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.
January 8, 2019
CAQ Framework Aims to Assist Accounting Firms Enhance Disclosures About Audit Quality
Enhanced disclosures, along with related metrics, can promote important dialogue and deepen the understanding of audit quality, according to a new resource published by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ). The Audit Quality Disclosure Framework assists ...
January 7, 2019
Investors Still Want Sarbanes-Oxley
Since its enactment in 2002 in response to notorious financial scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and other corporate behemoths, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or SOX, has been a continuing target of criticism. And probably no provision of the law has provoked ...
January 3, 2019
BKD Partner Appointed to Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council
According to FASB, the board establishes financial accounting and reporting standards for public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations. Public financial reporting by U.S. corporations must conform to the principles established ...
December 26, 2018
Digital Business Bill Payments Now Firmly Mainstream, According to Accountants
Many accountants are throwing away paper checks in favor of digital business payments when it comes time to pay the bills, according to the Rise of Modern Business Payments report prepared by Bill.com, the digital business payments leader.
December 17, 2018
No Need to Fear Blockchain: What CPAs Need to Know
Eighty-four percent of executives say their companies have at least some involvement in a blockchain project, according to PwC's 2018 Global Blockchain Survey.
December 17, 2018
11 Easy Automation Wins for Accounting Teams
Overwhelmed by buzzwords like “blockchain” and “artificial intelligence”? While these technologies will no doubt be transformative over the next decade, there are plenty of ways for teams to get significantly more efficient and effective using ...
December 17, 2018
December 2018 Accounting & Audit Channel
Top 5 Skills Modern Accountants Need in 2019 Kurt Avarell, Founder & CEO, Canopy To achieve success, accountants must understand the importance of investing in themselves. This means building up their skills beyond crunching numbers and preparing tax returns. It’s important for modern accountants to improve valuable skills and build on their strengths in areas...…
December 11, 2018
Men More Likely to Commit Expense Fraud than Women
The large disparity may just come down to gender differences in risk-taking behavior. In a 2004 experiment, researchers designed a computer game involving gambling and risk and found significant differences in the way men and women perceived ...
December 10, 2018
Do Public Companies Manipulate Cash Flow Benchmark to Boost Credit Ratings?
In the early period of performance pricing, creditworthiness (and, therefore, rates) were determined principally by accounting metrics, most commonly the ratio of company debt to earnings, with grids specifying higher rates as a firm’s ratio increased ...
December 10, 2018
Why and How: Emerging Technology Strategies
We’ve been through a year together learning about Emerging Technologies. While there will always be new technology, we are not likely to go through a period of time again anytime soon where the algorithms are changing so rapidly and the new ...
December 10, 2018
Which Industries Have the Most Expense Report Fraud?
Professional services organizations typically have some of the most demanding requirements for employee expense management. Not only can employees in professional services bill their employers, they also bill their clients for certain expenses ...
December 7, 2018
AICPA and NASBA Renew Mutual Recognition Agreement with Australia and New Zealand
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) have renewed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).