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Coronavirus – an update from ACCA's market directors

As a global organisation, with 219,000 members and 527,000 students including affiliates in 179 countries, we’re monitoring the coronavirus situation very closely The priority for us is the health and safety of our people, students, members, partners and those connected to ACCA’s worldwide community …

AI decoded – accountants and policy makers can benefit from ongoing work to make AI easier to interrogate

Put the user at the core, asserts new report from ACCA, as it reveals 51% of practitioners are unaware of explainable AI…

Statement from ACCA about UK infrastructure investment and HS2

Responding to the UK government’s announcement today (11 February 2020), Alex Metcalfe, head of public sector policy at ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) offers comments…

Accountancy unlocks the door to an exciting future

A career in accountancy opens the way to a world of opportunities…

ACCA comments on Sir Donald Brydon's report on future of audit

ACCA welcomes Sir Donald Brydon’s review and its ambitious vision for the future of audit, and looks forward to playing a full role as Government develops its proposed response…

Brexit: what does 31st January mean for ACCA, our members and our students?

From 1 February 2020 the UK will no longer be part of the European Union and will enter a period of transitional arrangements…

Accountancy and international experts tackle self-employment challenges faced today in Europe

Tackling bogus self-employment, differences in European systems and ensuring adequate social protection and remuneration will help the self-employed realise greater opportunities, experts revealed…

‘We can act now’ – accountants and regulators urged to tackle technology being used in economic crime

Leading accountants have urged regulators to keep pace with technology in the fight against economic crime…

Anti-Money Laundering in the Digital Era: Building trust and ethics in AI to combat fraud and economic crimes

EU experts discussed how Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and robotic process automation (RPA) can help transform the fight against money laundering, fraud and economic crimes, stressing the need for international cooperation and collaboration at a joint ACCA-EY-Visa conference in Brussels…

Global economic confidence bounces back in Q4 completing a volatile year

Global economic confidence bounced back in Q4 2019, to around its level in mid-2019 finds the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA (Institute of Management Accountants)…