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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is an independent bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury that was established by the National Currency Act of 1863 and serves to charter, regulate, and supervise all national banks and federal thrift institutions and the federally licensed branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States. [2]
The Canadian banking industry includes 20 domestic banks, 24 foreign bank subsidiaries and 22 foreign bank branches operating in Canada. [9] ATB Financial, a financial institution owned by the Government of Alberta, and Canada's many credit unions, are not included in this list.
1925 – the Office of the Inspector General of Banks was established in response to the Home Bank failure and was responsible for regulating Canada's chartered banks. Early 1930s – Royal Commission on Banking and Currency reviewed banking and currency issues in the Canadian financial system.
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The bank also held the Government of Canada's supply of gold and silver and Government of Canada securities. [11] The bank was required to provide to the Minister of Finance each Wednesday a statement of assets and liabilities, which was published the following week in the Canada Gazette. The bank became a government-owned corporation in 1938. [12]
The main federal statute for the incorporation and regulation of banks, or chartered banks, is the Bank Act (S.C. 1991, c.46), where Schedules I, II and III of this Act list all banks permitted to operate in Canada under these three distinct categories. [42]
The Bank of Canada (BoC; French: Banque du Canada) is a Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. [4] Chartered in 1934 under the Bank of Canada Act , it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy, [ 5 ] and for the promotion of a safe and sound financial system within Canada. [ 6 ]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is an independent bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury that was established by the National Currency Act of 1863 and serves to charter, regulate, and supervise all national banks and federal thrift institutions and the federally licensed branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States.