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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending September 20, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to be aware of to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes, hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by the Voice of Compliance, Tom Fox. Get your weekly filling of compliance stories with 10 for 10, a podcast produced by the Compliance Podcast Network.

Top stories include:

  • A former Navy No. 2 was sentenced to 6 years for corruption. (NBC)
  • BCG employees to take Humanitarian Principles training. (FT)
  • DOJ is about to cut loose the Binance monitor. (Bloomberg)
  • Trump calls for the end of quarterly reporting for public compliance. (NYT)
  • Trump claims there is a deal with TikTok. (FT)
  • Marcos says no one will be spared in the corruption investigation. (Reuters)
  • First AI CCO. (BBC)
  • CFTC probes Google, Amazon over advertising. (Reuters)
  • Can Zoom make your meetings better? (NYT)
  • DOJ is looking at Uber for Disabilities violations. (WSJ)

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: September 15, 2025, The AI CCO Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • First AI CCO. (BBC)
  • CFTC probes Google, Amazon over advertising. (Reuters)
  • Can Zoom make your meetings better? (NYT)
  • DOJ is looking at Uber for Disabilities violations. (WSJ)
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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending September 13, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to be aware of to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes, hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by the Voice of Compliance, Tom Fox. Get your weekly filling of compliance stories with 10 for 10, a podcast produced by the Compliance Podcast Network.

Stories include:

  • NYT Magazine on Epstein and JP Morgan. (NYT)
  • Was it fraud or something else? (FT)
  • Citi and UBS settle with the CFTC over commodity trading compliance violations. (Bloomberg)
  • Goldman Sachs GC was once Epstein’s administrator. (WSJ)
  • The son of a Chinese regulator under investigation is detained. (FT)
  • Gen Z protestors force recognition of Nepali PM. (Reuters)
  • Using AI to detect AI-generated fake receipts. (NYT)
  • The challenges of responsible AI development. (Forbes)
  • Former Head of Security for WhatsApp Sues Meta. (NYT)
  • CFTC ends Enforcement Sprint. (ComplianceWeek)

You can check out the Daily Compliance News for four curated compliance and ethics-related stories each day, here.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: September 11, 2025, The Lest We Never Forget Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Citi and UBS settle with the CFTC over commodity trading compliance violations. (Bloomberg)
  • Goldman Sachs’ GC was once Epstein’s administrator. (WSJ)
  • The son of a Chinese regulator under investigation has been detained. (FT)
  • Gen Z protestors force recognition of Nepali PM. (Reuters)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: September 9, 2025, The End of Enforcement Sprint Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Abramovich is under investigation in the Isle of Jersey. (The Guardian)
  • Former Head of Security for WhatsApp Sues Meta. (NYT)
  • CFTC ends Enforcement Sprint. (Compliance Week)
  • Brazil cracks down on fraud in fuel and fintech. (Bloomberg)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: June 6, 2025, The Good Punishment Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, all relevant to the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Mongolian PM ousted over corruption. (Aljazeera)
  • No ditherers, please. (FT)
  • Will there be a one-commissioner CFTC? (Bloomberg Law)
  • Why the Wells Fargo asset cap was a good punishment.  (Bloomberg)
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: February 27, 2025, The Enemy of the West Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News—all from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • CFTC to give credit for self-disclosure. (WSJ)
  • The US is now the enemy of the West. (FT)
  • GenAI in the legal industry. (Reuters)
  • AI-powered RegTech. (PYMNTS)

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: June 20, 2024 – The Beyond the ‘G’ Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Why the ’G’ in ESG is the key.  (Forbes)
  • China fights ‘deep-seated’ corruption in the armed forces. (Reuters)
  • Trafigura spanked for impeding whistleblowers. (WSJ)
  • ROAR in retirement. (NYT)

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Daily Compliance News: May 3, 2024 – The TikTok and Bribery Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • TikTok discloses internal investigations of bribery and corruption.  (South China Morning Post)
  • CFTC names its first AI chief. (WSJ)
  • Bill Hwang (of Archegos; remember him) goes to trial on May 8. (Bloomberg)
  • The Exxon Pioneer merger was approved (with a caveat).  (NYT)

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds: Binance Pays $4+ Billion for Criminal Acts

The award-winning, Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. Looking for some hard-hitting insights on sanctions compliance? Look no further than Compliance into the Weeds! In this episode, Tom and Matt take a deep dive into the Binance enforcement action brought by the DOJ, OFAC, FinCEN, and the CFTC.

In a landmark case that has sent shockwaves through the cryptocurrency industry, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, has been slapped with a staggering $4.3 billion fine for intentionally violating anti-money laundering laws and other financial regulations. Tom views this as a significant turning point, marking the end of the libertarian experiment around cryptocurrency and alternative financial systems. He believes that the hefty penalties imposed on Binance, along with other smaller enforcement actions in the crypto world, are a clear message from regulators that the crypto sector must comply with US laws and regulations.

Matt echoes Fox’s sentiments, emphasizing that the enforcement actions against Binance and other cryptocurrency ventures signify the end of the libertarian experiment around cryptocurrency. He underscores the deliberate and intentional nature of Binance’s violations, stating that they knowingly deceived and evaded compliance regulations. Join Tom Fox and Matt Kelly on this episode of the Compliance into the Weeds podcast as they delve deeper into this case and its implications for the cryptocurrency industry.

 Key Highlights:

  • Binance’s $4.3 Billion AML Violation
  • Deceptive Evasion of Regulations in Cryptocurrency
  • Extensive Monitorship to Address Compliance Deficiencies
  • Binance’s Non-Compliance Leads to Legal Consequences
  • Personal Liability of the CCO
  • End of Crypto?

 Resources:

Matt’s blog post in Radical Compliance

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