Treasury Targets Corruption in Lebanon

Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Gibran Bassil (Bassil), the President of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) political party and Member of Parliament (MP), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, for his role in corruption in Lebanon. E.O. 13818, which builds upon and implements the […]

OCC Updates Director’s Toolkit

News Release 2020-146 | November 5, 2020 Share This Page: WASHINGTON— The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced updates to its Director’s Toolkit to help bank directors for national banks and federal savings associations fulfill their corporate governance responsibilities. The Director’s Toolkit serves as a helpful guide for bank directors on strategic issues, […]

Minutes of the Meeting of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association November 3, 2020

The Committee convened in a closed session via teleconference at 9:30 a.m.  All members were present, except for Bob Miller, Ajay Rajadhyaksha, and Irene Tse.  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Kipp Kranbuhl, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Finance Brian Smith, Director of the Office of Debt Management Fred Pietrangeli, and Deputy Director of […]

Agencies Release Paper on Operational Resilience

News Release 2020-144 | October 30, 2020 Share This Page: Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency Federal bank regulatory agencies today released a paper outlining sound practices designed to help large banks increase operational resilience.  Examples of risks to operational resilience include cyberattacks, […]

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Kicks off L.A. REACh

News Release 2020-143 | October 30, 2020 Share This Page: LOS ANGELES—Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian P. Brooks today joined civic leaders, community advocates, and bankers to kick off Project REACh regional efforts in Los Angeles—L.A. REACh. REACh stands for Roundtable for Economic Access and Change, and the project brings together leaders from the banking […]

Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2019

Washington – The findings from the annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2019 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/shcreports.aspx The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of […]

Third Joint Committee Meeting Under The Bilateral Agreement Between The United States Of America And The European Union On Prudential Measures Regarding Insurance And Reinsurance

WASHINGTON – On October 26, 2020, the United States and the European Union held the third meeting of the Joint Committee established under the U.S.-EU Agreement on Prudential Measures Regarding Insurance and Reinsurance (“the Agreement” hereafter). The United States and the European Union signed the Agreement on September 22, 2017, and the Agreement entered into […]

Agencies Propose Regulation on the Role of Supervisory Guidance

News Release 2020-142 | October 29, 2020 Share This Page: Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemConsumer Financial Protection BureauFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationNational Credit Union AdministrationOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency Five federal financial regulatory agencies today invited comment on a proposal outlining and confirming the agencies’ use of supervisory guidance for […]

Treasury Sanctions Companies Selling, Purchasing, and Enabling Iranian Petrochemical Products

Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated eight entities for their involvement in the sale and purchase of Iranian petrochemical products brokered by Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Triliance), an entity designated by Treasury in January 2020. These entities, based in Iran, China, and Singapore, engaged in […]

Statement from Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin

WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement regarding offsets applied by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to payments due to the Fire Department of New York (FDNY): “For over a decade, the FDNY has been forced to shoulder the burden of debts owed by the NYC government. […]