Treasury Department

Fed, Treasury vow to evaluate climate change risk to financial system

03/23/21

Top officials at the U.S. central bank and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reaffirmed their commitment to understand how extreme weather events affect financial institutions and the economy as a whole. Many Republicans, however, worry the Federal Reserve’s new climate focus strays too far from its traditional function.

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U.S. warns banks over ties with sanctioned Chinese officials

03/17/21

The State Department has added 14 Chinese lawmakers, including a member of the Communist Party’s ruling Politburo, to a blacklist under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act. Banks face sanctions if they do business with them.

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Biden Treasury pick quietly starts work to rein in Wall Street

03/11/21

Nellie Liang, President Biden's pick to serve as the Treasury's undersecretary for domestic finance, didn't wait to be nominated before beginning the task of strengthening Wall Street oversight.

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CDFIs, minority-owned banks to get $9B from Treasury for COVID relief

03/04/21

The backing from the Emergency Capital Investment Fund is meant to help financial institutions direct aid to lower-income communities struggling in the pandemic.

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Streamline bank rules for spotting sanctions violators

02/26/21

Detecting business dealings with banned parties means screening a maze of transactions, and Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control supports calls for the industry to take a risk-based approach. But regulators effectively require banks to track everything, which is unproductive.

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In this crisis, White House and banks are on same team

02/22/21

More than a decade after the near collapse of the financial system and the bruising fight over Dodd-Frank put the industry and a Democratic administration in conflict, President Biden and the financial services sector are allied over the COVID-19 relief plan.

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Yellen wins confirmation to become first woman as Treasury chief

01/25/21

Janet Yellen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the country's 78th Treasury secretary and the first woman to hold the job, putting her in charge of overseeing an economy that continues to be hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.

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