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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Thursday announced that the US State Department had imposed visa restrictions on eight Cuban officials accused of silencing protests through repression, unlawful detentions, and harsh prison sentences. [read post]
6 Jan 2022, 9:03 pm by Richard DiNapoli
Department of the Treasury issued new regulations explaining the potential tax consequences of moving away from interbank offered rates. [read post]
The sanctions came Wednesday after executive order 14033 ordered the United States Department of the Treasury (USDT) and other departments to take action against anyone “contributing to the destabilizing situation in the Western Balkans. [read post]
5 Jan 2022, 10:26 am by Alden Abbott
Noted economist and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers correctly stressed recently that using antitrust to fight inflation represents “science denial,” tweeting that: There is no basis in economics for expecting increases in demand to systematically larger price increases for monopolies or oligopolies than competitive industries. [read post]
30 Dec 2021, 1:08 pm by Bruce Zagaris
 In particular, the  Financial  Crimes  Enforcement  Network  (FinCEN),  a  bureau  of  the Department  of  the  Treasury,  shares  information  with  more  than  160 international  financial  intelligence  agencies. [read post]
30 Dec 2021, 1:08 pm by Bruce Zagaris
 In particular, the  Financial  Crimes  Enforcement  Network  (FinCEN),  a  bureau  of  the Department  of  the  Treasury,  shares  information  with  more  than  160 international  financial  intelligence  agencies. [read post]
23 Dec 2021, 5:01 am by Brian Liu, Raquel Leslie
China “is choosing to use these technologies to pursue control over its people and its repression of members of ethnic and religious minority groups,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 5:01 am by Emily Kilcrease
If the secretary determines that a covered ICTS transaction presents undue or unacceptable risk, the secretary may prohibit the transaction. [read post]
13 Dec 2021, 10:06 am by Emily Dai
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in a statement that the government’s actions “[s]end a message that democracies around the world will act against those who abuse the power of the state to inflict suffering and repression. [read post]
US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, announced the sanctions in a press statement coinciding with International Human Rights Day, 2021. [read post]
8 Dec 2021, 5:15 pm by Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of Treasury on Tuesday added 15 individuals across Iran, Syria and Uganda to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on allegations of “serious human rights abuse and repressive acts targeting innocent civilians, political opponents, and peaceful protestors. [read post]
6 Dec 2021, 8:22 am by Colby Galliher, Ishita Krishan
To oversee the grand endeavor of surveying, cataloging and disposing of the West’s hundreds of millions of acres, the General Land Office, the predecessor of the contemporary Bureau of Land Management (BLM), was established within the Department of the Treasury in 1812. [read post]
6 Dec 2021, 5:01 am by Devin DeBacker
” That rules out the usual cadre of White House advisers and aides, who ordinarily are neither Senate confirmed nor department or agency heads. [read post]
3 Dec 2021, 9:49 am by Kristian Soltes
Powell, Yellen Clash Over Stablecoin Regulation at Senate HearingPYMNTS – December 1, 2021 Sitting next to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a Senate hearing on Tuesday (Nov. 30), Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell challenged her on stablecoin regulation, calling the Treasury Department’s recent recommendation that only federally insured banks be allowed to issue them “perplexing. [read post]
3 Dec 2021, 9:49 am by Kristian Soltes
Powell, Yellen Clash Over Stablecoin Regulation at Senate HearingPYMNTS – December 1, 2021 Sitting next to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a Senate hearing on Tuesday (Nov. 30), Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell challenged her on stablecoin regulation, calling the Treasury Department’s recent recommendation that only federally insured banks be allowed to issue them “perplexing. [read post]
22 Nov 2021, 7:56 am by Alvaro Marañon, Stephanie Pell
  Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury is also leveraging its existing powers and expertise to combat the widespread ransomware problem. [read post]
22 Nov 2021, 6:34 am by INFORRM
Department of the Treasury has announced a bilateral cybersecurity partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Finance “to protect critical financial infrastructure and emerging technologies” and combat the use of ransomware. [read post]
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Suex OTC, S.R.O., a Russian virtual currency exchange, for its alleged role in facilitating and laundering financial transactions for ransomware groups. [read post]