Two celebrities - professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer Khaled Khaled, known as DJ Khaled - have between them paid over $700,000 to settle charges in the first cases to be brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to unlawfully touting initial coin offerings (ICOs)

The headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt have been raided by prosecutors in a money laundering investigation connected to information gleaned as a result of the Panama Papers leaks

Finance Mole is duped by the Head of Sales when he is persuaded to don a pink wig for charity but gets his own back by clamping down on bad debtors at the monthly meeting

The gambling regulator has taken action, including imposing nearly £14m in penalties, against online casino companies and their senior management, as part of an ongoing investigation into the way the industry combats money laundering and problem gambling

Companies which fail to demonstrate prompt payment to their suppliers could be stopped from winning government contracts, under new plans unveiled to tackle late payment

In the UK, the accountancy profession contributed £59bn to GDP in 2017, while in Ireland the profession’s contribution was equivalent to 4.4% of the economy, according to research from the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)

An interior design company based in Kent has been wound up in by the courts after it was found to be used as a vehicle to fraudulently secure credit

Giving a company’s customers as well as employees a vote on executives’ pay, cash-only bonuses and a requirement to publish the names of those with salaries over £150,000 are among the proposals for curbing excessive boardroom pay set out in a policy paper for the Labour party

Mark Chadwick, CEO of EcoAct UK, examines global sustainability reporting trends, the growing pressure on the financial sector to adequately account for climate risk, and how companies are applying climate reporting to their business models

Less than half (44%) of the largest European companies explain in their management reports how their business models are affected by climate change or environmental challenges, a review of company reporting under the EU’s environmental reporting law has found

The government is ploughing £3m into research which will look at how businesses, including accounting firms, can make best use of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce processing times and save money for consumers, improve customer engagement, and consider how people interact with technology

The average British small business is owed £24,841 in late payments on any given day, while 78% are owed money at any time outside of agreed payment terms, according to research by accounting software provider Xero