Purpose – The authors' paper aims to examine the organizational issues that come from the recent establishment of the compliance function in Italian banks. Design/methodology/approach – The authors' paper takes as a starting point the Bank of Italy's regulations and the existing literature...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to highlight the results of a survey on compliance practices in Italian financial institutions (Italian banks and branches in Italy of foreign banks). Design/methodology/approach – The survey is carried out through a structured questionnaire, arranged...