A merchant has a chargeback rate of 0.03% on average daily sales of $200,000. After switching to a new merchant acquirer that is a bank, the merchant sees the rate increase to 0.05% or $10,000. The merchant’s analysis reveals that the bank maintains its data warehouse in another country where the system network is routinely hacked. What act or standard is being violated?
Answer(s): D
A U.S. company’s pension plan is managed by an investment management firm, headquartered outside the United States. The investment management firm outsources the accounting for the plan to an organization on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions lists and the firm does not advise the U.S. company of this fact. A financial loss in the pension plan is later realized due to the mismanagement of funds. When establishing its contract with the firm to protect itself from losses in the pension plan, the company should have:
Answer(s): B
A company’s Chief Financial Officer assigns a team reporting to the Treasurer to restructure the company’s complex debt instruments and equipment leasing arrangements. The team executes the required settlement transactions using wire payments to facilitate the new debt structure, and in the process violates the lending requirements of the company’s bank. What should the Treasurer have done to prevent the violation?
A company converts the expense processing for its sales team from reimbursement by check to providing the team with travel and entertainment cards. Immediately, the company’s expenses for the sales force increase by 10%, with no concurrent increase in sales volumes. What aspect should the company have covered in their policies for card use to prevent the increased expenses?
A North American service company has autonomous offices in different geographic regions each handling their own sales and accounts receivables deposits to local banks which primarily consist of checks. By implementing a lockbox collection system, what objective in its collection policy would it have met?
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