News Release 2019-131 | November 7, 2019 Share This Page: WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced Kevin Greenfield would become the agency’s Deputy Comptroller for Operational Risk. In this role, Mr. Greenfield will oversee development of policy and examination procedures addressing operational risk, bank information technology, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure resilience, payments […]
Monthly Archives: November 2019
United States and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Sign Cooperation Framework to Strengthen Infrastructure Finance
WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary Mitchell Silk and Vice Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam signed the Cooperation Framework to Strengthen Infrastructure Finance on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 in Hanoi. This cooperative initiative is designed to achieve the mutual goals of the United States and the Socialist Republic […]
TSX Delisting Review – Bri-Chem Corp. (BRY)
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FTC Charges Nevada Company with Falsely Claiming Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The Federal Trade Commission sued a Nevada data storage services company over allegations that it misled consumers about its participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework and failed to adhere to the program’s requirements before allowing its certification to lapse. The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework establishes a process to allow companies to transfer consumer data […]
Treasury Sanctions Nicaraguan Government Officials Involved in Human Rights Abuse and Social Security Corruption
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three Nicaraguan government officials, Ramon Antonio Avellan Medal, Lumberto Ignacio Campbell Hooker, and Roberto Jose Lopez Gomez, who have had a role in directing entities engaged in human rights abuses, election fraud, and corruption. Additionally, Ramon Antonio Avellan Medal […]
Get Ready for Taxes: Important things to know about tax credits
IR-2019-181, November 7, 2019 WASHINGTON – With the tax filing season quickly approaching, the Internal Revenue Service recommends taxpayers take time now to determine if they are eligible for important tax credits. This is the second in a series of reminders to help taxpayers Get Ready for the upcoming tax filing season. The IRS recently […]
Joint Statement Of Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, The United States, And The World Bank
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan and their delegations met with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. on November 6, 2019. The ministers reaffirmed their joint commitment to reach a comprehensive, cooperative, adaptive, sustainable, and mutually beneficial agreement on the filling […]
Health Records on iPhone now available to veterans across the US
The VA is the largest medical system in the United States, providing service to more than 9 million veterans across 1,243 facilities, including hospitals and clinics. Today, the VA joins Johns Hopkins, University of California San Diego, Quest Diagnostics, Allscripts and 400 other health care provider organizations, laboratory networks and electronic health records vendors who […]
Health Records on iPhone now available to veterans across the US
The VA is the largest medical system in the United States, providing service to more than 9 million veterans across 1,243 facilities, including hospitals and clinics. Today, the VA joins Johns Hopkins, University of California San Diego, Quest Diagnostics, Allscripts and 400 other health care provider organizations, laboratory networks and electronic health records vendors who […]
Proposed Regulatory Reporting Revisions
FIL-69-2019 November 6, 2019 Proposed Regulatory Reporting Revisions Printable Format: FIL-69-2019 – PDF (PDF Help) Summary: The banking agencies, under the auspices of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), have issued the attached Federal Register notice requesting comment on proposed capital-related reporting changes and other reporting revisions. These proposed changes and revisions apply to […]