About "Financial services"

This PwC financial services practice provides audit, technical accounting, tax, regulatory, compliance, risk management, outsourcing, securities processing, payments, information risk and security, data quality, mergers and acquisitions, and other services.

Article archive

• Mending the gender gap: Advancing tomorrow's women leaders in financial services
  

  6/13/13 | Financial services

  Women continue to dramatically lag behind their male counterparts in leadership roles. PwC has developed a strategy for financial institutions to create and retain a strong pipeline of female talent.

• The widespread reach of FATCA: How will it affect your business?
  

  5/30/13 | Financial services

  Understanding its impact and the path forward for nonfinancial multinational businesses.

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  The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): Understanding its impact and the path forward for nonfinancial multinational businesses – May 9, 2013
  

  4/30/13 | Financial services

  FATCA’s application to financial institutions is immediately evident and has prompted the industry to action as it prepares to be compliant. Now is the time to evaluate how FATCA will apply to your company and what you need to do to prepare, because withholding is scheduled to begin as early as January 1, 2014.

• The insurance industry and FATCA – Moving from assessment to implementation: Top 13 in ’13
  

  3/20/13 | Financial services

  The final FATCA regulations released in January brought clarity on some issues the insurance industry had identified in the proposed regulations. While some provisions in the final regulations attempt to simplify the impact on the insurance industry, other provisions have ultimately complicated FATCA's impact.

• Webcast

  The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act - A closer look at the final regulations and their implications for asset managers webcast – February 26, 2013
  

  2/18/13 | Financial services

  The long-awaited final Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations have arrived. Learn how these changes may impact your organization and implementation strategy for global compliance.

• How do the final FATCA regulations affect asset managers?
  

  2/7/13 | Financial services

  The US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released their guidance on FATCA for the asset management industry, with a compliance deadline of January 2014. Key issues in implementation and other areas remain to be resolved.

• How do the final FATCA regulations impact insurers?
  

  1/28/13 | Financial services

  PwC released an earlier newsbrief on January 18, 2013 highlighting many of the distinctions between the proposed and final FATCA regulations, which potentially apply to all industries. To supplement the earlier newsbrief, this newsbrief describes the most notable differences between the proposed and final regulations that will impact insurers.

• The text of the final Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations in an easy to read format
  

  1/24/13 | Financial services

  The final FATCA regulations document from PwC's Global Information Reporting (GIR) practice is formatted with references in an easy to read format. The GIR team has developed this version of the regulations to give tax and compliance professionals an easier option to study and know the rules surrounding FATCA.

• Webcast

  The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): A closer look at the final regulations and the path forward webcast – January 29, 2013
  

  1/23/13 | Financial services

  Final regulations regarding the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) were issued on January 17, 2013. Join us and gain a fresh perspective on new and notable issues, and learn about some of the likely ways to craft an implementation strategy for global compliance.

• Taking control of FATCA: Building effective internal controls and certifying compliance
  

  1/4/13 | Financial services

  Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) was enacted as part of the Hiring to Restore Incentives (“HIRE”) Act. FATCA was enacted with a primary goal of providing the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) with an increased ability to detect US tax evaders concealing their assets in foreign accounts and investments.

• Breaking up is hard to do: The eurozone crisis - possible implications and contingency planning for US companies
  

  5/11/12 | Financial services

  The eurozone debt crisis was triggered in April 2010. Operational risks remain for US firms operating in the eurozone.

• Accelerating FATCA compliance
  

  1/19/12 | Financial services

  This white paper explores PwC's unique approach to FATCA compliance and how its methodology has helped financial services institutions develop strategic and comprehensive assessment and implementation blueprints to achieve compliance.