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September 2025
  1. Staying Ahead of the Curve: Proactive Risk Management in a Changing Regulatory Landscape
  2. How to Stay Ahead: Proactive Strategies for an Uncertain Regulatory Environment
August 2025
  1. How AI in Finance is Revolutionizing Operations, Risk and Compliance Management
  2. 4 Powerful Ways AI Is Transforming Risk and Compliance in Financial Services
  3. Key Risk Trends Transforming Risk Management in Insurance Companies
  4. From Reactive to Resilient: Achieving Risk Management Maturity in Credit Unions
July 2025
  1. Maximize Retention Rate with the Power of AI-Based Customer Churn Prediction
  2. Top Themes Reshaping Risk Management in Insurance Companies
  3. Key Success Drivers of AI in the Financial Sector for Smarter Risk Management
  4. Boosting CRE Loan Performance with Loan Portfolio Analytics and AI-Powered Risk Tiering
June 2025
  1. Cybersecurity for Community Banks in 2025: Top Challenges and Smart Strategies
  2. Navigating Uncertainty with an AI-Driven Regulatory Change Management Process
  3. How Generative AI in Risk Management Is Transforming Financial Services
May 2025
  1. Implementing Leading Strategies for Effective Risk Management in Community Bank
  2. Effective Risk Management for Credit Unions in 2025: Four Critical Risks and How to Respond
  3. How to Stay Ahead with an AI-Powered Regulatory Change Management Process
  4. How to Strengthen Your Regulatory Change Management Process in 2025
April 2025
  1. How 2025’s Top Risks Are Reshaping Risk Management in Insurance Companies
  2. Top Risks for Community Banks and Smarter Risk Management in 2025
  3. The Challenges of AI for Compliance: Global Trends and Innovations
  4. Mastering Regulatory Change in 2025: Navigating Divergence, Resilience, and Fairness with AI-Powered RCM
  5. How AI, Cybersecurity and Banking Modernization Are Transforming Community Banks in 2025
March 2025
  1. Responsible AI in the Financial Sector: Build Strategic Advantage Through Compliant AI Adoption
  2. Top 4 Internal and External Risks Impacting Community Banks
  3. 3 Drivers Accelerating the Need for AI in Regulatory Change Management
February 2025
  1. How Proactive Risk Management Strengthens Financial Oversight and Resilience
  2. AI in Finance: Strategic Approaches to Modern Compliance Management
  3. What Risks Should Credit Unions Prioritize in 2025? NCUA’s Supervisory Focus
January 2025
  1. Uncovering Innovation and Growth with Generative AI in Modern Banking
  2. Strengthening Effective Compliance Management for 2025 and Beyond
  3. Five Steps of the Risk Management Process 2025
December 2024
  1. 6 Top Strategies for Successful Execution of AI in Risk and Compliance
  2. Harness the Power of Generative AI in Finance for Transformative Results
  3. How Banks Can Enhance Dynamic Risk Management with Smarter Solutions
  4. A Six-Step Roadmap to Full-Scale Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Banking
  5. Exploring Data Analytics with Lumify360
November 2024
  1. Enhancing Effective Compliance Management Through Technology and Data-Driven Solutions
  2. Empowering Organizations Through an Effective Risk Management Framework
October 2024
  1. Why C-Suite Leaders Must Prioritize Dynamic Risk Management to Drive Success in 2025
  2. Unlocking the Power of AI in Financial Services for Growth and Transformation
September 2024
  1. Major Elements, Value and Benefits of Regulatory Change Management Process for Financial Enterprises
  2. 6 Reasons to Leverage Gen AI in Finance for Advanced Risk Management
August 2024
  1. Introducing Lumify360: SourceForge Podcast #11 with Carl McCauley, CEO of 360factors
July 2024
  1. The New Era of AI in Financial Services: Revolutionizing Productivity and Client Experiences
  2. Building a Smarter Ecosystem with AI in Financial Services
June 2024
  1. 7 Strategies for Insurance Compliance Management Process in 2024
  2. Five Steps Towards a Better Risk Management Framework
  3. Harnessing Generative AI for Improved Risk and Compliance Management in the Financial Sector
May 2024
  1. Generative AI in Banking and Financial Services: Navigating the Opportunities, Challenges and Risks
  2. The Four Pillars of Innovation: Redefining the Risk Management Function in Insurance
April 2024
  1. Regulatory Change Solution for Managing Change Intensity in 2024
  2. AI in Finance: Top 10 Components of a Generative AI Framework for Augmented Risk and Compliance
  3. Understanding and Using the Audit Risk Model and Its Components
March 2024
  1. AI in Financial Services: Unveiling the Revolutionary Impact on Risk Management
  2. Adopting Generative AI in Finance for Strengthening Risk and Compliance Management
  3. Three Major Stages to Successfully Perform Risk Assessments for Financial Organizations
  4. Key Factors to Improve Regulatory Change Management Process in Financial Organization
  5. Advancing the Risk Management Function Beyond Traditional Boundaries in the Insurance Sector
February 2024
  1. Transforming Strategic Risks into Opportunities with Effective Strategic Risk Management Practices
  2. Exploring Why Banks Are Turning to AI/Cognitive Analysis for Better Compliance Management Process
  3. Compliance and Regulatory Focus to Impact the Insurance Sector
  4. How ESG Regulations are Driving Innovation and Strategy in the Insurance Sector
  5. Regulatory Compliance Challenges
  6. Regulatory Harmony in 2024: Shaping the Future of Insurance Sector Compliance
January 2024
  1. 4 Critical Practices to Enhance Compliance Risk Management Framework in the Insurance Sector
