Audit & Accounting

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Cloud-based audit confirmation software developer Capital Confirmation has raised $60 million to fund “aggressive international expansion.”

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board approved its fiscal year 2017 budget of approximately $268.5 million, along with a strategic plan through 2020 to guide its programs and operations.

Vinci SA fell victim to a fake release claiming the French builder had fired its finance chief amid accounting irregularities, prompting the stock to plunge before the company denied the report.

Wesley R. Bricker has been named chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, succeeding James Schnurr, who is retiring.

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a proposed accounting standards update related to the scope of modification accounting for stock-based compensation.

The International Federation of Accountants has sent a letter to Pope Francis on how the accounting profession can help him with the fight against financial fraud and corruption.

Financial executives are coping with an onrush of new accounting standards that are taking effect in the next few years, along with demands from the Securities and Exchange Commission to temper their companies’ reliance on non-GAAP measures.