Technology March 9, 2026
AuditBoard is Now Optro
"From internal audit and cybersecurity to third-party risk and AI governance, our name now conveys the scale of enterprise risk we help solve for today," Optro CEO Raul Villar Jr. said.
March 16, 2021
How AI is Enhancing Fraud Detection
The modern digital finance network is one of the most dynamic, fast-moving technological entities on the face of the planet.
March 10, 2021
Diligent to Become Largest Global GRC SaaS Company through Galvanize Acquisition
With the acquisition of Galvanize, Diligent will become the largest SaaS GRC provider. The combined solution with enrichment from Steele will enable an integrated GRC picture – from Audit, Risk, Information Security, Ethics and Compliance across the ...
March 4, 2021
Why Proactive Planning is More Important Than Ever
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many finance and accounting executives, including your clients, to rethink their budgets, implement cost-saving measures, and reinforce their budgeting and forecasting, with a focus on proactive planning. Proactive planning is the process of budgeting and re-forecasting based on real-time operational data and market dynamics. It involves visualizing the path the...…
March 4, 2021
BKD Releases 2021 State of the Nonprofit Sector Report
The survey comprised 18 questions or scenarios, including general questions about organization location, size, area of focus and questions about the COVID-19 crisis. BKD received responses from 319 organizations between September 23 and October 23, 2020.
March 3, 2021
Venture Capital Firms Focus on Greater Diversity and Equity
Amid heightened efforts to promote increasingly diverse, equitable and inclusive workforces over the past year, venture capital (VC) firms are taking note of their social and corporate responsibility in achieving greater gender, racial and ethnic ...
February 25, 2021
AICPA Proposes New Auditing Standard for Communication Between Past and New Financial Statement Auditors
The standard requires immediate past auditors and presumed successor auditors, once management consents to the past auditor responding, to communicate about potential NOCLAR situations. Examples of NOCLAR situations include, but are not limited to...
February 23, 2021
Five Companies Chosen to Participate in AICPA Startup Accelerator Focused on Accounting Innovation
The startup accelerator, which started in 2017, is designed to promote innovation in the accounting profession and give the Association and CPA.com more visibility into disruptive trends from emerging technologies.
February 23, 2021
Professionals on the Move: Feb. 2021
Professionals on the move is a round-up of recent promotions and news in the accounting profession.
February 18, 2021
Hedge Accounting For Interest Rates: ‘Blend and Extend’ Strategy
Employing a “blend and extend” strategy to reduce near-term cash spend may be ideal in the current environment, but companies should also be aware of the associated hedge accounting implications.
February 17, 2021
CAQ and AICPA Release New ESG Reporting and Attestation Roadmap
The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) has released a new roadmap to provide audit practitioners with a blueprint to support companies in achieving their environmental, social, and ...
February 16, 2021
AuditFile Awarded US Federal Government Contract
AuditFile is also now listed on GSA Advantage, the online shopping and ordering system that provides easy access for government customers to thousands of contractors and millions of supplies and services. The five year GSA MAS contract provides ...
February 16, 2021
AICPA Aims to Enhance and Maintain CPA Firm Audit Quality
The ED aligns with the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s (IAASB) quality management standards. The proposed standards include changes such as using the terms quality management and engagement quality review instead of quality ...