OFAC amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations to remove authorizations for transactions concerning remittances that involve Cuban military entities on the State Department's Cuba Restricted List.
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OFAC updated a general license permitting transactions relating to humanitarian trade to cover certain dealings with the National Iranian Oil Company.
The SEC adopted amendments that impose additional conditions on the ability of a broker-dealer to publish a quotation for securities that are not listed on a national securities exchange. The amendments were published in the Federal Register.
CFTC Chair Heath Tarbert and SEC Chair Jay Clayton established a one-year pilot program to enhance coordination among agency staff on CFTC enforcement actions that may trigger "bad actor disqualification" provisions under SEC rules.
The Federal Reserve Board and FinCEN proposed to significantly reduce the dollar-value threshold at which the Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to obtain, retain and transmit information on certain fund transfers and transmittals.