While blockchain technology is disrupting and transforming many aspects of business, it remains unclear how it will change the auditing profession. But corporate audits could be more collaborative, ...

With capital markets and investors constantly demanding more information about businesses, it’s no surprise that the audit profession is looking at blockchain with interest. It could fundamentally ...

Traditionally, audits are supposed to be conducted at the end of a financial year. During that phase, trained auditors and chartered accountants run through, either partially or completely, thousands ...

The adoption of blockchain in financial auditing has been a recent research focus of Sean Cao, professor and cofounder of the Smith AI Initiative for Capital Market Research at the University of ...

Accounting firms are beginning to wade into the use of blockchain technology for audits, but with caution as the technology spreads beyond the cryptocurrency space where it’s been used for digital ...

The use of blockchain technology to automate verification processes has the potential transform the financial auditing sector by cutting costs, boosting efficiency, and enhancing data privacy, ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), which in February 2017 launched the first commercial deployment of blockchain technology for private equity, announced today that audit firms ...

The advent of smart contracts has long drawn interest for its potential to revolutionize business agreements. There's just one problem, and it's one that has affected many spheres of the ...

In 2017, bitcoin, a cryptocurrency based on blockchain, skyrocketed in value and caught the eye of executives around the globe. While most of us have focused on the currency aspect, it’s no secret ...

The advent of smart contracts has long drawn interest for its potential to revolutionize business agreements. There’s just one problem, and it’s one that has affected many spheres of the ...