  2. Unlock Excellence with the Modernizing Insurance Compliance Management Processes
  3. How AI in the Insurance Industry is Influencing Regulatory Changes in 2024
  4. 6 Major Elements to Focus on for Building an Excellent Compliance Management Framework
  5. Elevate Your Bank’s Compliance Management Process with 6 Strategic Moves in 2024
  6. 5 Key Challenges Affecting Third Party Risk Management Systems and Their Solutions Set
  7. Exploring Risk Management Trends to Impact the Insurance Sector
December 2023
  1. A Strategy for Navigating Fraud Risks and Building Resilience in the Insurance Sector
  2. Generative AI Risks in IT and Cybersecurity for Financial Organizations
  3. Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members in IT Risk Assessment
  4. Impact of Recent Regulatory Changes on IT and Cyber Risk Management
  5. Discover the 6 Evident Advantages of a Centralized and Improved Third-Party Risk Management
  6. 5 Considerations for Banks Implementing AI-Powered Solutions in Compliance Management Process
  7. How to Effectively Identify and Monitor Major IT and Cybersecurity Risks
November 2023
  1. How Banks Can Develop an Effective Framework for IT and Cyber Risk Assessment
  2. 2023 Global Survey Discovered 4 Dramatic Evolutions of Third-Party Risk Management Process
  3. Top 6 Foremost Practices for Effective Third-Party Risk Management
  4. Global Survey Shows Focus on Improved Third-Party Risk Management
  5. 6 Crucial Attributes to Enhance the Efficiency of Your Regulatory Change Management Process
  6. How do IT & Cybersecurity Risk Trends Impact Enterprise Strategies
October 2023
  1. Managing Static Reporting Requirements with a Dynamic Regulatory Change Management Process
  2. The Agencies’ Guidance for Developing and Implementing Third-Party Risk Management Best Practices in Banks
  3. How to Build Digital Risk Insights for Successful Risk Management
  4. Innovation Opportunities for Effective Third-Party Risk Management Solution
September 2023
  1. Explore the Intricate Synergy of Internal Audit and Risk Management
  2. Understanding Compliance Audit Processes and Why These Are Necessary for Financial Institutions 
  3. Top 10 Considerations to Boost Compliance Management Framework in 2023
  4. Explore CFPB Section 1071 Compliance Changes and the Next Steps for Financial Institutions
  5. Enhancing ERM Through the Effective Use of KRI Risk Management
  6. How Enterprise Risk Management Platform Protects Financial Institutions in Turbulent Times
  7. Important Aspects of the CFPB Regulation Section 1071 Rule Compliance
August 2023
  1. Impact of Section CFPB 1071 and Financial Institutions’ Compliance Concerns
  2. Unraveling the Barriers to Effective Third-Party Risk Management
  3. 7 Essential Risk Insights and Trends to Navigate the Uncertain Business Landscape
July 2023
  1. Third-Party Risk Management Best Practices for Financial Enterprises
  2. Understanding the Perks of Predictive Analytics in Risk Management Insights
June 2023
  1. The Six Leading Enterprise Risk Management Trends in 2024
April 2023
  1. 2024 Financial Services Industry’s Major Regulatory Challenges
March 2023
  1. Key Features to Ensure in Regulatory Change Management
January 2023
  1. Risk Management Challenges and Opportunities: How to Prepare for the Future
September 2022
  1. Managing Risk with Key Risk and Performance Indicators
August 2022
  1. How to Manage Third Party Risks in a Changing Regulatory Environment?
  2. FinTech Compliance: Biggest Compliance Issues and Steps to Follow AML Regulations
  3. Benefits of Business Intelligence for Financial Risk Management
  4. Why Does Combination of Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment Works Best?
July 2022
  1. Professional Risk Management Steps for Financial Success
  2. Regulatory Compliance and The Role of Data in Risk Management
  3. Managing Compliance Risks: Essential Tips for a Systematic Approach
  4. Automated Compliance Management – Key Reasons and Its Advantages for the Financial Sector
  5. How Machine Learning and AI Enables Proactive Risk Management for Banking and Financial Services Organizations
  6. Increase Revenue by Offering Banking-as-a-Service to FinTechs While Ensuring Regulatory Compliance and Minimizing Risks
June 2022
  1. The Necessity of Risk Monitoring and Controls Management
  2. Essential Regulations for Mortgage Compliance Management
  3. Why Digitization of Risk and Compliance Management is Necessary for the Financial Sector
  4. Automated Regulatory Compliance Management Trends for Banking and Fintech Services
  5. Fintech Compliance and Brief Review of US Fintech Regulations in 2022
  6. FinTech Compliance Concerns – Oversight and Best Practices to Reduce Risks
  7. Regulatory Compliance Challenges Fintech Organizations Face Today
May 2022
  1. How to Resolve Risk and Compliance Challenges with Predict360 + Tableau
  2. How to Reduce Risk in FinTech Operations
  3. Top 5 Biggest Risks Faced by Fintech Firms
April 2022
  1. Big Data’s Role in Modern FinTech Industry
February 2022
  1. Best Practices and Aligning Compliance with Corporate Goals; an Interview with Global Risk Community
  2. How FinTech is Revolutionizing Risk and Compliance; an Interview with Global Risk Community
  3. How Regulations Can Benefit Fintech and Crypto Businesses
  4. How Risk and Compliance Technology is Transforming the Financial Industry
January 2022
  1. The FinTech Approach to Compliance Management
  2. Increase Operational Efficiency and Productivity with Better Business Policy Management 
  3. What the OCC’s Acting Comptroller’s Speech Tells Banks
  4. 2022 – A Landmark Year for Regulatory Change in Banking and Financial Services
