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Mitigate the Risk: Best Practices for Employee, Client and Third Party Due Diligence in the Financial Services Industry

Sterling Check

Operating with stale knowledge makes you vulnerable to increased operational and reputational risk, as well as potentially exposing client and firm resources and information to fraud and misappropriation. The Financial Services Sector is Highly Regulated. Employee and Registered Representative Due Diligence Best Practices.

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Is a LinkedIn search subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Ohio Employer's Law

I’ve written a lot in the past few years about the pros and cons of companies using social media to conduct background checks on applicants and employees (e.g., In other words, because LinkedIn creates its databases solely from information submitted by its account holders, it falls outside the FCRA’s coverage. here and here ).

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Best Practices for Employee Due Diligence in the Financial Services Industry

Sterling Check

Other times, critical information about the candidate is either not requested, obtained or acted upon. Gathering background information to deem an employee as low risk is a great start, but engaging in truly effective due diligence practices, monitoring, oversight, and investigation must be an ongoing priority. Litigation.