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U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Public Affairs Press Release: April 9 , 2026 Contact: Treasury Public Affairs, Press@treasury.gov Treasury Launches Cybersecurity Information Sharing Initiative for the Digital Asset Industry WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP) announced a new initiative to strengthen cybersecurity across the digital asset industry. The initiative will provide timely, actionable cybersecurity information to eligible U.S. digital asset firms and industry organizations, helping them better identify, prevent, and respond to cyber threats targeting their customers and networks. The effort advances a key recommendation from the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets report, Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology . Treasury leadership highlights the growing importance of digital asset firms to the broader financial system. “Digital asset firms are an increasingly important part of the U.S. financial sector, and their resilience is critical to the health of the broader system,” said Luke Pettit, Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions. “By extending access to the same high-quality cybersecurity information used by traditional financial institutions, Treasury is helping promote a more secure and responsible digital asset ecosystem.” Treasury also emphasized that cybersecurity is foundational to the future of digital finance and essential to responsible innovation. “This initiative reflects the principles of the GENIUS Act by promoting responsible innovation grounded in strong cybersecurity and operational resilience,” said Tyler Williams, Counselor to the Secretary for Digital Assets. “As digital assets become more integrated into the financial system, access to timely and actionable cyber threat information is essential to protecting consumers and safeguarding the stability of U.S. financial markets.” Treasury cybersecurity officials noted that the initiative responds directly to a rapidly evolving threat environment. “Cyber threats targeting digital asset platforms are growing in frequency and sophistication,” said Cory Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity. “This initiative expands access to actionable threat information that helps firms strengthen defenses, reduce risk, and respond more effectively to incidents.” Eligible U.S. digital asset firms and industry organizations that meet Treasury’s criteria will be able to receive, at no cost, the same actionable cybersecurity information Treasury regularly shares with traditional U.S. financial institutions. Interested firms are encouraged to contact OCCIP at OCCIP-Coord@treasury.gov for more information. ###

U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Public Affairs Press Release: April 8 , 2026 Contact: Treasury Public Affairs, Press@treasury.gov Treasury Proposes Rule to Implement the GENIUS Act’s Requirements to Counter Illicit Finance Promotes American Leadership in Payment Stablecoins WASHINGTON —Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a joint proposed rule to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The proposed rule, which implements the GENIUS Act’s anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance program requirements, encourages innovation in payment stablecoins while providing an appropriately tailored regime to mitigate potential illicit finance risks. “President Trump is strengthening American leadership in digital financial technology,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent . “This proposal will protect the U.S. financial system from national security threats without hindering American companies’ ability to forge ahead in the payment stablecoin ecosystem.” The GENIUS Act provides a framework for the federal regulation of payment stablecoins. The law directs Treasury to issue regulations that would treat permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) as financial institutions for purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and impose anti-money laundering obligations on PPSIs. The GENIUS Act also mandates that PPSIs maintain an effective sanctions compliance program and directs Treasury to issue appropriate regulations implementing such obligations. The proposed rule would subject PPSIs to requirements applicable to financial institutions relating to prevention of money laundering and impose obligations specified in the GENIUS Act. Consistent with FinCEN’s efforts to modernize BSA requirements, the proposed obligations are designed to be fit for purpose, assist law enforcement, and minimize unnecessary burden. The proposed rule would require PPSIs to adopt and maintain an effective sanctions compliance program as required by the GENIUS Act. Read more about the proposed rule here . FinCEN and OFAC welcome public comments on the proposal, which will be published in the Federal Register in the coming days. Resources Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Fact Sheet Report to Congress from the Secretary of the Treasury on Innovative Technologies to Counter Illicit Finance Involving Digital Assets ###