  5. How Risk and Compliance Technology Makes FIs More Secure
  6. How Compliance and Risk Technology Enhances Collaboration Throughout the Organization
December 2021
  1. Choosing the Right Risk and Compliance Technology Implementation
  2. Giving Banks a Competitive Edge with Risk and Compliance Technology
  3. Four Simple Steps to Boost Compliance Management
  4. Streamlining Compliance with Automated QA Testing
  5. How Risk Technology Transforms the RCSA Process
  6. Leading with Vision – How Risk Technology Helps Organizational Leaders 
  7. Crypto and Fintech Businesses Focusing on Regulatory Compliance
  8. Increasing Risk and Compliance Performance Sustainably with Technology
  9. How Risk and Compliance Technology Helps Financial Organizations Grow 
  10. How Does Machine Learning Impact the Future of Risk and Compliance Management?
November 2021
  1. Ushering in the Age of Risk and Compliance Integration
  2. Integrating Risk Assessments and Compliance Testing
  3. 4 Compliance Questions Every Financial Organization Should Ask Itself
  4. How Complaints Can Provide Insights for Risk and Compliance Managers
  5. COP26 Finance Day Puts the Focus on the Role of Financial Organizations
  6. 57% Of Directors Plan to Increase Risk Appetite – What This Means for Risk Managers
  7. 5 Major Regulatory Compliance Challenges for Business as 2021 Ends
  8. How Collaboration Tech Transforms Risk and Compliance Management
October 2021
  1. Connecting the Dots with Risk Management Technology
  2. The Evolution of Compliance Management in the Digital Age
September 2021
  1. Synchronizing Fintech and Banks with Compliance Management Platforms
  2. The Limits of Spreadsheets Versus Risk Management Platforms
  3. Assessing Vendor Risks in a Digital Age
  4. How Technology Helps in Managing Regulatory Examination
  5. How Real-Time Risk Analytics Help Financial Organizations
  6. Factors Fueling the Rise in Regtech Implementations
  7. Understanding the Recent Fintech Related Guidance Proposed by the Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC
