany-based payment company’s auditor, Ernst & Young (EY). A...

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Why Economic Volatility Opens Up Opportunity For The Modern Corporate Accountant
Why Economic Volatility Opens Up Opportunity For The Modern Corporate Accountant
June 11, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The pandemic is setting the stage to change just about every aspect of running a business. With market volatility and economic pressure higher than it...

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SurePayd Reduces Costs For Digitizing AR Services During Pandemic
SurePayd Reduces Costs For Digitizing AR Services During Pandemic
April 26, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Accounts receivable (AR) platform SurePayd is responding to the coronavirus pandemic by reducing the costs for its services to help companies migrate to the cloud...

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How Big Data Guides The Accountant’s Evolution
How Big Data Guides The Accountant’s Evolution
January 15, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Technology continues to initiate change in the role of accountants from number-crunchers to strategic advisors. With client requirements in flux, and with regulations becoming more...

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EY Exec Calls For Retooling Old QC Rules
EY Exec Calls For Retooling Old QC Rules
October 14, 2019  |  B2B Payments

John King, Ernst & Young Americas’ vice chair for assurance, wants to see more consistency from the country’s audit regulator, the Public Company Accounting Oversight...

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India Presses For Big Four Accountancy Review
India Presses For Big Four Accountancy Review
July 23, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

The Indian government is reportedly seeking an antitrust investigation into potential anticompetitive behavior among the nation’s Big Four accountancy and auditing firms, reports in Reuters...

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UK Financial Watchdog Ramps Up Auditor Oversight
UK Financial Watchdog Ramps Up Auditor Oversight
May 28, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.K. financial watchdogs have stepped up their oversight of the accounting and auditing industry amid a string of corporate accounting scandals, collapses and questions over...

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KPMG Won’t Split Accounting, Auditing Units
KPMG Won’t Split Accounting, Auditing Units
May 20, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Despite recommendations from a U.K. authority, KPMG revealed it would not split up its accounting and auditing units. However, starting on June 1, the company...

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