Commercial banking

Eric Fenton, Principal of Insurance Consulting at EPAM and a 2024 Global Insurtech Influencer Award Winner, is a strategic visionary focused on AI, innovation and emerging trends in the insurance and Insurtech landscape. A certified automation
professional with over 25 years of experience, he leverages deep industry expertise and
EPAM's multidisciplinary, end-to-end capabilities to deliver high-impact technology
solutions that create strategic value for insurance companies. Eric collaborates closely
with business and technical stakeholders, aligning people, processes, and technology to
drive enterprise-wide transformation.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today sanctioned Goldman & Company, CPA's, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, and PWR CPAs.

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill that would provide tax-filing relief for taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations, sending the bill to President Trump for his signature.

Wiss hosts third annual summer financial literacy program; Schneider Downs adds five shareholders; and more news from across the profession.

Auditing card transactions for fraud and policy violations is a specialized task, one that auditors and finance professionals are trained to handle.

Plus, Abacus announces $6.6 million seed funding for agentic AI assistants; and other news and updates from the accounting tech arena.

Auditors selected and paid by the companies they inspect can't affirm the credibility of the projects they assess, according to a research paper.

Pinchus D. Raice is a partner and co-chairs the Financial Institutions Practice at Pryor Cashman LLP.

Underhanded underground; down on the farm; reality check; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Smith + Howard, an Atlanta-based Top 100 Firm, has opened two new tax practices: site selection + incentives and state and local income tax consulting.