  8. What the OCC’s FAQs Reveal About the Future of Banking and Fintech
August 2021
  1. 5 Significant Benefits of Regulatory Change Management Technology
  2. Intelligent Issue Management
  3. Understanding the Compliance Risk Priorities of Businesses in 2021
  4. Enhancing Third Party Risk and Compliance Management
  5. Solving the Biggest Challenges in Risk and Compliance
  6. How Climate Became a Top Priority of Financial Regulators
  7. Incorporating Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) into the Risk Management Framework
  8. How Risk Managers Can Deliver More Value to Their Organizations
  9. Risk and Compliance Technology Disruption
July 2021
  1. The Importance of KRIs in Risk Management
  2. Seamless Risk and Compliance Integration for Better Performance
  3. Getting Insights from Risk Reports
  4. How Compliance and Risk Technology Empowers the Board
  5. Balancing Disruption and Compliance – the Fintech Dilemma
June 2021
  1. How Regulatory Change Managers Can Succeed in 2021 and 2022
  2. The Factors Changing Regulatory Change Management in 2021
  3. How Automation is Reducing Audit Costs
  4. Understanding the Different Stages of Risk and Compliance Management
  5. Risk Libraries – an Exciting New Future for Risk Management
  6. Amplify Risk and Compliance Management in 5 Steps
  7. The New Executive Order on ESG Regulations
  8. Better Workflows for Improved Risk and Compliance Management
May 2021
  1. 3 Focus Areas for Success in Risk and Compliance
  2. The Critical Role of Risk and Compliance Reporting Automation
  3. How Technology Enhances Document and Policy Management
  4. How Regtech is Helping the Mortgage Industry Grow
  5. Rising to the Challenges of Compliance Management in 2021
  6. RCSA for Enterprise Risk Management Automation
April 2021
  1. The Critical Role That Risk Libraries Play in Risk Management Successes
  2. Evolving Regulatory Change Management Mindsets for 2021
  3. The Rising Need of Automation in Risk and Compliance Management
  4. The Lack of Risk Performance Metrics Impedes Banks
  5. The Impact of ESG on Compliance Management
  6. The Importance of Standardized Risk Definitions
  7. Creating Future Friendly Risk Technology
  8. Communication Challenges in Risk and Compliance Management
March 2021
  1. How Modern Compliance Platforms Help Compliance Executives Succeed
  2. The Role of Risk and Compliance Managers in Bank Transformations
  3. Creating Synergy in Risk and Compliance Services and Technology
  4. Transforming Your Risk Management Framework with Risk Libraries
  5. How the Modern Approach to Risk Management Evolved
  6. Climate Risks Will Soon Be an Essential Part of Risk Management Frameworks
  7. The Benefits of Making Risk and Compliance Data Accessible for Analytics
February 2021
  1. How Hassle-Free Bank Tech Implementations Deliver Results
  2. Integrating Credit Risk Metrics into Your Risk Management Framework
  3. The Benefits of a Data-Integrated Approach to Risk and Compliance
  4. Transforming a Static Risk Management Framework into a Dynamic System
  5. Risk Management Lessons for 2021 from the 1918 Pandemic
  6. The 4 Most Important Factors for Risk and Compliance Management in 2021
  7. How Regtech Simplifies Implementation of Regulatory Change Management Plans
January 2021
  1. How Regtech Helps in Making a Regulatory Change Management Plan
  2. How Regtech Improves Regulatory Change Assessments and Awareness
  3. Regtech, Suptech, and Regulatory Change Management in 2021
  4. Streamlining the Regulatory Change Management Process
  5. 360factors 2020 in Review
  6. 4 Reasons Compliance Teams Excel When Using Regtech
  7. How Peer Insights for Banks Unlock Performance Trends and Business Intelligence
  8. How Regtech Helps Compliance & Risk Teams to Collaborate on Regulatory Change Management
  9. What Businesses Need to for Regulatory Change Management in 2021
December 2020
  1. Two Important Data Security Benefits Amplified by Technology
  2. Compliance Management and the Concept of Wu Wei
  3. Risk Assessments, KRIs, and Risk Metrics – An Interview with CRO Parrish Little (Part 2)
  4. The Transformative Power of Audit Management Technology
  5. How Compliance Teams Can Add Value for Financial Organizations in 2021
  6. The Importance of Enabling Streamlined Compliance Monitoring and Testing
  7. Top Risks for Early 2021 – An Interview with Chief Risk Officer Parrish Little (Part 1)
November 2020
  1. Peer Insights – an Important Component of Risk Metrics
  2. 3 Important Regulatory Change Management Factors for 2021
  3. How Compliance Technology Helps Employees, Compliance Managers, and the Board
  4. How SOX Compliance Tools Can Enable Banks to Get Started with Compliance Technology
  5. Local Banks’ Advantages in a Digital Era
October 2020
  1. How Smaller Banks Can Use Their Size as a Competitive Advantage
  2. How Risk and Compliance Can Empower Bank Growth
  3. The Importance of Adding A.I. to the Risk Management Framework of Banks
  4. Achieving Disruptive Growth in Banking
  5. Enabling Real-Time Money Service Business Risk Assessments
  6. How Technology Increases the Speed of Compliance Workflows
  7. Understanding the Importance of Peer Benchmarking for Banks with the Help of Formula 1 Racing
  8. How Compliance Technology Helps Uphold Core SOX Compliance Principles
  9. How Technology Simplifies SOX Compliance Reporting
  10. Real Time Risk Appetite Tracking Importance
September 2020
  1. Protecting Local Banks Through Intelligent Risk Metrics
  2. The Advantages of Next-Gen Quarterly Certifications and Attestations Workflows
  3. Improving Compliance Management Performance Through Better Metrics and Workflows
  4. Making Risk Intelligence Accessible for Risk Managers
  5. 3 Important Risk Management Changes for Mid-Sized Banks
  6. 4 New Risk and Compliance Functions Made Possible by Advanced Technologies
  7. Comparing Cloud and On-Premise Bank Tech Security, Costs, and Accessibility
  8. The Risk Metrics Bankers are Tracking as the Economy Reopens
  9. Bringing Data Analytics to Operational Bank Risk Management
  10. Improving Compliance Management with a Sustainable and Systemic Approach
  11. How Banks Are Using Data to Predict Risks in An Uncertain Era
  12. How to Harness Peer Performance Data for Strategic Planning
August 2020
  1. 3 Major Obstacles to and Solutions for Digital Risk Transformation
  2. 4 New Features in Bank Risk Technology for 2020
  3. Enabling Real-Time Regulatory Change Management in Banks
  4. Risk Management for Midsize Banks Made Faster, Better and Affordable
  5. Can Your Financial Organization Afford Not to Invest in Risk Management Technology?
  6. How Advanced Risk Technologies Can Impact Strategic Growth
July 2020
  1. The Outcomes of a Mid-Sized Bank Risk Technology Implementation
  2. Making the Mid-Sized Bank Case for Digital Transformation
  3. Future Forward Risk Management Technologies for Mid-Sized Banks
  4. A Step by Step Guide to Risk and Compliance Technology Implementations
  5. Understanding the Unique Risk and Compliance Needs of Mid-Sized Banks
  6. Compliance Questions Every Bank Needs to Ask
  7. Increasing Bank Resilience During Turbulent Times with Technology
June 2020
  1. The Advantages of Modular Risk and Compliance Technology
  2. 4 Major Advantages of an Integrated Risk and Compliance Platform
  3. 3 Ways Risk and Compliance Technology Lowers Costs for Banks
  4. Redefining Risk and Compliance Management Standards with Technology
  5. 3 Unexpected Problems Solved by Risk Management Software for Banks
  6. 7 Compelling Benefits of Risk and Compliance Management Technology
  7. Enabling Innovation in Banking Through A.I. Powered Governance
  8. The Evolving Role of Compliance Managers in the Financial Sector
  9. How Risk and Compliance Technology Can Help Mid-Sized Banks
May 2020
  1. The Benefits of A.I. Powered Risk and Compliance Automation for Banks
  2. Enabling A Better Relationship With Regulatory Bodies Through Technology
  3. Trends That Will Shape The Future of Bank Risk And Compliance Management
  4. The Importance Of Digital Risk KRIs For Mid-Sized And Community Banks
  5. Picking The Right Leading And Lagging Bank KRIs
  6. The Advantages Of Cloud Risk And Compliance Management Frameworks
  7. Understanding The Factors for Successful Risk And Compliance Technology Implementations
  8. The Top Key Risk Indicator Categories for Bankers
  9. Rethinking Risk Management For The Future of Banking
April 2020
  1. 3 IT Policies That Can Enable Better Compliance Management
  2. How Digital Payments, Contact-less Banking, and the Blockchain Will Affect Compliance Management
  3. Creating a Responsive Infrastructure to Manage Covid-19 Risks
  4. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Domains of Bank Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management
