Events listed in United States
OCC Releases Virtual Workshop Schedule for Community Bank Directors and Senior ...
ID 26056
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released its 2024 schedule of virtual workshops designed specifically for directors, senior management, and key executives of national community banks and federal savings associations. These workshops, led by OCC examiners, are free of charge and aim to offer practical training and guidance to „support the safe and sound operation of community-based financial institutions“. Scheduled ...
Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on Commodity Futures Trading ...
ID 26054
The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (USDT), Mrs. Janet L. Yellen, has released a statement in view of the issuance of a proposed Guidance on Listing Voluntary Carbon Credit (VCC) Derivative Contracts by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) (please see EventID 24175 in this context for more information). To recall, the guidance outlines specific issues that Designated Contract Markets ...
Global Magnitsky Designations
ID 26044
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office added one individual to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) due to its engagement in corruption in Guatemala pursuant to existing sanction regulations (Executive Order 13818 and 31 CFR Part 583). The affected person is the following: **MARTINEZ MORALES, ...
Russia-related Designations; Issuance of Russia-related General License
ID 26043
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a new press statement to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office added three entities and three vessels to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) pursuant to Executive Order 14024 which was signed by President Joseph Biden in 2021 and subsequently amended to install sanction measures for engagements in or ...
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Fees and Assessments: Calendar Year 2024 ...
ID 26032
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published a new bulletin to announce its assessment rates and fee schedule for national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks and savings associations for the upcoming year starting January 1, 2024. Highlights of the upcoming fee schedule are as follows: – the OCC will maintain banks‘ general assessment ...
North Korea Designations; Non-Proliferation Designation
ID 26024
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office added eight individuals and one entity to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) pursuant to various U.S. sanction regulations and Executive Orders for being involved in or supportive of the North Korean missile and military program or for being ...
Counter Narcotics Designations and Designation Update; Zimbabwe Designation Removal
ID 26013
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office announced that it has added three individuals and 13 entities to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) for being engaged in or supporting timesharing fraud pursuant to Executive Order 14059. The affected parties are the following: ### *Newly sanctioned ...
OCC Issues First and Second Quarter 2024 CRA Evaluation Schedule
ID 26008
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published a press statement announcing its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination schedule for first quarter 2024 and second quarter 2024 banks evaluations. The attached file includes the list of affected institutions and the respective evaluation months.
Long-Term Debt Requirements for Large Bank Holding Companies, Certain Intermediate ...
ID 26005
As announced earlier in November 2023, **the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FED), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have now published in the Federal Register the extension of the comment period up to January 16, 2024 on their proposed rule amendments to require certain large depository institution holding companies, U.S. ...
SR-FINRA-2023-017
ID 26003
On November 29, 2023, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, FINRA, announced on its website that **it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule changes for immediate effectiveness to make conforming adjustments to its rules in relation to the SEC’s final regulation (EventID 19797) to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities transactions from two business days (T+2) to ...