Audit

The pandemic is introducing changes — potentially significant ones — to the SOX compliance process.

Wirecard AG’s former chief executive officer was detained by Munich prosecutors after 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) went missing from the digital-payment company, in a scandal that has rattled Germany’s financial industry.

Wirecard AG was left fighting for survival after acknowledging that 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) that it had reported as assets probably don’t exist, deepening an accounting scandal that has rattled Germany’s financial industry.

Markus Braun’s almost two decades as Wirecard AG’s chief executive officer ended after accusations about the company’s accounting culminated in a shock disclosure that it was unable to locate 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion).

Wirecard suffered one of the worst stock slumps in the history of Germany’s benchmark index after revealing that about 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in cash has gone missing, spooking investors who have endured years of allegations of wrongdoing at the payments company.

Real change will involve people, processes and much more beyond just software and hardware.

As companies contend with the economic impact of the global pandemic and the related risks, management should be prepared for heightened auditor scrutiny.

The firm admitted shortcomings in three years of work for a client, which had to restate its distributable reserves twice.

EY was sued over its work for the payment company, just two days after Wirecard’s headquarters were raided as part of a market manipulation probe.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the need for remote audit capabilities remains a prime concern.

The Big Four increased their percentage of SEC audit engagements at the expense of the rest of the top 10 auditors in 2019.

Defunct U.K. contractor Carillion Plc won’t be able to get key KPMG documents to prepare for a 250 million-pound ($314 million) negligence lawsuit against the accounting firm.

The service hasn’t been doing enough to collect the taxes owed by hundreds of thousands of people who owe billions of dollars, according to a new report.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued inspection reports Monday for the six largest auditing firms in a new format with more graphs and charts.

For decades, the credit has been subject to a wide gulf of interpretation and hence is an issue ripe for adjustments.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a document Tuesday with information for auditors and audit committees about audits involving cryptoassets, such as Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board released guidance for auditors to consider when issuing audit reports amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Under the Senate legislation, if a company can’t show that it is not under control of a foreign government, or the PCAOB isn’t able to audit the company for three consecutive years to determine that is the case, the company’s securities would be banned from the exchanges.

The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that could lead to Chinese companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Baidu Inc. being barred from listing on U.S. stock exchanges amid increasingly tense relations between the world’s two largest economies.

But relatively few audit execs are actually performing reviews of critical risk areas such as health and safety.