  5. Managing Risk and Compliance tasks when the Team is Working From Home
  6. Securing the Future of your Business with Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool
  7. Enabling real-time WFH collaboration with financial risk management software
  8. How the pandemic has changed the role of risk managers
  9. Optimizing Risk Management for the Future of Banking and Finance
  10. Optimizing Risk Management for the Future of Banking and Finance
  11. How 2020 Will Impact Risk Management
March 2020
  1. Integrating Risk and Compliance for Enhanced Insights
  2. 6 Steps for a Proactive Mid-Sized Bank Risk Management Framework
  3. Compliance Management in a Work From Home Environment
  4. Risk Mitigation and Risk Tracking – The Two Halves of Risk Management
  5. 8 Productivity Tips for Financial Professionals Working from Home
  6. How Modern Tech Can Help Optimize Risk Management During Economic Downturns
  7. Enhancing the Speed of Risk Mitigation
  8. How Next-Gen Risk Analysis Tools are Optimizing Risk Management
February 2020
  1. Improving Enterprise Compliance Management in 4 steps
  2. Bank Risk Management Technology for The 4 Biggest Bank’s Risks
  3. Evolving Bank Risk Monitoring and Controls Through Technology
  4. How Automated Risk Assessment is Changing Risk Management
  5. Generating Business Intelligence Through Better Risk and Compliance Management
  6. Revolutionizing Risk Assessments with Automated Control Management
January 2020
  1. The 10 Step Guide to Acquiring Risk and Compliance Technology
  2. From Automation to Accountability: How Today’s Technology Manages End-to-End Regulatory Change Management
  3. 6 Essential Features for Compliance Monitoring and Testing
  4. Smarter Controls for Risk Management
  5. Recapping 360factors’ 2019
  6. 6 Steps of RCSA Automation & Standardization
  7. Eliminating Risk and Compliance Blind Spots with Predictive Technology
December 2019
  1. Does Your Bank Need a Software Tool or a Solution Approach?
  2. Using Internal and External Data for Risk Insights and Predictions
  3. Using Key Risk Indicators for Enhanced Risk Predictions
November 2019
  1. Automating RCSA for Enterprise Risk Management
  2. Key Metrics for Improving Risk and Compliance Program Performance
  3. Improving Risk and Compliance in 2020 While staying within the Budget
  4. Insights and Operational Risk Management
October 2019
  1. Rethinking Risk and Compliance for the Future of Banking
  2. The Future of Regulatory Change Management
  3. Detect Issues and Violations Early Through Compliance Monitoring
  4. Overcoming the Diminishing Returns in Risk and Compliance Management
  5. Identifying and Eliminating the Time Sinks in Regulatory Change Management
September 2019
  1. The Importance of GRC Technology Convenience for Employees
  2. Improving Risk and Compliance Results With Smarter Data
August 2019
  1. Improving Compliance QA Testing Through Automation
  2. The Impact of Specialized Solutions on Compliance Monitoring Programs
  3. Staying Ahead of Regulatory Changes in the Financial Sector
  4. Augmenting QA Testing to Achieve Better Compliance
July 2019
  1. Getting Better Insights from Risk Reports
  2. High Risk Banking Challenges
June 2019
  1. Becoming an Organization That Embraces Regulatory Change
  2. The 4 Necessary Components of A Sustainable Risk Management Framework
May 2019
  1. The 3 Questions The DOJ Wants You To Answer About Your Compliance Program
  2. Do Your Organization’s Compliance Officers Have The Compliance Tools They Need?
  3. 4 Steps to Improve Compliance Management
April 2019
  1. Does Your Business Have a Proactive Risk Management Program?
  2. Geopolitics, Sanctions, And The Changing Role Of Compliance Management
  3. Minimizing Internal Audit Risk Factors
  4. Workflow Management Software for Growing Businesses
  5. Improving the Enterprise Cyber Risk Management Framework
  6. Compliance, Regulations, and Born Digital Competitors of Banks
  7. Enhancing Document Management Workflow Through Technology
  8. Regulatory Affairs Management Is Changing Due To Advancement In Tech
  9. The Business Benefits of Learning Management Software
March 2019
  1. The Future of GRC Solutions
  2. Learning Management Software Uses and Benefits for Businesses
  3. How Document Management Systems Help Businesses
  4. Enterprise Risk Management and Financial Risk Management for Banks
  5. Four Essential Cyber Security Software Tools
  6. The Basics of Regulatory Compliance
  7. Finding the Right GRC Platform
  8. Why the Risk Management Approach Works so Well for Businesses
  9. A Concise Introduction to Vendor Management
  10. The Basics of Regulatory Policy and How it Works
  11. The Basics of Governance, Risk and Compliance
  12. What is an Audit Process, and How does GRC Improve it?
  13. The Importance of a GRC Access Control Implementation
  14. Volkswagen Announcement Reaffirms the Importance of Culture of Compliance
  15. Understanding PCI Compliance for Small Businesses
  16. Risk Management Principles for the Future
February 2019
  1. The Iran Sanction Compliance Minefield; a sign of things to come?
  2. Delivering Instant Banking Through GRC to Meet Customer Needs
  3. Culture Remains One of the Most Important Factors in Improving Compliance and Risk Management
  4. Keynote address at the 13th Annual Audit Conference highlights the importance of audit technology
  5. Governor Michelle W. Bowman Talks About Lowering Regulatory Compliance Requirements for Community Banks
  6. How Workflow Automation Increases Productivity Exponentially
  7. Federal Regulators Issue Joint Statement Encouraging BSA/AML Technology Innovation
  8. How Small Businesses Can Mitigate the Risk of Compliance Failure
  9. How GRC Helps with the Vendor Management Lifecycle
  10. Operational Audits: Going Beyond Internal Audits 
  11. Automating Enterprise Risk Assessment and Tracking for a Streamlined GRC Experience
  12. Compliance Automation – Manual Compliance Management Is Holding Banking Back
January 2019
  1. How GRC Can Help Minimize AML Compliance Penalties
  2. Why Flexibility is Needed to Face Banking Regulations in 2019
  3. Why Managing Compliance Manually is a Sisyphean Task
  4. Metrics That Help Gauge GRC Performance and Effectiveness
  5. Creating an Organizational Culture Where GRC Thrives
  6. Streamlining the Vendor Management Process 
  7. The Difference Made by a Proactive Compliance Risk Management Approach
  8. How Regulatory Change Management Technology Is Changing Banking
  9. Four Ways Internal Audit Software Can Help Your Business
  10. Why Businesses Struggle with Cyber Security Management
  11. Change Management Plans for Expanding a Financial Business to a New Region
December 2018
  1. Bringing Quantitative Risk Analysis to Enterprise Risk Management
  2. Creating a Sustainable Regulatory Change Management Process
  3. Three Risk Management Techniques for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses
  4. What Fire Safety Teaches Us About Cyber Security Management
  5. Why Your Business Needs Regulatory Compliance Software 
  6. The 5 Steps of Creating a Cyber Security Risk Management Strategy
  7. The Business Benefits of Regulatory Change Management Tools
  8. Managing Compliance Risks Needs Synergy Between Culture and Technology