U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Public Affairs Press Release: April 8 , 2026 Contact: Treasury Public Affairs, Press@treasury.gov U.S.-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group Winter 2026: Joint Statement The 12th official meeting of the U.S.-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group (Working Group) was hosted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC on February 25, 2026. Senior officials from the U.S. Treasury and His Majesty’s (HM) Treasury were joined by representatives from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bank of England, and Financial Conduct Authority. Participation varied across themes, with participants expressing views on issues in their organizations’ respective areas of responsibility. The Working Group emphasized close, ongoing U.S. and UK cooperation and focused on several key themes, including: 1) the economic and financial stability outlook, 2) the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future (TTMF), 3) digital finance and innovation, and 4) regulatory modernization and developments. The meeting opened with a broad discussion of the U.S. and UK economic and financial stability outlooks, with participants taking stock of current economic trends and market conditions. Both U.S. Treasury and HM Treasury emphasized facilitating economic growth and cross-border activity, while also modernizing regulation and protecting financial stability. Participants received a progress report on the work of the TTMF, including a readout of a joint industry roundtable hosted in Washington, DC the prior day. During this TTMF engagement, U.S. Treasury hosted representatives from HM Treasury, and U.S. and UK regulatory agencies, for a second round of industry engagement exploring opportunities to improve links between our capital markets and to collaborate on digital assets. The TTMF aims to report back to both Treasuries with recommendations via the Working Group in summer 2026. Participants discussed issues related to digital finance and innovation, noting broad support for promoting the use and growth of digital assets and digital financial innovation globally. Authorities discussed their respective priorities for digital assets and provided updates on the progress of regulation in both jurisdictions, including to support the adoption of stablecoins for payments. UK participants also provided an update about their Digital Securities Sandbox, and the Working Group discussed potential opportunities to support cross-border innovation. Participants emphasized the importance of continued bilateral engagement on digital assets developments in their respective jurisdictions. Participants also shared recent developments in their respective work on payments modernization. Representatives exchanged views on their respective approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) and both current and future uses of AI in financial services. U.S. and UK authorities discussed ways to work together, to realize the potential of this technology and mitigate the potential risks of AI in financial services. The Working Group discussed approaches to cybersecurity and operational resilience for supervised institutions and their use of critical third parties, including opportunities for authorities’ further engagement. Participants continued discussions about the importance of working with industry to improve the resilience of the financial sector. The Working Group continued with a discussion of developments in non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI), with participants providing updates on their respective domestic agendas and support for continued international engagement on this topic. Participants also offered an overview of developments in their domestic banking systems and banking regulation. Participants conferred on the investment environment, including capital markets regulation. HM Treasury set out the UK government’s program of reforms to reinvigorate capital markets, including its commitment to move to a T+1 settlement cycle in October 2027. The Working Group plans to formally reconvene in summer 2026 to continue its ongoing biannual dialogue, first established in 2018 to deepen bilateral regulatory cooperation between the UK and the U.S. and to enhance robust economic growth; financial stability; investor protection; fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and capital formation across both jurisdictions. ###

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced the promotions of Jason Almonte and Sebastian Astrada to Deputy Comptrollers for Chartering, Organization & Structure (CO&S).

