UK Sanctions (OFSI)
Material regulatory developments from Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation are tracked daily by Cresthaven Analytics. Over the last 90 days, 5 material briefs relevant to professionals operating in the trade & geopolitical risk sector have been published below. Each brief is sourced directly from the primary regulatory feed, summarized for institutional readers, and scored for materiality.
Recent material activity
A selection of recent published briefs; this is not a complete archive.
HM Treasury issues presumption-of-denial licensing guidance for designated Iranian banks operating in the UK
HM Treasury published guidance on September 23, 2026 establishing a presumption of denial for licence applications from designated Iranian banks active in the UK. The guidance defines which banks fall within scope, ident…
Read the full UK Sanctions (OFSI) brief →OFSI updates supplementary financial sanctions licensing guidance covering travel expenses and delegation frameworks
OFSI published updated supplementary guidance on September 10, 2026 for UK financial sanctions licence applications. The update makes targeted amendments to permitted travel expenses and refreshes the Counter Terrorism l…
Read the full UK Sanctions (OFSI) brief →UK government amends Iran nuclear sanctions statutory guidance to reflect 2026 regulatory changes
The UK government updated its statutory guidance for the Iran nuclear sanctions regime on September 9, 2026, incorporating amendments under the Iran (Sanctions) (Amendments) Regulations 2026. The update also reflects rev…
Read the full UK Sanctions (OFSI) brief →OFSI imposes £4.73 million penalty on Citibank N.A. London Branch for financial sanctions breach
On 11 August 2026, OFSI imposed a monetary penalty of £4,732,830.58 on Citibank N.A.'s London Branch for breaching UK financial sanctions obligations. The action confirms that a major internationally active bank failed t…
Read the full UK Sanctions (OFSI) brief →OFSI issues General Licence INT/2026/8893924 permitting wind-down of Maritime Mutual Re-Insurance activities under UK sanctions
OFSI published General Licence INT/2026/8893924 on 6 July 2026, authorising a time-limited wind-down of Maritime Mutual Re-Insurance activities otherwise prohibited under UK financial sanctions. The licence establishes a…
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