  9. Creating a Risk Management Plan to Ensure Business Continuity
  10. IT GRC’s Growth Is Driven by Increasing Market Demands
  11. Four Policy and Procedure Benefits of Document Tracking
  12. Four Steps for Better Vendor Compliance Management
  13. Third Party Vendor Management for Small Businesses
November 2018
  1. Why Tech Skills Are Now a Necessity for Compliance Risk Managers
  2. GRC Based Risk Mitigation Strategies
  3. Creating and Maintaining a Policy and Procedure Manual for Your Business
  4. Expanding the Role of Regulatory Compliance Managers
  5. How BFSI is Fueling the Rise of GRC
  6. The Problems with Regulatory Reporting – and How Technology can Fix Them
  7. Three Unexpected Business Benefits of ERM Software
  8. Achieving Continuous Compliance through a GRC Platform
  9. The Future of Compliance Solutions
  10. Five Key Steps to Improve Regulatory Compliance
  11. Six Benefits of using a Document Management System for Policies
  12. Why do we need GRC Technology?
  13. Compliance Management Checklist for Small Businesses 
  14. What is GRC? and How it Empowers Cyber Security
October 2018
  1. Three Compliance Management Tools Every Manager Needs
  2. The Banking Royal Commission Report Highlights the Importance of GRC Compliance, Risk and Audit Tools
  3. Increasing regulatory pressure is leading to a huge surge in compliance and risk jobs
  4. Managing Risks – Both Known and Unknown
  5. Increasing Compliance Transparency for Internal and External Audits
  6. Leading the Front Line of Defense in Compliance as a Compliance Manager
  7. Finding Issues and Conflicts Before the Regulators Do; A GRC Approach
  8. Three Benefits of Vendor Management Systems
  9. Creating an Effective Corporate Compliance Program
September 2018
  1. The Key to Better Policy and Procedure Management
  2. Increasing Audit Efficiency and Frequency Through Audit Management
  3. Bringing policy and procedure management into the digital age
  4. GRC Technology and Compliance Solutions in the Digital Age
  5. Creating a sustainable policy and procedure management framework
  6. Technology Based Perception of Enterprise Risk Management
June 2018
  1. Holistic risk and compliance management
  2. The Right Regulatory Change Management Framework
  3. Using automation to implement compliance management the right way
  4. Make compliance management faster, better, and smarter
  5. Regulatory change management’s role in the transformation of the energy industry
  6. How audit management systems help regional banks
  7. How audit management systems help regional banks
  8. The future merger of risk management, compliance management, and sustainability management
  9. The Value of Risk for Banks
  10. The New Role of Compliance Managers in the automation era
  11. The importance of vendor management systems for small and mid-sized banks
  12. 4 Ways to Ensure Regulatory Compliance
  13. The 3 key areas where compliance automation saves banks the most time
May 2018
  1. A new and better approach towards tracking regulatory changes
  2. Building a compliance culture to maximize earnings and minimize risks
April 2018
  1. Why Compliance Management Programs need to be automated
February 2018
  1. The Future of Compliance Management
January 2018
  1. The Power of Compliance Calendar
  2. 5 Benefits of Effective Compliance Management Solutions
  3. How to Keep Track of Policies?
December 2017
  1. Develop a Financial Risk Management Plan for Your Small Business
November 2017
  1. The perks of having a Compliance Management Solution
  2. How to streamline Regulatory Change Management?
October 2017
  1. How an Effective Safety Management System Can Help?
  2. Automate Regulatory Change to Improve Business Continuity
September 2017
  1. Challenges for Compliance Management in Today’s World
  2. Why Banks must have an effective Compliance Management System?
  3. How to Manage Increasing Internal Audit Needs with Less Resources?
  4. Benefits of an Automated Regulatory Change Management Program
  5. How to Avoid Identity Theft
  6. How Banks can Ensure Compliance with BSA/AML Regulations
  7. How to Ensure Effective Compliance Management
  8. How to Deal with Bank Information Security
  9. Perks of Effective Policy and Procedure Management
  10. 7 Ways to Benefit with the Use of Vendor Management System
  11. Why Increased Focus on Managing Risks Is Required
  12. 7 Elements of an Effective Risk Management Program
  13. 5 Ways to Ensure Regulatory Compliance
  14. 5 Reasons to Implement a Vendor Management System
  15. How Banks Can Ensure Effective Cyber Security Management?
  16. How Banks can Ensure Effective Compliance Risk Management
  17. How to Proactively Manage Your Risks?
  18. 5 Reasons to implement an Effective Learning Management System
  19. Why Automated Audit Management System is Important?
  20. Benefits of an Automated Compliance Management System
  21. Why do Companies Need an Integrated Approach to Policy and Procedure Management?
  22. Benefits of an Automated Vendor Risk Management System
August 2017
  1. Top Reasons to Implement an Automated Regulatory Change Management Program
  2. Essential Elements of an Effective Enterprise Risk Management Solution
  3. Reducing the Cost of Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC)
  4. How to Ensure Effective Safety Management Across All Locations?
  5. What is the Key for Banks to Succeed in a Highly-Regulated Environment?
  6. Regulatory Risk Management in the Healthcare Industry
  7. GRC in the Insurance Industry
  8. Why Organizations Should Use a Learning Management System?
  9. Role of Top Management in Regulatory Compliance
July 2017
  1. What Are the Key Features of An Effective Audit Management System?
  2. Role of Vendors in Today’s Competitive World
  3. Why Banks Need an Effective Enterprise Risk Management System?
  4. Why You Need to Have an Effective Automated and Integrated Policy and Procedure Management System?
  5. Importance of Regulatory Change Management Program
  6. Why Financial Institutions Should Automate and Integrate Compliance Management System?
  7. How to Deal with Communication and Accessibility of Policy & Procedures?
  8. How to Manage Risk Well?
June 2017
  1. Why Focus on Continuous Performance Management?
  2. Why Implement an Effective Audit Management System?
  3. Perks of Effective Hotline Reporting Software
  4. How to Ensure Effective Policy and Procedure Management?
  5. Building a Strong Risk Management System
  6. Why Implement a Regulatory Change Management System?
  7. Why Implement an Effective Safety Management System?
  8. Shift in Vendor Management Process
  9. Need for Effective Policy & Procedure Management
  10. How to Ensure Regulatory Compliance in Today’s Complex World?
May 2017
  1. Do You Need an Effective Safety Management System?
  2. Need for Effective Enterprise Risk Management
  3. How to Manage Environmental Health and Safety Risks?
  4. Why Effective Vendor Management Is Important?
  5. Is Your Safety Management System Effective?
  6. How to Overcome Key Challenges in Regulatory Change Management?
  7. Increased Workplace Protection and Fall Prevention Training Required for Employees
  8. Why Automate Policy and Procedure Management?
April 2017
