SEC July 29, 2026
Ex-SEC Chief Jay Clayton Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence
Clayton will replace Bill Pulte, whose temporary appointment last month riled many Democrats after the resignation of former DNI Tulsi Gabbard.
PCAOB June 26, 2026
PCAOB Chief Auditor to Step Down
The PCAOB will begin a search for a new chief auditor after Barbara Vanich announced she will leave the post on July 15 after more than 17 years with the audit regulator.
SEC June 25, 2026
SEC Accuses North Carolina Man of Fraud Involving Napster Music Shares. Yes, Napster
A Mooresville, NC, man and his lawyer are facing a lawsuit from the SEC, claiming they fraudulently obtained 239 million shares of stock from a company that took over Napster, a pioneer of peer-to-peer music sharing.
PCAOB June 24, 2026
PCAOB Wants to Hear From You About Its Standard-Setting Agenda
For the first time in its history, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a request for comment on its standard-setting and research agendas, and the board is also asking for feedback on its overall standard-setting process.
Risk Management June 22, 2026
How Falling Behind on AI Implementation Could Cost Firms Clients and Talent
Firms are at risk of losing 24% of talent within two years if their firms fail to deliver on AI.
Technology June 16, 2026
Shield Extends the Compliance Perimeter to AI-Generated Records and Image-Based Content
FINRA Rule 4511 and the 2026 Oversight Report make clear that recordkeeping obligations apply to business communications regardless of channel or format.
SEC June 15, 2026
Former SEC Chair Says Kalshi is Flat Wrong: Sports Bets Aren’t Swaps
Gary Gensler, overseer of Wall Street for significant parts of the last two decades, has a message for anyone arguing sports betting is a matter for federal financial regulators: They’re wrong.
SEC June 12, 2026
Trump Taps Ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton as Intelligence Chief
Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, was chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump's first term.
SEC June 12, 2026
SEC Proposes Eliminating Equities Trade-Through Rule
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has been a critic of the rule since its inception, dissenting against it when he was a Republican commissioner.
Technology June 10, 2026
The Case for Standardizing Audit Data Intake Before Busy Season Hits
The goal isn’t to fix everything at once. It’s to stop repeating the same friction on every new client.
Technology June 10, 2026
Crunchafi Adds In-App Integration with Thomson Reuters for Lease Accounting Automation in PPC Audit Workflows
The integration delivers concrete benefits across the audit workflow:
Technology June 9, 2026
MindBridge Expands Audit and Assurance Platform
The new capabilities are designed to help audit and assurance professionals modernize risk assessment, focus audit attention more effectively across full-population financial data, and scale analytics-driven workflows across increasingly complex engagements.
Technology June 8, 2026
Fieldguide Rolls Out Long-Horizon Agent for Audit Testing
Fieldguide, an agentic AI-native platform for audit and advisory, has launched Field Orchestrator, which the company says is purpose-built to plan and execute end-to-end audit engagements.