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In this week episode, Kathy Jacobs, former President of Compliance Institute and Chair of the Institute’s Sustainability Working Group speaks with Russell Burke, Regulatory and Strategic Payments Consultant, Juristic Ltd in relation to the Central Bank of Ireland’s Authorisation Process and how to navigate this process efficiently and to secure that Authorisation.
In this episode, Russell outlines who needs an Authorisation and discusses the legal framework underpinning the Authorisations process. Russell also describes the common mistakes made by firms in making their application and the implications / consequences of these errors are. Russell advises how firms can set themselves up for success in this process. Russell explains if he foresees any changes to the Authorisation process and what developments he anticipates.

In this week’s episode of the Compliance Files Podcast, Kathy Jacobs, former President, Compliance Institute speaks with Ann Shiels, founder of sustainable finance regulatory firm, FinLexSus and Ann is also the Program Director for the Compliance Institute’s Professional Diploma in Sustainable Finance for Compliance Professionals delivered in partnership with the IOB.
In this episode, we revisit a familiar topic, and that is ESG / Sustainability`. There is a language and vocabulary growing up around sustainability. So in this episode, we are taking a helicopter view by doing a stocktake on the regulation, and to explain some of the terms, acronyms to come to an understanding of the current position, and we will explore what does a Compliance Framework for sustainability look like. Since the podcast was recorded, the CSDDD has been endorsed by the European Council in March 2024.

In part 2 of our International Women's Day Podcast episode, Jacquie Ryan, Program Manger, PAT Business School and member of the Institute’s D&I Committee speaks with Claudette Whyte, Council Member and Chair of the Institute’s D&I Committee on the Gender Pay Gap, Imposter Syndrome, her career journey, her mentorship journey and how she achieves a work life balance.
Jacquie also speaks with Peter Hession, Chief Risk Officer (CRO), TransferMate Global Payments on his experience of advocating for gender diversity and inclusion in the workplace, what has motivated him to become an ally. Paul also outlines what strategies he uses to ensure Women's voices are heard and valued in the decision making process.
Peter and Claudette also discuss their ally ship experiences, mentorship experiences and also what initiatives organisations can do to to become more diverse and inclusive.

In advance of International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March, Jacquie Ryan, Program Manager, PAT Business School and member of the Institute’s D&I Committee speaks with Maria Walsh, Member of the European Parliament for Midlands-North-West Constituency - Fine Gael & EPP Group.
On this week’s episode Maria discusses, the Gender Pay Gap, outlines financial security and STEM advances for women as mentioned in the EU Parliament Podcast, Pink Tax, the work being done on cyber-crime and effects on cyber-crime on women. Looking at Maria’s role in politics Maria advised how we can encourage women to work in politics or to seek leadership positions and gives advise on achieving a work life balance.

On this week’s episode of the Compliance Files Podcast series, Kathy Jacobs, former President, Compliance Institute speaks with Azariah Nukajam, Associate Director, fscom in relation to the current position in Ireland and describes the main themes or challenges encountered by her clients.
Looking at the Consultation Papers, CPs 153 and 154, Azariah takes the Duty of Responsibility and outlines what this means, and how you would go about implementing it in practice. Azariah describes the challenges where a firms business model relies on outsourcing and gives her advice to anyone struggling with implementation at this point. Azariah details in her view, what the future for these regimes looks like.

On this week’s episode of the Compliance Files Podcast series, Kathy Jacobs, former President Compliance Institute speaks with Azariah Nukajam, Associate Director, fscom about what we can learn from the international accountability regimes. In this episode Azariah outlines where we are now in the process of rolling out the IAF regime and where in-scope institutions should be at this stage. Azariah then turns to the international perspective – countries that have accountability regimes implemented and takes us through a few of these regimes. Azariah advises on how these regimes have been regarded by industry in these jurisdictions and in her view what has been a successful regime. Azariah then outlines what enforcement she has seen in other jurisdiction and what firms can learn from the international roll out and experience.