  1. Top 5 Reasons to Use a Quality Management System
  2. Effective Risk Management
  3. Why Learning Management System is Important?
  4. Why Automate and Integrate Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management?
March 2017
  1. How to Ensure Compliance in Current Complex World?
  2. How to Efficiently Manage Vendors?
  3. Four Key Steps for Successful Audit Management
  4. How to Ensure Successful Safety Management?
  5. Five Steps for Successful Document Management
  6. How Financial Institutions Can Overcome Fraud and Money Laundering?
  7. How to Ensure Successful Compliance Management?
February 2017
  1. Why Automate and Integrate GRC?
  2. Benefits of an Automated Audit Management System
  3. What is Effective Performance Management?
  4. How to Efficiently Manage Operational Risk?
  5. How to Stay Current with Changing Regulations?
  6. Importance of Effective Ethics and Compliance Program
  7. Key Elements of an Effective Regulatory Change Management Program
January 2017
  1. Perks of an Automated and Integrated Approach to Risk and Compliance Management
  2. Essential Elements of an Effective Whistleblower Hotline and Reporting Program
  3. Automated and Integrated Safety Management System
December 2016
  1. Proactive Enterprise Risk Management Approach
  2. Effective Management of Sediment Dredge Material Evaluations
  3. Is Your Audit Management System Intelligent?
November 2016
  1. GRC Automation: Revolutionize Business through Insight, Intelligence and Integrity
  2. Enterprise Wide Cyber Risk Management
September 2016
  1. Regulated Use of Blockchain Technology for Financial Services Industry
  2. Are Robots Taking over Banking Industry?
August 2016
  1. OSHA Safety Violation Fines Increased by Almost 78%
  2. OSHA Strikes Again: NJ Contractor Gets $71,400 Fine for 29 Safety Violations
  3. Understanding Highlighted & Under-Reported Healthcare Compliance Issues Of 2015/2016
  4. Difficult Times: Goldman Sachs Sued for $510 million along with Regulatory Penalties?
July 2016
  1. Federal Regulator Warns Banks about Complying with BSA/AML Laws
June 2016
  1. Are US Businesses Ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
  2. The ACA & Healthcare Outpatient Services Impact Perspective
May 2016
  1. Port of Houston Poised for Big Growth
  2. Why Automate Your Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Functions
  3. What are Best Practices for Hotline Reporting?
  4. Why Banks are Apprehensive to Fully Embrace Fintech
  5. Why Is It So Hard To Comply With My Air Permit?
  6. Compliance Teams Worried over Governments Increased Scrutiny
  7. Why Performance Management Matters
  8. Why Safety Management Matters
  9. Integrated Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC)
  10. Why Hotline Reporting Matters
April 2016
  1. Why Reducing Your Cost of Compliance can Save you Money
  2. Risky Business: Healthcare Compliance is a Priority over Data Security!
  3. What Makes a Leader Inspirational?
  4. Are You Prepared for Large Scale Port Infrastructure Expansion?
  5. Why Consult a Regulatory Expert?
  6. Nonbank Mortgage Servicers May be Feeling the Regulatory Reach
  7. So you think Safety and Compliance Don’t Matter?
  8. Stop Doing GRC Manually
March 2016
  1. Why you Should Manage Tomorrow’s Surprise Today
  2. Risk, No Action
  3. Deploying A Successful EHS Management System
  4. Dealing with Compliance Mandates
  5. Global Risk Management Survey
  6. Audit Management in Healthcare
  7. Regulatory Reporting: Transformation is a Reality
  8. When you’re sick take medicine – Don’t tough it out!
February 2016
  1. Why Banks need to Rethink Compliance?
  2. Effective Compliance Management Through Automation
  3. Why Compliance “Does” Matter
  4. How using Key Risk Indicators improves your Risk Management Process
  5. 5 Reasons Why You Should Automate Incident Management
January 2016
  1. How Using Predictive Analytics with your Compliance Automation Solution Accelerates ROI
  2. High Operational Risk = High Insurance Premiums
  3. Obama for 3000 new Regulations for 2016 – On top of 3300 issued in 2015
December 2015
  1. Avoid Risks Through KYV or Know Your Vendors Phenomenon
November 2015
  1. What are the Top Chief Compliance Officers in Banks Worried About?
October 2015
  1. How are you Managing and Assessing Performance?
  2. Is Your Regulatory Change Management Program Contributing to Operational Excellence?
September 2015
  1. EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule Challenged by TCEQ
  2. Training and the FDA – What do They Require?
  3. Forget Regulations !! Ignore Compliance !!!
  4. Electronic Money with Compliance Hazards
  5. Workplace Safety: 5 Reasons to have an Electronic JSA
August 2015
  1. Enterprise Risk & Compliance Management – Get off the Edge
  2. KYC – A Genie in a Bottle
  3. Traditional VS Breakthrough – Reduce Risk and Drive Operational Excellence
July 2015
  1. Changing the Future of Finance – Managing Risk & Compliance Through an Automated Platform
  2. Big Data and Environmental Management Systems
  3. Improving Business Performance by Reducing Contract Management Risk
  4. Lifeblood of your Compliance Program – Risk Assessments and Auditing Internal Controls
  5. Lifeblood of your Compliance Program – Risk Assessments and Auditing Internal Controls
  6. Wait for Next Generation Technology Tomorrow or Purchase it Today?
  7. How to Build Successful Operational Risk Assessments
June 2015
  1. Managing FATCA Compliance Processes Through Software Automation
  2. How can you Avoid Regulatory Fines with a Dynamic DMS?
May 2015
  1. Three Areas of Impact for a Robust Compliance Management System
  2. Four Areas of Impact for a Robust AML Management System
April 2015
  1. 360factors attends 131st Annual Texas Bankers Association (TBA) Convention
  2. Join 360factors at the 2015 Texas Bankers Association Annual Convention in Austin
  3. Cutting Compliance Costs and Making Regulatory Management More Efficient Amidst Rising Regulatory Scrutiny
  4. RSA and 360factors FREE Dredge Best Practices Seminar on 23 April
  5. Why Implement Regulatory Change Management?
March 2015
  1. How Efficient and Effective is Your Compliance Program?
  2. Achieving a Suitable Line of Defense Against Fraud and Money Laundering
  3. Exploring Compliance Outsourcing and Managed Service Vendors?
  4. CMS and Regulations: How It All Began
February 2015
  1. Effective Change Management is Critical to Compliance
  2. 360factors at EUEC 2015
  3. Three-Pronged Approach to Successful GRC Transformation
  4. Training and the FDA – What do they want?
  5. Join 360factors at the 23rd ISO 9000 World Conference
January 2015
  1. Vapor Screening Considerations
  2. Managing Regulatory Change and Compliance
December 2014
  1. Perspectives: Automation and Banking
  2. Integrating GRC and Strategic Planning: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
  3. The Significance of Regulatory Change and Automation
  4. FDA vs. EU Inspections: Similarities and Differences
October 2014
  1. Implications of a Safety Management System
  2. 360factors at the 2014 Chicagoland Compliance Association Annual Conference
  3. Ed Sattar, 360factors’ CEO was Invited to Speak at the Global Compliance Solutions 10th Annual AML/Compliance & Financial Crime Conference