U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Public Affairs Press Release: March 30, 2026 Contact: Treasury Public Affairs, Press@treasury.gov Treasury Targets Fraud Schemes Exploiting Government Health Care Benefits Separately Announces Framework to Pay Whistleblowers for Tips WASHINGTON — Today, in support of President Trump’s pledge to combat fraud, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advisory urging financial institutions to be vigilant about fraud schemes targeting government health care benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. This follows Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent’s trip to Minnesota earlier this year, where he announced numerous steps that Treasury is implementing to detect and stop government benefits fraud across the country. Separately today, FinCEN issued a proposed rule paving the way to pay whistleblowers for actionable tips, further protecting the U.S. financial system from illicit activity. “President Trump has been clear that Americans have a right to know that their tax dollars are not being used to commit fraud,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent . “Under President Trump’s leadership, Treasury will continue to find and disrupt fraud schemes wherever they exist, and we will work with our law enforcement partners to hold perpetrators to account.” FinCEN’s Advisory provides financial institutions with an overview of how fraudsters, organized crime groups, and increasingly, transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), are targeting government health care benefit programs. It also highlights money laundering typologies and red flag indicators to help financial institutions identify and report suspicious activity. Today’s Advisory strongly encourages financial institutions to voluntarily report suspicious activity to FinCEN and immediately notify law enforcement of such activity. Financial institutions filed 20% more suspicious activity reports related to health care in 2025 than in 2024, after President Trump pledged to eliminate fraud nationwide, helping to raise national attention. This reporting, however, likely represents only a small fraction of the illicit activity connected to health care fraud in the United States. EXPOSING HOW TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS EXECUTE HEALTH CARE FRAUD FinCEN’s Advisory highlights how TCOs exploit Federal and state health care benefit programs through complex schemes that file false and fraudulent claims for reimbursement, including nonexistent, exploitative, substandard, or unnecessary medical care. As part of these schemes, the TCOs send non-resident aliens into the United States to serve as straw owners of recently established or purchased health care providers or suppliers registered with Federal or state health care benefit programs. The TCOs illicitly obtain the names and identification numbers of beneficiaries enrolled in these programs, using that information to file false and fraudulent claims for reimbursement. This is often facilitated through kickbacks and bribes to complicit medical professionals. Once the claims are paid to the bank accounts owned by the shell companies, the TCOs launder the ill-gotten reimbursements through the U.S. and international financial systems via wire transfers, digital assets, and other money laundering typologies—including the use of complicit insiders at financial institutions—ultimately for their personal enrichment abroad. Combating fraud, including health care and government benefits fraud, is one of FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) National Priorities . This Advisory supports the Trump Administration’s whole-of-government effort to combat fraud, waste, and abuse involving Federal payments pursuant to Executive Order 14249 . The Advisory was issued in close coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). FINCEN UNVEILS PLAN TO COMPENSATE WHISTLEBLOWERS IN FIGHT AGAINST FINANCIAL CRIME As Secretary Bessent announced in Minnesota, Treasury will pay eligible whistleblowers for actionable tips related to fraud, money laundering, sanctions violations, and certain other national security laws. Today, FinCEN issued a proposed rule to fully implement its whistleblower program, strengthening efforts to protect the U.S. financial system from illicit activity. The rule proposes procedures for whistleblowers to provide information to FinCEN about potential violations. It also sets forth eligibility criteria for issuing awards and adjudicating award applications, as well as protections for whistleblowers that provide information to FinCEN. Awards to eligible whistleblowers will range from 10 to 30 percent of monetary penalties resulting from qualifying enforcement actions. Payments will be funded by penalties collected under the Bank Secrecy Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act from actions brought by Treasury and the Department of Justice. More information regarding FinCEN’s proposed rule can be found here . REPORTING HEALTH CARE FRAUD: HOW TO SUBMIT A TIP In February, FinCEN launched a new dedicated webpage to confidentially accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations. Financial institutions and the public are encouraged to report any tips or complaints about potential fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement involving HHS programs to HHS-OIG . Victims of cyber-enabled health care fraud schemes should file a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center or file a report with their nearest FBI field office . Questions regarding the contents of this Advisory should be sent to the FinCEN Regulatory Support Section by submitting an inquiry at www.fincen.gov/contact. The full Advisory on Health Care Fraud Schemes Targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Federal and State Health Care Benefit Programs is available at FIN-2026-A001 . ###

TESTIMONY | MARCH 26, 2026 Remarks by FDIC Director of Risk Management Supervision Ryan Billingsley, "Innovation at the Speed of Markets: How Regulators Keep Pace with Technology" The following statement was delivered before the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. Introduction Chairman Steil, Ranking Member Lynch, and Members of the Subcommittee, I am pleased to appear before you at today’s hearing to examine how federal bank regulators are keeping pace with technology and innovation. My name is Ryan Billingsley, and I lead the Division of Risk Management Supervision at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Read Director Billingsley's Full Remarks The FDIC does not send unsolicited email. If this publication has reached you in error, or if you no longer wish to receive this service, please unsubscribe . CONNECT WITH US

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today issued an interpretation clarifying how the federal securities laws apply to certain crypto assets and transactions involving crypto assets. This is a major step in the Commission’s efforts to provide…