OSFI announces new guideline to manage third-party risk / Le BSIF annonce la parution d’une nouvelle ligne directrice sur la gestion du risque lié aux tiers Le texte français suit l’anglais. Posted on OSFI’s website: Today, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) published its final Third-Party Risk Management […]
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Publication Type: Letter Category: Capital, Liquidity, Leverage Date: August 18, 2022 Audiences: Banks, T&L, FBBs, L&Fs, and P&C OSFI is issuing the attached advisory, Interim arrangements for the regulatory capital and liquidity treatment of cryptoasset exposures, which aims to ensure that federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) apply a conservative treatment and […]
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Canada imposes additional sanctions against 13 Government officials of Belarus November 6, 2020 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada In coordination with the European Union, Canada is today imposing further sanctions against an additional 13 Government officials of Belarus. Canada and the EU continue to share serious concerns about the ongoing situation in […]
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Anti-money laundering/anti-terrorist financing / Lutte contre le recyclage des produits de la criminalité et le financement des activités terroristes Le français suit Posted on OSFI’s website: This letter provides an update on the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions’ (OSFI) revised approach to supervising FRFIs’ anti-money laundering/anti-terrorist financing (AML/ATF) programs. […]
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Le français suit Posted on OSFI’s website: Update on jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). OSFI will no longer be sending email updates of FINTRAC advisories. To be notified of FINTRAC updates, you may wish to join its mailing list, subscribe to its RSS feed or follow FINTRAC on […]
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Posted on OSFI’s website: April 15, 2020 On Thursday, April 16 at 11:00 a.m. (ET), the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) will offer a technical briefing for analysts on COVID-19 related regulatory measures announced for deposit-taking institutions. Over the last several weeks, OSFI has announced a series of […]
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From the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations mentioned in yesterday’s press release, the following persons have been added: Yekaterina (Ekaterina) Borisovna ALTABAEVA Vladimir Vladimirovich NEMTSEV Mikhail Vladimirovich RAZVOZHAEV Sergei (Sergey) Andreyevich DANILENKO Yekaterina (Ekaterina) Eduardovna PYRKOVA Lidia (Lydia) Aleksandrovna BASOVA Link: Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures […]
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Canada imposes new sanctions on individuals involved in illegitimate elections in Crimea January 29, 2020 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced today that Canada is imposing sanctions under the Special Economic Measures Act on six individuals involved in the illegitimate elections held […]
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On Wednesday, Canadian regulators removed: QDi.202 Name: 1: MAZEN 2: SALAH 3: MOHAMMED 4: na Name (original script): مازن صلاح محمد Title: na Designation: na DOB: 18 May 1981 POB: Arbil, Iraq Good quality a.k.a.: a) Mazen Ali Hussein born 1 Jan. 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq b) Issa Salah Muhamad born 1 Jan. 1980 Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: IraqPassport no: German travel document (“Reiseausweis”) A 0144378 (revoked […]
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Revisions have been made to the filing requirements for the OSFI-525 and OSFI-590 monthly anti-terrorism reporting effective March 2019. Please consult OSFI’s website for further details. All questions should be directed to OSFI’s Returns Administration at RA-RRS.Support@osfi-bsif.gc.ca.
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