By: Anthony Reyes
Friday, October 05, 2012
Over the past week, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen traveled to Europe to discuss the importance of preventing terrorist organizations from using kidnapping for ransom as a means of financing their operations.
Posted in: Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
By: Sophie Raseman and James Gatz
Thursday, October 04, 2012
The top finalists in Treasury’s MyMoneyAppUp App Design Challenge were in Washington, DC, last week to make presentations of their app designs to a panel of expert judges. The winners were announced at the conclusion of an awards event that brought together the eight finalists with senior Treasury officials, the judges, sponsors and the Challenge partners – the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) and the Doorways to Dreams Fund (D2D).
Posted in: Consumer Policy
By: Anthony Reyes
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Yesterday, Under Secretary for International Affairs Lael Brainard was interviewed by Steve Liesman and Tyler Mathisen on CNBC's Power Lunch at Fortune magazine's “Most Powerful Women” summit in California.
Posted in: Media Appearances
By: Hagar Hajjar Chemali
Friday, September 28, 2012
Earlier this month, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen delivered a speech to the New York University School of Law about the law and policy of Iran sanctions.
Posted in: Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
By: Suzanne Elio
Thursday, September 27, 2012
In advance of tomorrow’s meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council), Secretary Geithner today sent a letter to the members of the Council regarding recent developments in the effort to reform the money market fund industry and address the threats those funds can pose to the stability of the financial system.
Posted in: Financial Stability Oversight Council
By: Sophie Raseman and Nicholas Bramble
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Treasury today launched a new Finance Data Directory, which will make finance-related data sets from multiple federal agencies available to the public in one convenient location.
Posted in: Consumer Policy
By: Hagar Hajjar Chemali
Thursday, September 13, 2012
While marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Tuesday, Secretary Geithner met with the staff of Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI).
Posted in: Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
By: Anthony Reyes
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Last night, Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Tim Massad appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim Cramer to discuss Treasury’s $20.7 billion public offering this week of AIG common stock.
Posted in: Media Appearances
By: Timothy G. Massad
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
During the financial crisis, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve committed a combined total of $182 billion to stabilize AIG. That assistance was a critical part of a broad-based effort to break the back of an historic financial panic and prevent a second Great Depression.
Posted in: Financial Institutions
By: Alvina McHale
Monday, September 10, 2012
Life has a way of delivering some unexpected twists and turns, which is why every parent may relate to the story of Rich and Lynne of Pembroke, Massachusetts.
Posted in: Making Home Affordable