Index: > A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Home > Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

The United States Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury was established in 1863 and serves to charter, regulate and supervise all National banks and the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. Headquartered in Washington D.C. with four district offices and a London office to supervise the international activities of national banks. It is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury and is headed by the United States Comptroller of the Currency. The OCC fullfills four main objectives:

ensures the safety and soundness of the national banking system.
fosters competition by allowing banks to offer new products and services.
Improves the efficiency and effectiveness of OCC supervision especially to reduce the regulatory burden.
ensure fair and equal access to financial services to all Americans.

OCC website

Politics	Business	Finance

Topics: Office Of The Comptroller Currency Banks United States National...

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsThe purpose of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights involves the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide through direct contact with individual governments and the provision of technical assistance where appropria	Office applications suiteIn computers, an office applications suite sometimes called an office suite productivity suite offimatic suite or integrated offimatic program is a application software intended to be used by typical clerical and knowledge workers. The components are gene	Office of Strategic ServicesThe Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime (but not direct) precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. Prior to the formation of the OSS, American intelligence had been conduc
Office International des EpizootiesThe Office International de Epizooties OIE World Organisation for Animal Health is an international intergovernmental organisation founded in 1924. In May 2001, the OIE had 158 member countries. Its headquarters in Paris, France. The OIE's claimed mission	Office classificationOffice classification Prior to divestiture, numbers that were assigned to offices according to their hierarchical function in the U. public switched telephone network. The following class numbers are used: Class 1: Regional Center (RC) Class 2: Sectional	Office of National AssessmentsAn Australian government body responsible for the analysis of intelligence data related to foreign affairs, roughly equivalent to the analysis departments of other intelligence agencies. Though not secret, the organisation usually attracts little attentio
Office of Price Administration	Office Space	Office québécois de la langue française
Office of Strategic Influence	Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines	Office of the United States Trade Representative
Office of Technology Policy	Office of Water Services	Office of Foreign Assets Control

Non User