  4. Benefits of a Successful Safety Management System
September 2014
  1. 2014 Chicagoland Compliance Association Annual Conference
  2. How to Stay Current with Regulatory Change
  3. Visit us at NSC Congress & Expo
  4. Factors that Optimize Learning to Assure Reliability. Is it just Process Safety?
August 2014
  1. Community Banks Are Struggling with New Regulations and Compliance Cost
  2. 9 Ways to Improve Safety Performance in your Organization
  3. Back in Time: Higher Banking Fines Setting Precedence in Regulatory Requirements
  4. Have You Ever Felt Pressure from Management to Complete Jobs Quickly, Even if Safety is Compromised?
July 2014
  1. An Effective Compliance Management System for Bank and Non-Banking Institutions
  2. Business Process – Regulatory Workflow
June 2014
  1. Best Practices for Compliance Automation
  2. Process Safety Managers Have Their Work Cut Out for them
March 2014
  1. Computer Safety at Workplace – Simple Tips to Deal with Internal Risks
  2. Japan initiates Cyber Security Attacks in Preparation for Olympics
  3. Protecting communication channels – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
  4. Managing Multiple Facets of Risk
  5. Steps to Pass Regulatory Compliance Audit and Inspections
  6. Training Verification
  7. 360factors Receives the 2014 GRC Technology Innovation Award by Independent Analyst Firm GRC 20/20
  8. The Importance of Usability in GRC Software
  9. Process Control System Security Guidance for the Water Sector
February 2014
  1. ROI on Regulatory Compliance Software
  2. How are Operators Addressing Contractor Management Under SEMS?- SEMS Workshop Recap
  3. Combining Infrastructure Resiliency Programs
  4. Why OSHA Developed Process Safety Management (PSM)?
  5. What will GRC be Like in the Future?
  6. Baby Steps to Compliance – A Safety Manager’s Story
  7. What are SEMS Auditors Interested in Seeing During a SEMS Audit
  8. What are SEMS Auditors Interested in Seeing During a SEMS Audit
  9. Private Cloud versus Public Cloud
  10. Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices: Closing the GEP
January 2014
  1. What are some of the best industry conferences to attend?
  2. Financial Regulatory Compliance in 2013: The Year That Was – Well, Sort Of
  3. 5 Steps to Selecting a Regulatory Compliance Software Solution
  4. Barclays Fined by FINRA more than $3.75 million
  5. The Benefits of a SaaS-Based Solution
  6. Target’s Information Security Breach
  7. CFPB and BSA/AML Compliance
  8. Dodd Frank Conflict Minerals – Compliance without Jumping Through the Paperwork?
  9. Five Steps to Select a Safety Management System
  10. Five Steps to Select a Safety Management System
December 2013
  1. Safety Qualitative Field Risk Assessment and Perfectionism
  2. Royalty Tracking – What Role Could SEMS Play in the Realm of Financial Due Diligence?
  3. Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosure
  4. Information Security Compliance: How Safe is Your Information?
  5. What is the Purpose of the Increasing Number of Regulations?
  6. Opinion: Would You Manage Your Accounting Out of a Spreadsheet?
  7. ERM Infrastructure
  8. My Thought and Question for the Weekend!
  9. Comprehensive Assessment: How to Build a Safety Culture?
  10. The Doors Revolve While We Devolve
November 2013
  1. What is One Overlooked Reason for Workplace Accidents?
  2. Negligence and Ignorance: Which is Deadlier?
  3. BSEE Discontinuing Seven-Day Courtesy Notification of Annual Compliance Audit and Engaging in Environmental Enforcement
  4. Risk Management – Who Owns Your Top Risks
  5. Compliance Technology: Friend or Foe of Consulting Firms?
  6. Will the Excel Spreadsheet Ever Die In The Audit World?
October 2013
  1. Regulatory Reach and – Oops! – Grasp: Part II
  2. Choosing a Compliance Solution
  3. Is Knowing Enough? Compliance vs. Safety
  4. There is Always Risk – Residual VS Inherent is the Key
  5. The Connotation of “Customization”
  6. Does Automation Eliminate All Manual Efforts?
  7. 360factors at the Chicago Land Compliance Association Conference
  8. The Processes That Can be Automated and Processes that will Continue to be Manual?
  9. Writing Offshore Well Abandonment Regulations – Thinking Outside The Box
September 2013
  1. CFPB Consumer Complaint Site: Should it also have reviews.
  2. A Closer Look at GRC – Governance
  3. Do Offshore Operating Personnel Know the Outer Continental Lands Shelf Act?
  4. Know Your End User, Not Just the Industry
  5. Banks Are Not the Only Sector Susceptible to Compliance Failure or Are they?
  6. The Rising Cost of GRC
  7. The Role of Software in GRC Space
  8. Time and GRC
August 2013
  1. CFPB: Fixing both is a Priority or a Paradigm of Stress
  2. SEMS Element #9 – Pre-Startup Review
  3. The Compassion in Compliance: Would GRC exist without regulators?
  4. SEMS Element #8- Mechanical Integrity
  5. The Fifth of the Five C’s of Compliance: Compliance
  6. An Integrated Approach to Banking/Credit Union Regulatory Compliance Management
  7. The Emergence of Chief Compliance Officers (CCO)
  8. GRC and Triple Bottom Line – Profit
  9. The Third of the Five C’s of Compliance: Consulting
  10. The Third of the Five C’s of Compliance: Consulting
  11. Continuous Compliance Culture
  12. Operating Procedures and Safe Work Practices
  13. GRC and Triple Bottom Line – Planet
July 2013
  1. Chris Duden Joins 360factors
  2. The First of the Five C’s of Compliance: Change
  3. How Compliance-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Regulated World
  4. SEMS Element #6- Safe Work Practices and Contractor Selection
  5. GRC and Triple Bottom Line – People
  6. Regulatory Knowledge Base – The “Rosetta Stone” of Regulatory Compliance
  7. The Unbearable Cost of Noncompliance
  8. Understanding Regulatory Change Management
  9. Using Cloud-Based Software to Streamline Regulatory Workflow Automation
June 2013
  1. SEMS Element 4 – Effective Management of Change
  2. The Core Functions of GRC Software
  3. 360factors at the Center for Offshore Safety: First Annual Forum
April 2013
  1. SEMS Element #7- Training- What is periodic?
  2. SEMS Element #7- Training- Training Components
  3. SEMS Element #7- Training- Competency Management
  4. SEMS Webinar Recording: Part 2 Element 1- You Through your Management.
  5. SEMS Webinar Replay: Part 1, Element 12 – “Start your Audit Planning”
  6. SEMS Element #1- Designate Individuals
  7. SEMS Element #1- Provide Resources (Policies and Procedures)
March 2013
  1. 3rd Party or not to 3rd Party, that is the question..
  2. What are SEMS training requirements?