KNOW YOUR EMPLOYEE (KYE®)
Gifts and Entertainment
Monitor employee gifts and entertainment compliance
Better Gifts and Entertainment Compliance Starts Here
Enforce gifts and entertainment policy and avoid employee conflicts of interest from improper activities with Gifts and Entertainment Manager’s automated submissions and approvals.
COMPLIANCE BUILT BETTER™
Monitor and audit employee transactions. Identify and address potential risks related to gifts and entertainment. Identify areas of risk and promptly escalate any red flags for swift review.
Ensure company policy compliance. Gifts and Entertainment Manager tracks employee activity to identify the patterns of behaviors that indicate violations and potential conduct risk.
COMPLY WITH ANTI-BRIBERY REGULATIONS
Giving and receiving gifts and entertainment can be seen as a conflict of interest by regulators across the globe.
Gifts and Entertainment Manager gives you a framework to track gifts and entertainment transactions to reduce compliance risk, plus the documentation required to comply with regulatory record keeping requirements.
INTEGRATE WITH FINRA AND THE CSA
Integrates with FINRA’s CRD database and the CSA/CIRO’s NRD system. Reports are available nightly from both systems, updating data of individuals associated with the firm. MCO also supports updates of amendment information to FINRA
INCREASE EMPLOYEE ACCOUNTABILITY
Are your employees aware of the gifts and entertainment policy that applies to them? Get a handle on your employee gifts and entertainment spending with Gifts and Entertainment Manager.
Alerts and policy reminders help employees understand and meet their responsibilities, increasing accountability and adherence to policy.
Gain visibility and control across the gifts and entertainment process, from preclearance to post-clearance and audit.
Configure rules, forms, workflows, alerts and approvals to meet the unique needs of the firm.
Remind employees of gifts and entertainment obligations and policy. Increase transparency using dashboards and flexible reporting.
Establish an auditable system of record for gifts, entertainment, meals, hospitality and travel compliance activity.
Integrate with internal systems, such as HR and expense for more granular and actionable insight.
The platform is designed to be easily customizable to fit the unique needs and policies of different organizations.
Gifts and Entertainment Manager is part of MCO’s Know Your Employee (KYE) suite that monitors, identifies and remedies conflicts of interest and code of conduct issues and comprehensively addresses employee compliance.
With Know Your Employee, firms can manage all areas of employee compliance on one platform with shared data, enabling a holistic view of compliance risk.
Navigate the Challenges of Employee Gifts and Entertainment
MCO’s gifts and entertainment compliance software automates the enforcement of global policy and anti-bribery regulations. Gifts and Entertainment Manager allows firms to monitor and audit both gifts given and received by employees, providing a comprehensive view of potential risk areas. The solution ensures complete oversight from submission through post-clearance and audit by capturing both pre-clearance and actual transaction data. This end-to-end visibility strengthens control over compliance processes and ensures that all gift and entertainment activities are documented accurately.
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Compliance Techniques for Managing Gifts and Entertainment
Have Questions about Gifts and Entertainment Compliance?
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ’s
MCO automates gift and entertainment requests through configurable approval workflows, policy checks, notifications, and escalation rules. Employees can submit requests electronically while compliance teams gain visibility into approvals, helping organizations enforce policies consistently and reduce administrative effort.
MCO helps organizations identify gifts and hospitality activities that may create actual or perceived conflicts of interest. Automated reviews, policy-based thresholds, and centralized reporting enable compliance teams to assess risks, document decisions, and maintain transparency throughout the approval process.
Yes. MCO supports anti-bribery and anti-corruption initiatives by helping firms monitor gifts, entertainment, hospitality, and related disclosures. Automated controls, approval workflows, and audit-ready documentation help organizations enforce policies and demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
MCO stores gift and entertainment requests, approvals, supporting documentation, and review histories in a centralized system. This creates a complete audit trail that can be easily accessed during examinations, internal audits, or regulatory reviews, reducing preparation time and improving transparency.
MCO centralizes policy management, employee disclosures, approvals, monitoring, and reporting within a single platform. By automating routine processes and providing real-time visibility into activity, organizations can improve compliance oversight while reducing the operational burden on employees and compliance teams.